On this page, the Social Ecology and Communalism Workshop offers analyses and critical reviews of various works, shedding light on key issues for rethinking our relationship with the world: social ecology, communalism, politics, philosophy, technology, social criticism, and more. Each review offers an engaging read, designed to nourish intellectual and political understanding, stimulate dialogue, and enrich collective reflection.
Whether you are curious, an activist, or simply seeking inspiration, you will find accessible analyses accompanied by references for further reading.
Review: Passages No. 0 — Civilization
Toward a Radical and Feminist Ecology — A Communalist Analysis Passages presents itself as a journal “for a radical and feminist ecology.” Its inaugural issue,
Herbert Marcuse Against the Closure of the Possible
Review of Critique of Advanced Technological Society Herbert Marcuse — ETEROTOPIA France, Rhizome Collection, October 2024. Foreword by Benakis Matsas — Afterword by Michael Löwy
Review of Tarinski’s “Horizons of Direct Democracy”
Dr. Eleanor Finley reviews Yavor Tarinski’s latest book Horizons of Direct Democracy: Revolutionary Politics in an Age of Social & Environmental Collapse (On Our Own
“Terre et liberté” by Aurélien Berlan
The Quest for Autonomy Against the Fantasy of Deliverance Published in 2021, Terre et liberté. The Quest for Autonomy Against the Fantasy of Deliverance ranks
Spanish Civil War – Social War
■ Freddy GOMEZ FOLIES D’ESPAGNE (Spanish Follies) Ombres et lumières d’un anarchisme de guerre (Shadows and Lights of Anarchism in War) L’échappée, “Dans le feu
The Constitution in the 21st Century – History of a Social Fetish
Deconstructing the constitutional fetish: a step towards communalist emancipation? In The Constitution in the 21st Century: History of a Social Fetish, Lauréline Fontaine continues the
The city in history
of Lewis Mumford What is the city? How did it begin? What have been the phases of its development? Is it destined to disappear, or
A strange defeat by Didier Fassin
On consenting to the crushing of Gaza While avoiding getting carried away by anger which, in these circumstances, would nevertheless be perfectly legitimate, this book
The Spanish Anarchists – The Heroic Years (1868–1936)
Murray Bookchin, American libertarian theorist and father of social ecology, is well known for his work on the interconnections between ecology and social struggle. In
Social Contagion – Chuang Collective
This is a very important book. Not only because of its content, but especially because of its origins and its authors. The members of the
Acting Here and Now
with the Social Ecology of Murray Bookchin Review by Ernest London, January 27, 2020 Floréal M. Roméro presents Murray Bookchin’s work, his critical and political
Communal luxury
“Communal luxury: The political imaginary of the Paris Commune” by Kristin Ross is a remarkable work that explores the intellectual and political legacies of the
Us without the State #02
Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil is a Amikuztar linguist, writer, translator, and activist; her voice is increasingly relevant in a country facing its own racism and
Us without the State #01
by Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil The book “Nous sans l’État” (Us without the State) by Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil, published in 2024 by Ici-bas, is
Ecology or catastrophe
The life of Murray Bookchin In 2020, reading “Libertarian Municipalism – The Politics of Social Ecology”, written by Janet Biehl, introduced me to Murray Bookchin.
Point of Suspension – Gaza and the Need to Speak
“Point of Suspension” is a unique poetic work, the result of the joint work of Olivia Elias and Michaël Glück, published by L’AMOURIER in the
Possibilities by David Graeber
Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion, and Desire Rebellion, in the face of the extraordinary mediocrity and pettiness of present-day human society as it has been constructed
The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord Reading “The Society of the Spectacle” is not easy. Not that the book is particularly difficult in itself, but because this difficulty