Ashish Kothari speaks with Yasin Duman about the role of the Kurdish Autonomous Administration in establishing grass-roots democracy in Rojava, northern Syria.
Ashish Kothari: Yasin, thanks for taking the time to speak with us on the socio-political changes shaping Rojava, …
Tero Mustonen
North Karelia, located in Eastern Finland, has been the traditional homeland of the Sámi, Karelian and Savo-Karelian peoples. Down the ages the people of North Karelia have enjoyed a deep and rich connection with nature. Seasonal hunting, fishing, …
Hannibal Rhoades
“We are stuck with the problem of living despite economic and ecological ruination. Neither tales of progress nor of ruin tell us how to think about collaborative survival. It is time to pay attention to mushroom picking.”- Anna …
Shrishtee Bajpai
Bhookh se maut nahin hoti, jal, jungle, zameen chheenney se hoti hai (hunger doesn’t kill you, you die when your forests, water and land are taken away from you), says feisty Bitoli Didi of Sitapur City in …
Ashish Kothari interviews Mirna Inturias and Iokine Rodriguez, two activist researchers who have been working with the Monkox indigenous people of Lomerio, Bolivia. The Monkox community has been at the forefront of a struggle for territorial rights and autonomy, so …
Ashish Kothari interviews Govind Singh Hodi, Kumari Tai Jamkata, Izam Sai Katengey and Shubhada Deshmukh, activists from Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, India. They are at the forefront of a unique initiative called the “Maha Gramsabha”, or the “Federation Of Village Assemblies”, which …
Pallav Das: Thanks a lot Alnoor and Jason for being willing to share your insights into the critical idea of “post growth”. As we at REDWeb continue to explore alternatives to the current orthodoxy of neoliberalism and the resultant ecological …
Omar Dahbour
Marxian theory is usually connected to environmental concerns through the attempt to provide an explanation for the historical origins of climate change, species extinction, and other facets of the contemporary ecological crisis [eg Foster 2000, Moore2015, Malm 2016]. …
Kartik Shanker and Meera Anna Oommen
There is something particularly tranquil about the Lakshadweep Islands – the communities that live there, the lagoons that surround the atolls, and perhaps even the reef fish that swim beneath the calm waters. It …
David Pellow
In this 2nd (and 20th anniversary) edition of her now classic work, Ariel Salleh charts an ambitious course for addressing the challenges of the 21st century, in which global capitalism continues to amplify its predatory march against efforts …
This conversation is based on Paul Robbins’ reading of Ashish Kothari’s article “Radical Well-Being: Alternatives to Development” (forthcoming in Research Handbook of Law, Environment and Poverty, Philippe Cullet and Sujith Koonan (eds), Edward Elgar), and in response to the latter’s …
