Book Review: Ecology Contested by Peter Staudenmaier
Review of Ecology Contested: Environmentalism between Left and Right, by Peter Staudenmaier.
Bookchin Centennial event: Vermont State Libraries
A collection of Murray Bookchin’s works has been donated to the Vermont State Libraries in honor of his centennial, along with poster displays at five selected libraries.
Beyond the Limitations of the Green New Deal: A Discussion with Monica Atkins of the CJA
Now available on the ISE’s Youtube channel, our discussion with Monica Atkins, Co-Executive Director of the Climate Justice Alliance, on the limitations of the Green New Deal and alternative community-based solutions.
New report on North American municipalism
The authors argue that real democracy and communalism require deep reckoning with Eurocentric assumptions about land, citizenship, and participation.
Commune, Council, Party: Marxism and Direct Democracy
This 10-week course on Marxism and direct democracy, which ran earlier this winter, put Marxist political thought into conversation with social ecology, to wrestle with the challenging problem of the political form the class struggle should take.
A Jaywalking Manifesto
A manifesto of urban theory drawing on Bookchin, Lefebvre, and Harvey that examines jaywalking as a form of urban class warfare.
On the IPCC’s latest climate report: What does it tell us?
On the key findings and radical implications of last summer’s IPCC climate report.
Rest in Power: Stanley Aronowitz (1933–2021)
Reflection on the life and work of left activist and thinker Stanley Aronowitz that considers the many points of resonance with Murray Bookchin.
Enroll today for fall online seminar Ecology Democracy Utopia – starts Sept. 14!
Enroll today for our fall online seminar Ecology Democracy Utopia, starts September 14.
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.