“Challenging Capitalist Modernity IV”: A Collective Stance to Demand Our World Back

The 2023 “Challenging Capitalist Modernity” conference in Hamburg brought together over a thousand activists and academics from all over the world for three days of utopian discourse.

The Uses and Misuses of the Just Transition Framework in South Africa: A Conversation with Phethani Madzivhandila

Kali Akuno in conversation with Pan Africanist historian Phethani Madzivhandila on the uses and misuses of the Just Transition framework in South Africa.

By ISE | May 10th, 2023 | Article Archive, Featured, Recent News | 0 Comments |

June course offering – Confronting Ecofascism

We offered a brand-new course recently, entitled “Confronting Ecofascism: Environmental Politics and the Radical Right,” and taught by a group of experts on the history and thought of ecofascism. The course ran from June 7 – June 28. You can register for the self-directed version at any time.

By ISE | April 20th, 2023 | Article Archive | 0 Comments |

Book Review – Ecology Contested: Environmental Politics Between Left and Right

“There have been significant links between environmentalism and Right-wing politics for more than a century,” Staudenmaier writes in his new book Ecology Contested: Environmental Politics Between Left and Right. “Knowingly or not, the perpetrators of the Christchurch and El Paso massacres continued that tradition.”

Harbinger Issue #2: Race, Racism, and White Supremacy

After two years of pandemic delay, we’re very excited to announce that the new issue of Harbinger: a Journal of Social Ecology has now been released. The issue features nine timely contributions, all exploring social ecological perspectives on race, racism, and colonialism.

By ISE | January 10th, 2023 | Article Archive, Featured, Harbinger Journal, Social Ecology Blog | 0 Comments |

Confronting the False Promises and False Solutions of the Climate Change Conference Process

A Report Back on COP27 with Dorothy Guerrero, of Global Justice Now Register to attend here. COP27, the UN Conference of Parties 27th meeting, was held in Sharm El Sheikh, …

By Mason Herson-Hord | December 11th, 2022 | Article Archive | 0 Comments |

Videos from our 2022 summer gathering: Building Ecosocialism From Below

Videos from our 2022 summer gathering, Building Ecosocialism From Below, a collaboration of the ISE with folks from Cooperation Jackson and the People’s Network for Land and Liberation. The videos feature presentations by Kali Akuno, Mason Herson-Hord and many others.

By ISE | September 23rd, 2022 | Article Archive, Multimedia, Social Ecology Blog | 0 Comments |