Authoritarianism, Anti-Jewish racism, and The Israel-Hamas War: An Open letter to the Left
By Chaia Heller: “The aim here is to address two problems emerging amidst the current war, challenging the left to present a principled response to both the dynamics of authoritarianism and rising anti-Jewish racism.”
Week 3 Supplementary Materials
📚 Another Art World, Part 1: Art Communism and Artificial Scarcity, Dubrovsky & Graeber (linked here) 📚 Another Art World, Part 2: Utopia of Freedom as a Market Value, Dubrovsky & Graeber (linked here) 📚 “Marxism, art and the Soviet debate over ‘proletarian culture,’” by David Walsh (linked here) 📚 “Proletarian Poetry,” by Aleksandr Bogdanov […]
Week 3 Supplementary Materials
📚 Another Art World, Part 1: Art Communism and Artificial Scarcity, Dubrovsky & Graeber (linked here) 📚 Another Art World, Part 2: Utopia of Freedom as a Market Value, Dubrovsky & Graeber (linked here) 📚 “Marxism, art and the Soviet debate over ‘proletarian culture,’” by David Walsh (linked here) 📚 “Proletarian Poetry,” by Aleksandr Bogdanov […]
Week 3 Supplementary Materials
📚 Another Art World, Part 1: Art Communism and Artificial Scarcity, Dubrovsky & Graeber (linked here) 📚 Another Art World, Part 2: Utopia of Freedom as a Market Value, Dubrovsky & Graeber (linked here) 📚 “Marxism, art and the Soviet debate over ‘proletarian culture,’” by David Walsh (linked here) 📚 “Proletarian Poetry,” by Aleksandr Bogdanov […]
Reflections on the Antisemitic Content in Öcalan’s The Sociology of Freedom
A comradely critique of antisemitic elements in Abdullah Öcalan’s book The Sociology of Freedom written by supporters of the movement in Rojava.
Reimagining a World where Justice is Possible
Salddin Ahmed on the uprising against white supremacy sparked by the murder of George Floyd. “The real looters are the 1%, not those who have been robbed of their livelihood. The real thugs are the ruling elites who habitually associate looting and violence with the victims… A world that does not have a place for black people is too small, too stupid, and too violent to be fixed. Instead, it must be reimagined and reconstructed. “
The Coronavirus Pandemic, Capitalism, and Nation-States
The pandemic has exposed irreconcilable contradictions in the entity of the nation-state and the capitalist world system.
Without vigilant analysis of the present moment and rigorous critique, we will be risking our entire political freedoms for decades to come. If the historical moment is not acted upon, the crisis will become a catastrophe, and the catastrophe could take us back to an even darker age.
Community Agreements
In order to ensure a respectful environment that aligns with the values of social ecology, we ask that all participants in ISE programs and spaces (in-person and online) adhere to the following community agreements: I. Be Comradely & Assume Positive Intent We are all here together because we share common values and goals, and we […]
Sur: A neighbourhood of history, hope, and resistance: An interview with former mayor Abdullah Demirbas
From 2004 until 2012, Abdullah Demirbas served as mayor of Diyarbakir (or Amed), Kurdistan’s central Sur District, which has been largely destroyed in recent months by Turkish military assault.
Epistemologies of Freedom: Interview with a young Kurdish revolutionary
Interview with a young revolutionary from Kobane, also a careful student of Ocalan’s thinking. He offers a brief account of his experiences as well as reflections on the Rojava Revolution, social ecology, and Turkey’s recent betrayal of the Kurdish Movement: “Unless the Middle East overcomes the nation-state, it can never be a peaceful region.”
