“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
“L'Adventice” — Collective for social ecology & communalist perspectives
Social Ecology
Toward a Radical and Feminist Ecology While issue zero of Passages laid the groundwork for a critique of civilization as a system of domination, this issue deepens that critique by making nature its central focus—not as a backdrop or resource,…
A text by Nicolas Casaux, recently published in *Le Partage*, revisits the work of Murray Bookchin to denounce a technological messianism and what he calls the “everyday racism” of the ideology of Progress. We will not respond to this article…
July 30 will mark the 20th anniversary of Murray Bookchin’s death. He was known as a pioneer of the environmental movement, a political theorist, and a visionary of a future society based on a confederation of free communes—one that rejects…
Series — Social Ecology Today: Dialogues Is Moving Away from Growth Enough? “Grow or die”: that is the law governing every enterprise in a market society.1 — Murray Bookchin, 1989 Introduction — From Roots to Dialogues The first five texts…
Communalist Social Ecology: From Imposed Institutions to the Self-Institutioning of Society Today we are launching a new format for sharing information: the infographic. This first visual aid aims to provide a concise introduction to the Atelier’s theoretical and political project—communalist…
Toward a Radical and Feminist Ecology Passages presents itself as a journal “for a radical and feminist ecology.” Its inaugural issue, devoted to the question of civilization, draws on an impressive array of theoretical tools and activist narratives: Lewis Mumford…
Series — Social Ecology Today: Roots How is domination embedded in subjectivities? “Domination does not merely produce institutions; it shapes characters, desires, and imaginaries.” Introduction — From Social Critique to the Ecology of Subjectivities After examining the theoretical foundations of…
“Caminando preguntamos.” — EZLN Two years ago—on May 11 and 12, 2024—we founded “L’Adventice,” a free association dedicated to Communalist Social Ecology. We chose our name with care: inspired by the Canadian fleabane—Erigeron canadensis—that herbaceous plant which industrial agriculture classifies…
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 Authority! Publishing, 2025). It is no secret that our current global order is in chaos.…
Why publish this text by Nicolas Casaux on The Workshop? This text echoes the analyses we develop at The Workshop based on a living communalist social ecology, oriented towards the reconstruction of free and confederated communes. By contrasting the “fantasy…
Solidarity contribution — pooling As ecological, social, and democratic crises deepen, one question remains central: how can we build emancipatory forms of organization without repeating the logic we contest? This requirement for consistency between means and ends is not simply…
