In September last year New Compass organized a conference in collaboration with the University of Oslo called Ecological Challenges. Some of the questions we asked were: How can we create […]
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Ursula LeGuin on Murray Bookchin
“Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative stands radically at odds with ecology’s imperative of interdependence and limit. The two imperatives can no longer coexist with each other; nor can any society founded on the myth that they can be reconciled hope to survive. Either we will establish an ecological society or society will go under for everyone, irrespective of his or her status.”
New books from Dan Chodorkoff & Brian Tokar
From New Compass Press in Norway, a new collection of Dan Chodorkoff’s essays, The Anthropology of Utopia, plus a revised and expanded edition of Brian Tokar’s Toward Climate Justice. Both […]
The return of “scientific” racism
Alan Goodman, a professor at Hampshire College, co-director of the American Anthropological Association’s Understanding Race project, and long-time friend of the ISE, has posted a review on Counterpunch.org of a […]
New book: Between Occultism and Nazism
From long-time ISE faculty member, Peter Staudenmeier, now a professor at Marquette University: Between Occultism and Nazism: Anthroposophy and the Politics of Race in the Fascist Era The relationship between […]
New social ecology book from Barcelona
We have received an email informing us of a new book in Spanish, titled Bookchin y la Ecología Social, published by Libélula Verde in Barcelona. Their description, roughly translated says: […]
Recent articles (Winter 2014)
2 recent posts to the ISE Blog contain links to new articles of mine that are featured elsewhere:
Myths of Green Capitalism
Dave Van Ronk vs. “Llewyn Davis”
I also have an extended essay and 2 short pieces in the book described here:
New international handbook of the climate change movement
And a chapter in this book, edited by Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank of Counterpunch:
Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion
As well as this recent book from Food First, based in Oakland:
Food Movements Unite! Strategies to Transform Our Food Systems
Brian Tokar on Dave Van Ronk vs. “Llewyn Davis”
For a change of pace from our usual entries, here’s a commentary just posted on Counterpunch by Brian Tokar. The original title was “Dave Van Ronk’s story is much better […]
Education for Social Change
This essay by ISE co-founder and board chair Dan Chodorkoff was originally presented in 1998 at the annual reunion of the famed Modern School, based in NY City and New […]
On OWS’ 2-year anniversary, 3 new Occupy books
September 17th is the 2-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and all the kindred movements that spun off from that incredible day in lower Manhattan. Al Jazeera America offers reviews […]