“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
Colonialism
Very few economists will admit that their pseudo-science—what is generally referred to as political economy, that is, the structural dynamics of capitalism—is primarily based on large-scale plunder and rapine. Pirates and buccaneers were, by comparison, mere amateurs, seeking to emulate…
The reality experienced by Palestinians, not only in Gaza but also in the West Bank, is intolerable and unacceptable. Yet this ignominy, this ruthless crushing of a people, continues with the consent, or at least the passivity, of most governments…
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 by Didier Fassin makes its mark. Based on irrefutable facts and testimonies whose veracity is…
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…
“Where property is sufficiently protected, it would be easier to live without money than without poor people, because otherwise who would do the work.” “The vast majority must remain both ignorant and poor.” An early champion of market liberalism, Bernard…
Sylvie Laurent, Capital and Race. History of a Modern Hydra, Seuil, 2024 A little over 500 large-format pages, 70 pages of notes, almost every one of which gives one or more references to other books and/or articles, this is a…
