Symbiosis Northeast Regional Gathering in NYC
Participants in the May gathering were united by a strong left-libertarian outlook rooted in municipalism, autonomy and aspirations toward a broadly defined communalist politics.
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.
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.
Climate Justice and Movement Building: An Interview with Brian Tokar
A recent interview with long time ISE faculty and board member Brian Tokar, addressing the evolution of climate justice movements, the problems of markets and technology, the problematic role of the US, and social ecology’s potential contributions to the movement.
Presentation by Kurdish feminist, Dilar Dirik
Dilar Dirik, a noted international voice of the Kurdish women’s movement, was a keynote speaker at the recent fifth international conference of Trise, the European social ecology organization. Brian Tokar reports.
Social Ecology Pamphlet by Emily McGuire
A lovely illustrated overview of social ecology by ISE student and designer Emily McGuire – available for download!
New North American Political Network Emerges from the Grassroots
Local direct democracy groups across North America are assembling a revolutionary confederation
Grace Gershuny on the evolution of the organic food movement
Learning from History, Going on From Here (originally published on Grace’s blog, Organic Revolutionary) The world has changed considerably in the forty years since I attended my first NOFA (Northeast …
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New book from Matt Hern
Long-time ISE lecturer Matt Hern has an excellent new book just out, combining an extended travelogue to the center of Canada’s tar sands with an engaging dose of social theory …