ANARCHY, SOCIALITY, AND THE WAY
John Clark
“The way up and the way down are one and the same.” – Heraclitus
“If I knew the Way, I would take you to the Oikos.” – The Grateful Dead (slightly paraphrased)
Ted Trainer’s recent two-part article on …
Democracy
Ending systems of domination: Reclaiming our bodies and politics from global trauma
Eva Schonveld and Justin Kenrick
As the sun goes down on a system that cannot save us from itself, our only option is to bring that system to an end. But what is that system, and how do we replace …
We Thought It Was Fiction
Alfredo Lopez, Melanie Bush, Hamid Khan and Ken Montenegro
Years ago, there was a movie genre known as “hacker fiction,” a kind of science fiction with plots that revolved around computers, nerdy people who spend their lives using them and …
Dismantling “Power” by building “Democratic Autonomy”
Şervîn Nûdem
The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house.
Audre Lorde
The past centuries have witnessed many anti-colonial and revolutionary struggles launched and fought with the aim of liberating people and their land from exploitation. They have aspired …
The rising green tide: Fighting for reproductive justice in Argentina
Introduction by Ana Cecilia Dinerstein followed by an interview with María Alicia Gutiérrez (Leader of the Argentine Campaign for the Legalization of Abortion) by the author (*)
The year 2020 ended on a triumphant note for the feminist movement in …
More powerful together – Integrating Resistance with Alternatives
Jen Gobby
We know how much is riding on this moment in history. We know that social and ecological systems hang in precarious balance, teetering on the edge of ecological collapse and climate catastrophe, while an emboldening far right threatens …
The crisis of Capitalism, role of technology and our imaginations
Samantha Camacho, Jerome Scott, Alfredo Lopez and Melanie Bush
The Internet is a fundamental reality of our times and nearly 60% of the people worldwide use it regularly for professional and personal purposes. The technology and protocols that drive the …
“Shared Societies” in the times of Covid-19
Clem McCartney
Covid-19 is not the first virus we have had to contend with. But, we have experienced this pandemic in new ways, due to the changes we have been making in our world – ease of travel and communication; …
Decolonial feminism and Buen Vivir
Dennis L. Avilés Irahola
“We hereby decide to build a new form of public coexistence, in diversity and in harmony with nature, to achieve the good way of living, the Sumak Kawsay…” This path breaking declaration formed a part …
Looking beyond the pandemic: Agroecology, and the need to rethink our food system
Helena Paul
Covid19 is confronting us with our deepest contradictions: the vast majority of the more prosperous among us depend on an economic system based on the ever-greater extraction, exploitation and over-consumption of what the planet provides. At the same …
Saving a critical pastureland in Montenegro
Pablo Domínguez, Maja Kostić-Mandić and Milan Sekulović
There is a crisis brewing in the Sinjajevina-Durmitor massif mountain range in Montenegro where a substantial part of this traditional pastoral territory is being converted into a military training ground. The mountain range …
Salween Peace Park – A place for all living things
Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)
According to our calendar, the Karen People have lived in our forest home for 2,758 years. Our lands and waters play many important roles in everyday life and in our future prosperity. They …