Soliman Lawrence on the revival of Jewish culture in Poland
ISE alum and former summer staff member Soliman Lawrence has been living in Berlin for many years and working as a documentary photographer. Recently he was interviewed by the popular German news magazine, Die Zeit, on his series of photographs documenting the recent revival of Jewish culture in Poland. Soli’s work explores the central paradox of […]
New documentary on “Europe’s Last Revolution”
We’ve received notice of a documentary film, currently in production, that tells the story of the expropriated and collectively managed factories in northern Spain during the lead-up to the Spanish Civil War. The full title is translated as Collective Economy:Â Europe’s Last Revolution. Readers may recall Sam Dolgoff’s landmark book, The Anarchist Collectives, which was prefaced […]
“Occupy, Debt, Finance & Class Struggle”
This short essay by ISE alum, Rob Ogman, offers an insightful perspective on these issues. Was the financial crisis partly a product of labor’s decline? How was Occupy a “coming out” event for the “graduates without a future”? How can we make debt cancellation a reality? Full text at http://occupythecrisis.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/occupy-debt-finance-and-class-struggle/.
Paradise Lot: New book from 2 ISE alums.!
Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City by Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates Information from Chelsea Green Books. Their link also contains ordering information. When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of […]
“The Day After Hurricane Sandy”
An exceptional review of the personal and political aftermath of the recent superstorm, written by the inimitable Nicholas Powers of New York City’s Indypendent newspaper: http://www.indypendent.org/2012/11/18/day-after-hurricane-sandy. Some excerpts: New Yorkers solemnly nodded when told about Gotham’s climate refugees. They were victims whose homelessness was not their fault. But beneath the sympathy were long lines of […]
New Book & website: Public Health and Social Justice
From Martin Donohoe, a Portland, Oregon medical doctor and long-time supporter of efforts to expose the hazards of GMOs: http://www.publichealthandsocialjustice.org/ http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111808814X.html His website contains a vast archive of articles, slide shows, syllabi, and other documents relevant to topics in more than 30 key areas of public health and social justice. Regarding Dr. Donohoe’s book, Dr. […]
New writing on utopias
ISE alum Karl Hardy has edited a special issue of the literary journal Puerto del Sol, focusing on the theme of Utopias!. This special issue (47.2 Fall 2012) features original poetry and prose as well as a ’roundtable’ Q&A with: Kim Stanley Robinson – author of acclaimed utopian novels including The Three Californias, Mars, and […]
New book: “Recovering Bookchin”
New Compass Press, based in Norway, has just announced the publication of Recovering Bookchin: Social Ecology and the Crises of Our Time, written by Sheffield Hallam University (UK) Senior Lecturer, Dr. Andy Price. New Compass describes the rationale for this book: Through an extensive body of political and philosophical ideas he called social ecology, Murray […]
Municipalist campaign in Finland
A new post on the New Compass website describes the campaign of several municipal candidates in northern Finland who are running as part of a broader “Free Left” alliance. The article is an interview with Svante Malmström, who attended the ISE during the mid-2000s. Svante states that the group’s program … states that the decision-powers […]
New blog from ISE alum Andrea del Moral
From the lead essay, The ateneu of me, at http://andreadelmoral.wordpress.com/the-ateneu-of-me: The what? you ask. An ateneu is a community center-café-bar-meeting room-dance hall-library-theatre-gymnasium rolled into one. Ateneus dot the city of Barcelona, and like the lively, layered city itself, they are filled with multiple activities and people of many ages. Unlike Barcelona, they’re often visually uanssuming places, […]
