Below is an excerpt from Kropotkin’s Memoirs of a Revolutionist, where the great anarchist geographer describes reading Charles Dickens’ Christmas stories while imprisoned in Russia in 1874. When he learned about my arrest, [my brother] Alexander immediately left everything, — the work of his life, the life itself of freedom which was as necessary for […]
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Written by Aslı Ü. Bâli & Omar M. Dajani* for the University of the Pacific Law Review / Vol. 56 A postnational future seems far from imminent. The insecurity and dislocation that has attended the successive economic and political crises of the last two decades has given rise to a resurgence in nationalism, and supranational […]
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Written by Nikos Vrantsis Recently we discussed what Swedish tenants’ unions might learn from struggles abroad. Sweden has one of the largest tenants’ unions in the world, with around half a million members. Yet despite its size, the union has become so institutionalized that landlords keep winning. Rents rise year after year despite mandatory negotiations; […]
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Written by Yavor Tarinski Protesters managed to enter the venue for this year’s 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belem, Brazil, yesterday and clashed with security guards at the entrance. With slogans such as “Our land is not for sale!”, indigenous peoples and environmental organizations are protesting and demanding real action to mitigate climate change […]
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Mobilizing Social Ecology is a podcast of the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (trise.net). It explores ecological and democratic transformations for collective liberation and life-sustaining worlds. In this episode our guest is Eleanor Finley, a public anthropologist, social ecology educator and organizer, who has been directly engaged with radical democracy movements for over 15 […]
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Written by Vittorio Sergi Abbesmuseum in Eindhoven is a small structure in post-modern architecture in the midst of a residential neighborhood of modern colonial Dutch-style cottages just across the canal that surrounds the historic center. The museum houses a diverse, and unusual by Italian standards, collection of critical post-colonial artworks and information installations. Henry Von […]
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Written by Hawzhin Azeez. She holds a PhD in political science and International Relations, from the University of Newcastle, Australia. Azeez is the creator of The Middle Eastern Feminist and was formerly the Co-Director of The Kurdish Center for Studies (English branch). Previously she has taught at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS), as […]
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An interview with political writer Yavor Tarinski for the Greek newspaper Empros on the visions for united Balkans, the communes of history and the possibility of direct democracy today. The Greek version was published in the 21.05.25 issue of the newspaper. The questions were made by Pavlos Maragkos. Pavlos Maragkos: You are an author that […]
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Excerpt from the speech William I. Robinson delivered at the Peoples’ Platform Europe Conference held in Vienna, Austria in 14-16 February 2025. Global capitalism faces an unprecedented crisis. It is a stage of absolute, violent predation. Its extermination impulse is now rising to the surface. Our burning challenge in this situation is to renovate projects […]
Read More The Epochal Crisis of Global Capitalism – Challenges for Popular Resistance from Below
Written by Theodoros Karyotis. Worker-led production refers to a diverse set of practices that aim to give protagonism to the subjects of labour: the workers themselves. Throughout the industrial era, with its associated processes of deskilling and mechanization, workers not only have demanded a bigger share of the profits through union struggles but have also […]
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