L’Espagne rouge et noire de Murray Bookchin
Support d’un tournant idéologique, la guerre d’Espagne a été un jalon déterminant dans la vie du théoricien états-uniens. Son œuvre en porte-t-elle la trace ? Quel héritage de l’anarcho-syndicalisme chez Bookchin ? C’est ce qu’analyse ici le philosophe Christophe Solioz en revenant sur la traduction récente et inédite, aux éditions Lux, des Anarchistes espagnols.
#anarchie #Bookchin
https://www.revue-ballast.fr/lespagne-rouge-et-noire-de-murray-bookchin/

So I've read a bit of #Bookchin 's #PostScarcity (riddled with historical errors), and then a good chunk of #Woodcock 's #Anarchism (more interesting, but not convincing), and finally #Chomsky 's #OnAnarchism (the sweet spot).

Chomsky isn't dogmatic. He lives in the real world and makes pragmatic arguments. Dismantling the state is an ultimate goal, but if you go straight for that, a) people get hurt in the meantime, and b) you fail anyway. Chomsky's anarchism is what I can identify with.

Great to see the podcast from our comrades Utopisk Front out with several interviews from the last TRISE conference, dealing with social ecology, sustainable organisation, global liberation and the praxis of composition. Check it out! https://trise.org/2025/01/16/reportage-and-interviews-with-activists-in-athens-on-the-occasion-of-trises-2024-social-ecology-conference/ #ecology #bookchin #activism

The great majority of people have to work in order to earn a livelihood, and a sizable proportion of them are productive workers. A huge number of workers are unproductive as well. They operate entirely with the circumstances and framework created by the capitalist system, such as shuffling invoices, contracts, credit slips, insurance policies, and so forth. Probably nine out of ten "workers" wouldn't have any work to do in a rational society -- one that would not require insurance or any other commercial transactions.
-- Murray Bookchin

La grande majorité des gens doivent travailler pour gagner de quoi vivre, et une partie importante d'entre elleux produit quelque chose. Une énorme proportion est également improductif-ves. Iels opèrent entièrement selon les circonstances et dans le cadre créé par le système capitaliste, tel que la gestion des factures, contrats, bons d'achat, polices d'assurance, etc. Probablement neuf "travailleureuses" sur dix n'auraient aucun travail à faire dans une société rationnelle - une société qui n'aurait besoin ni d'assurance ni d'autres transactions commerciales.
-- Murray Bookchin

Pour avoir un texte comme ça à chaque vois que tu ouvres un terminal :

$sudo apt install fortune-anarchism

CLIMATE CRISIS IS
SOCIAL CRISIS
dominator culture is driving us to extinction

The last TRISE conference was a big step forward for the social ecology movement of Europe! Hundreds of people gathered to discuss issues around urban planning, democratic confederalism, radical municipalism, decolonial resistance, the commons, indigenous self-management and food sovereignty. Check the final report to learn more! https://trise.org/2024/11/07/social-ecology-aims-to-build-an-inclusive-and-diverse-we/ #democracy #Bookchin #anarchism #ecology

Fundraiser for Debbie Bookchin by Kelly Roache : Support Bea Bookchin's Care at Home #bookchin

https://t.co/yBkV3tlZ1L

an extremely good cause of which you should be aware. bea #bookchin is a true #utopian and her work for #communalism and #socialecology should not be understated https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-bea-bookchins-care-at-home

It is out! Here is the program of the upcoming TRISE conference in Athens, 25-27 Oct. Many themes will be explored, from care in activism, direct democracy, non-capitalist futures and more. Check it out! https://trise.org/2024/10/12/trise-conference-program/ #socialecology #Communalism #Democracy #Bookchin

https://postoj.org/ekologia-spoleczna/

Jakiś czas temu informowaliśmy że zmniejszamy trochę ilość wydarzeń Oddolnego Centrum Społeczno Kulturalnego „Postój” by przekierować swoje siły także w innych kierunkach. Efektem jednego z nich jest ten projekt: „Ekologia społeczna„. To broszura, dostępna w formie fizycznego zina, ebooka, audioobooka i wideoeseju (z animacjami!).

Jej podstawą jest przetłumaczona przez nas praca „Social Ecology” z 2019 roku, autorstwa artystki i projektantki Emily McGuire która stworzyła ją podczas seminarium „Ekologia, Demokracja, Utopia” organizowanego przez „Institute For Social Ecology”. To naszym zdaniem najlepsze wprowadzenie do tematu. Jesteśmy szczęśliwe i dumne oddając je wam do czytania.

„Nie można oddzielić procesu rewolucyjnego od celu rewolucyjnego. Społeczeństwo oparte na samorządności musi zostać osiągnięte poprzez samorządność.”- Murray Bookchin

Y'a six ans déjà que ballast avait publié ce qui semble être une assez bonne synthèse sur le #municipalismelibertaire de #bookchin : histoire, principes et constitution.

"le #communalisme aspire à s’appuyer sur le déjà-là (les conquis émancipateurs) tout en étendant et en radicalisant la #démocratie."

https://www.revue-ballast.fr/le-municipalisme-libertaire-quest-ce-donc/

"Ecology—social ecology—must begin with a love of place. There must be home. Oikos—home—ecology—the study of the household. If we do not have a household—and that household is not an organic, rich community—if we do not know the land we live on, if we do not understand its soil, if we do not understand the people we live with, if we cannot relate to them, then at that particular point we are really in a spaceship. We are really out in a void."

Murray Bookchin, "Utopia, not Futurism"

During my run tonight I was encouraged by this banger: “Run towards your future!”

https://spamrisk.bandcamp.com/track/google-bookchin

I've #read the debates between social ecologist Murray #Bookchin + deep ecologist Dave Foreman (also a co-founder of #EarthFirst!). They expressed sympathy for each other's positions, although Bookchin took Foreman's reactionary positions on #immigration, population, etc. (topics that still haunt #environmental conversations) to task. I've often struggled reading Bookchin's work, but this was a joy. He frames #hierarchy as central to both social & environmental problems.

https://www.akpress.org/specialsaleeditiondefendingtheearthpb.html

Really cool conference ahead!

The Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (TRISE) on 25th – 27th October 2024 in Athens, Greece!

Title: The Politics of Social Ecology: From Theory to Praxis

Topics:
- Economics & Self-sufficiency.
- Democracy & Self-management.
- Global challenges & Common futures

Deadline for abstracts: End of May 2024

The participation is FREE!
There will be hybrid spaces!

https://trise.org/2024/03/27/trise-2024-conference-call-for-contributions/

Subscribe to our substack for long form essays. Working on a few new ones: A communalist critique of parecon, 23 arguments for communalism, a friendly critical appraisal of Dawn of Everything, and a social ecology for the 21st century essay

https://usufructcollective.substack.com