Tackling Social Injustice in Kenya with People’s Assemblies?

A Report of the People’s Assemblies Forum held in the Mathare Social Justice Centre’s Creative Hub on August 11, 2023. Cross-posted from the Mathare Social Justice Center. Why People’s Assemblies? The people’s assemblies arise from the need of the people to administer and generate solutions to the problems ailing their society. The concept is a people’s […]

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February 10, 2024

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From citizens of nations to citizens of cities

Written by Yavor Tarinski [C]itizens today no longer even approximate the high and eminently human standard of citizenship that was established in the Hellenic world—a meaning that must be recovered, as well as the personal and social training, or paideia, for producing citizens. ~Murray Bookchin[1] Often, when people advocate for the reinvigoration of citizenship in […]

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The Modern Crisis – Book Review

Federico Venturini reviews Bookchin’s The Modern Crisis (Oakland, CA: AK Press, 2022.). Originally published in The AAG Review of Books. A Republishing Endeavor1 The latest edition of The Modern Crisis, published in 2022, is part of an ongoing effort to amplify the work of Murray Bookchin, the founder of social ecology and the political project […]

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Show solidarity with the women’s revolution in Rojava, break the silence

  Announcement of the Kongra Star Women’s Movement from 15 January 2024 Since the night of 13 January, the fascist Turkish state has launched a second intensive air operation in Rojava (Northern Syria) within a month, once again targeting civilian infrastructure and production facilities and thus the daily life of the people. Over the past […]

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January 17, 2024

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For a consistently democratic and internationalist left

  A contribution to left renewal and transformation 10 December 2023 We have been watching the civilian death toll in Gaza mount, in horror, day by day, for weeks on end now. We are appalled and outraged at the collective punishment meted out to Gazans by the IDF, increasing settler violence in the West Bank, […]

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An interview with Murray Bookchin (Burlington 20-7-1994)

-Despite the increasing disillusion that people in western countries have with professional politicians, we see that to a large extent instead of seeking to create a new liberatory project they turn to charismatic but demagogic “leaders” such as Berlusconi in Italy. Lepen in France, Zirinofski in Russia and Pero in the U.S.A..What do you think […]

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Thinking about ecological economy on the basis of social movement experiences

Written by Olli Tammilehto. This article marks the initial publication of several revised papers presented at the fifth TRISE conference titled “Power to Destroy, Power to Create: Building a Culture of Resistance – Towards Radical Social Change,” held in Athens in October 2019. Stay tuned for more updates, as there will be additional publications to […]

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December 12, 2023

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Fairytales of Growth (Documentary)

A film on Climate Change, Degrowth and System Change. The effects and risks of climate change are compelling young people the world round to call upon radical system change as the only solution to avoid a catastrophic collapse. This film looks at the role economic growth has had in bringing about this crisis, and explores […]

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December 3, 2023

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A libertarian look at the situation in Palestine

Written by Italian anarchist and author Andrea Papi Free Palestine. By whom? In squares around the world, rightly and thankfully, it is being heard loudly that the Israeli army must stop bombing the Gaza Strip, causing horrific massacres among the population. In the face of such systematic daily extermination, this demand can only be desirable. […]

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November 10, 2023

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