“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
[📽️ “Reclaiming the land from the machines”] French OV with Spanish subtitles We interviewed farmers from L’Atelier Paysan, a French cooperative for the self-construction of agricultural equipment, authors of the collective essay Reclaiming the land from the machines. Manifesto for…
One of the peculiarities of the capitalist world, a result of its reign that is seldom observed, is its ability to spread forms of guilt everywhere. And with a few rare exceptions, it has to be said that, for once,…
Dialogue with Cynthia Fleury Becoming aware of the forms of alienation in today’s society also means reactivating our political power outside the pitiful spectacle offered by politicians and the paths to servitude that they want to trace for us. To…
Letter written in 1886 to the President of the United States by Sioux leader Tatanka Íyotake (Sitting Bull). A text of incredible visionary wisdom. The white man does not understand our ways. To him one piece of land is the…
Thus economists, who always give the example of servitude, preach it to others under the title of the Law of the Market. “Did you dream of those days (…) When, your heart swollen with hope and valor, You would whip…
“Resilience is a technology of consent. It is about consenting to the inevitability of disasters, particularly technological disasters, in order to learn to ‘live with’ them, without ever tackling their causes. It is about consenting to training, learning and experimenting…
Ploughing Tilling Fighting: – A History of Peasants on ARTE To watch or rewatch with a critical eye. Watching and rewatching the four episodes of “Le temps des paysans” is to revel in the work of documentary filmmaker Stan Neumann,…
Introduction Communalism is a political and social proposal developed by the philosopher and ecologist Murray Bookchin. It is a radical alternative to current state and capitalist structures, which advocates a society based on the self-management of local communities, direct democracy…
Introduction Through the concept of social ecology, Murray Bookchin, an influential 20th-century American thinker, offers a radical analysis of environmental problems, emphasizing the interconnection between social, economic and ecological structures. He considers that ecological crises are intrinsically linked to hierarchies…
In this 1985 lecture, Murray Bookchin offers an essential reflection on the political and social structures that shape our understanding of freedom. He seeks to demonstrate that freedom cannot be limited to an individual or abstract conception, but must be…
Printable version of Green growth against nature (french version) Hélène Tordjman Green growth against nature Critique of commercial ecology Introduction “It is a sad thing to think that nature is speaking and that mankind is not listening”. Victor Hugo, Carnets,…
