A French fiction on municipal direct democracy
Vincent Gerber in Geneva writes: Hadrien Delahousse, whom some of you met in Vermont last year [and at the TRISE meeting in Greece –ed.], has lent me an interesting book (in French) : “La commune libre de Saint-Martin” by Jean-François Aupetitgendre (pseudonym), edited by Les éditions libertaires in 2012. It could be called a political […]
Communalism Issue #2
Two issues of the print journal, Communalism, were published in Norway in 2009-2010 by the collective that now produces the New Compass webzine. This was the Spring/Summer 2010 issue.
Featured authors include: Mat Little, Brian Tokar, Ken Furan, Teresa Hayter, Atle Hesmyr, Matthias Küntzel, Ben Grosscup, and Sveinung Legard.
Communalism Issue #1
Two issues of the print journal, Communalism, were published in Norway in 2009-2010 by the collective that now produces the New Compass webzine. This issue was published in December 2009.
Includes articles from: Jonathan Korsár, Mat Little, Sveinung Legard, Brian Tokar, Adam Krause, and Andy Price.
Social Ecology at the annual Left Forum (NYC, June 7-9th)
For the first time in many years, the ISE is presenting a panel at the annual Left Forum, at Pace University, next to City Hall Park in New York City. Please join us! The revolutionary project of social ecology Sunday, June 9th, 12 noon, Room E307 With Brian Tokar, Dan Chodorkoff, Chaia Heller, and Eleanor […]
2013 Colloquium: “Social Ecology in an Era of Crisis: Renewal and Reassessment”
August 23-25, 2013 Marshfield, Vermont In the coming year the Institute for Social Ecology will celebrate 40 years as a unique educational haven for critical thought and political action directed towards creating a free and ecological society. We invite friends, colleagues, alumni, and fellow travelers to gather this August to critically reflect on the continued […]
On Boston: The Inevitability of Vulnerability
From ISE board member and outstanding singer/songwriter Ben Grosscup: Boston Tragedy Reveals Inevitability of Vulnerability By Ben Grosscup Public acts of inexplicable and horrific violence such as what we saw in Boston on Monday reveal basic vulnerabilities that are painful but necessary to face. My whole family converged in Boston to cheer on my father […]
Just out!: Chaia Heller’s “Food, Farms, and Solidarity”
Food, Farms and Solidarity: French Farmers Challenge Industrial Agriculture and Genetically Modified Crops by Chaia Heller
New from Duke University Press.
More information, online orders, and inside search are available here.
The Confédération Paysanne, one of France’s largest farmers’ unions, has successfully fought against genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but unlike other allied movements, theirs has been led by producers rather than consumers. In Food, Farms, and Solidarity, Chaia Heller analyzes the group’s complex strategies and campaigns, including a call for a Europe-wide ban on GM crops and hormone-treated beef, and a protest staged at a McDonald’s. . .
Review of “Recovering Bookchin” by Andy Price
Author/journalist Debbie Bookchin and ISE Board member Bea Bookchin offer this in-depth review of Andy Price’s new book, Recovering Bookchin (New Compass Press, November 2012):
New book: Civilization, Oikos and Progress
From ISE alum. Atle Hesmyr in Norway. Atle has previously translated Kropotkin’s The Great French Revolution and Bookchin’s Remaking Society into Norwegian, among other projects: Civilization, Oikos and Progress is a collection of essays on the foundations of civilization and the various developments within western civilization since its inception in ancient Greece and all the […]
A new social ecology book in French
Vincent Gerber, a social ecologist from Switzerland, has written a new book about the life and work of Murray Bookchin. Murray Bookchin et l’écologie sociale, une biographie intellectuelle (published by Ecosociété) presents the main principles of social ecology and the story of their emergence through the life of Murray Bookchin. It offers an historical and […]
