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, […]
Read More For a consistently democratic and internationalist left
Written by Olli Tammilehto A key focus in social ecology has been the bringing about of profound societal change. This has been thought to mean a period of groundwork after which there would be a rapid revolutionary transition. Social movements, especially in cities, are seen as agents of change to a decisively more democratic and […]
Read More The Present is Pregnant with a New Future
Written by Peter G. Prontzos. Originally published on Canadian Dimension here This collection, published last year by Black Rose Books, is based on the theme of a conference held in Greece in 2017—“The Right to the City and Social Ecology: Towards Ecological and Democratic Cities”—and organized by the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (TRISE). […]
Read More Review: New collection proposes bold ideas on systemic urban change
Written by Yavor Tarinski / Image source: conservationmagazine.org The notion that man must dominate nature emerges directly from the domination of man by man[1] Murray Bookchin Nowadays the need to act against the ongoing environmental degradation seems more than evident. From marginal activist groups to governments of the strongest countries on the planet, […]
Read More Preventing Ecological Catastrophe Means Abolishing Hierarchy and Domination
Article by Olli Tammilehto, originally published in the book Sustainable Futures: Replacing Growth Imperative and Hierarchies with Sustainable Ways in 2009 (written in October 2008). Our ecological situation on the Earth is very precarious. We are on the verge of global climate catastrophe. Humanity has only a short period of time to change its metabolism with […]
Read More Rapid Social Change as a Pre-Requisite For Preventing Global Climate Catastrophe