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.
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.
New North American Political Network Emerges from the Grassroots
Local direct democracy groups across North America are assembling a revolutionary confederation
Reason, creativity and freedom: The communalist model
On the unique relevance of communalism in this historical moment. By Eleanor Finley, originally published by ROAR Magazine.
Sur: A neighbourhood of history, hope, and resistance: An interview with former mayor Abdullah Demirbas
From 2004 until 2012, Abdullah Demirbas served as mayor of Diyarbakir (or Amed), Kurdistan’s central Sur District, which has been largely destroyed in recent months by Turkish military assault.
Debbie Bookchin in The Nation on Turkey’s repression of the Kurdish liberation movement
Debbie Bookchin has penned a powerful new article for The Nation on Erdogan’s current war against the Kurdish movement in Southeastern Turkey, and why the US and EU must act now …
Social Ecology, Kurdistan, & the Origins of Freedom
Reflections on a recent visit to Turkey and North Kurdistan. Many Kurdish revolutionaries describe their struggle as one of organic society against authoritarian society and have forged a unique role in the continuing evolution of human freedom.
Hamburg conference features scholars & Kurdish activists
Reflections on Challenging Captialist Modernity, Hamburg, Germany Report by Eleanor Finley In Kurdish, “roj” means sun. Rojava is the land to the west, where the setting sun of freedom and …
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