The life of Murray Bookchin In 2020, reading “Libertarian Municipalism – The Politics of Social Ecology”, written by Janet Biehl, introduced me to Murray Bookchin. Since then, the theses he developed throughout his life have been an integral part of…
(1936-1937) I – The reason for the story II – The background: 1870-1936 1) Birth and consolidation, 1870-1920 2) The insurrection cycle, 1931-1933 3) Internal polarization of the CNT 4) The revolution of Asturias, 1934 III – The background 1)…
“Remaking Society – A New Ecological Politics” by Murray Bookchin, published in 1992 by AK Press, is a major essay in the field of political and ecological thought. This book proposes a radical and liberating vision of society, combining the…
Illustrated reading of the work of Murray Bookchin – 📽️ What is social ecology? Social ecology views our society as a connected and diverse whole. By extending the concept of ecology to the social, Murray Bookchin makes it a decisive…
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…
April 2020 1) We see a whole “citizenist” current seizing municipalism and communalism. Has the communalist revolution already been diluted in the lukewarm waters of social democracy? Indeed, a whole “citizens’ movement” sector has taken hold of municipalism, but without…
Communalism is the most appropriate global political project for social ecology. To begin with, we will clearly distinguish between power and domination. Power should not be limited to the negative of permission andprohibition, a normative legal and discursive concept distilled…
An introduction Murray Bookchin was born in the United States in 1921. He became involved in the class struggle at a very young age, first as a trade unionist and then in support of civil rights and feminism. From the…
SEC: Social Ecology and Communalism State of play The collapse of biodiversity and the poisoning of nature that have been observed for the past few decades are direct responses to the decline in the variety of human relations and in…
