“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“Politics” for state institutions Today, “doing politics” means entering the game of state institutions, parties, elections, and careers as professional politicians. This game, forged by the bourgeoisie in the 16th century to accompany the rise of capitalism, claims to represent…
In 1969, against a backdrop of economic expansion and technological optimism, Murray Bookchin coined the concept of “post-scarcity anarchism.” In “Listen, Marxist!,” building on and expanding Theodor Adorno and Max Horkeimer’s “Critical Theory,” he called on the radical left to…
African communalism past and present: inhabitants’ assemblies and decision-making by consensus A tradition that is still relevant today! Although the State has existed in Africa for a long time (ancient Egypt – unification of the Nile valley around 3500 BC,…
The fact that only a minority of the population is interested in politics, that is to say in how society as a whole can be organized, in how a certain harmony of living together on this earth could be achieved,…
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 “The Spanish Anarchists: The Heroic Years (1868-1936)”, published in 2001 by AK press editor, he…
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 journey. He proposes to find answers in social ecology and libertarian municipalism, without reproducing the…
“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 Paris Commune, highlighting its lasting influence on the theorists and revolutionaries who shaped libertarian and…
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 where indigenous peoples are still discriminated against and dispossessed of their land. “It is almost…
The Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (TRISE) is glad to announce the program of its next conference on 25th – 27th October 2024 in Athens, Greece! Title: The Politics of Social Ecology: From Theory to Praxis VENUES: 25/10 – Athens…
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 a striking analysis of the forms of indigenous and community resistance to the modern state.…
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…
