Harbinger Vol. 2 No. 1 — The Oromo and the Ethiopian Empire State; An interview with Amaan
Interviewed by Michael Caplan Amaan, a recent refugee to the United States, participated in the Institute For Social Ecology’s Ecology and Community program in the summer of 1999. Amaan is of Oromo decent. Like most Oromos, he lived in oppressive circumstances under the rule of the “Ethiopian Empire State.” As a people the Oromo make […]
The Hijacking of History
This article originally appeared in the October 2001 issue of Direct Democracy, a publication of Demokratisk Alternativ. For many people involved in the worldwide struggle against capitalism, the past two years had seemed, for once, to offer some promise of progress toward a freer society. History appeared to be taking a rare turn in our […]
Harbinger Vol. 2 No. 1 — Editorial
Welcome to the first edition of our second volume of Harbinger, A Journal of Social Ecology. Harbinger is the latest in a long line of publications offered by the Institute for Social Ecology (ISE). With the second edition of Harbinger, we are resurrecting a journal that we published in the 80s. It is our hope […]
Harbinger Vol. 2 No. 1 — Prefigurative Politics in the Pro-Democracy Movement
Amoshaun Toft As we were unwillingly ushering in a new presidential administration on January 20th of this year, thousands of people gathered in Washington DC to voice their opposition to the corruption, racism and corporate influence that play such a role in our national government. They held banners, chanted slogans and through the tear gas […]
Harbinger Vol. 2 No. 1 — Toward a Historical Perspective of Libertarian and Anarchist Education in the United States
Kai Molloy To explain the endurance and commitment to anarchism by many American radicals throughout the twentieth century, most contemporary historians, scholars, and even radicals have repeatedly emphasized the social, political, economic, or cultural factors. When combined, these factors have sustained the credibility of anarchism as a social theory, philosophy, and practice in the United […]
Harbinger Vol. 2 No. 1 — What’s in a Name?
Cindy Milstein The amorphous movement that has appeared on the scene of late—in North America, after Seattle, and around the world several years prior—exhibits an astonishing diversity of tactics, goals, and political beliefs. At the same time, this resurgence of radical politics is united in an equally varied critique of one phenomenon: globalization. Whether understood […]
Biotechnology: Enlarging the debate
This article originally appeared in Z Magazine, June 2001. Later this month, thousands of people will converge on San Diego, California for what may be the largest protest against the biotechnology industry in the United States. Coinciding once again with the annual convention of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), this year’s Biodevastation events are intended […]
Biohazards: The Next Generation?
This article orignially appeared in Synthesis/Regeneration 25, Summer 2001. With the worldwide rejection of genetically engineered foods, the biotechnology industry is scrambling to develop a new generation of products that can might someday be seen as advantageous for consumers and beneficial to humanity. This is the primary motivation, of course, behind the massive PR campaign […]
Redesigning Life? Introduction: Challenging Biotechnology
This article is the introduction to the book Redesigning Life? The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering (Zed Books), edited by Brian Tokar. Perhaps once in a decade, a compelling new social or environmental concern will come to the forefront of public debate in the West, raising profound consequences for all life on earth, while thoroughly […]
Resisting the Engineering of Life
From: Redesigning Life? The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering, edited by Brian Tokar (London: Zed Books, February 2001). For more than a quarter century — since the first successful attempts at splicing and recombining DNA in the laboratory — people knowledgeable about genetics, ecology, agricultural science and numerous related subjects have voiced concerns about the […]
