Written by citizen journalists Nathan McDonnell & Baudoin who visited the Rojava Revolution in NE Syria in February 2026. We were very excited for our trip to visit the revolution in Rojava, in Kurdish-majority north-east Syria. In this region, the Kurdish freedom movement is leading the creation of a new society based on direct democracy, […]
Read More Visiting the Rojava Revolution in February 2026
Nicolai and Ulrik from the Danish Utopisk Front have been to Athens to attend a conference on social ecology organized by the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (TRISE). In connection with this, they interviewed a selected handful of speakers—interviews that we find highly relevant and inspiring. They also share a bit about their own experiences in […]
Read More Reportage and interviews with activists in Athens on TRISE’s 2024 Social Ecology Conference
Confronted to the devastating impacts of a changing climate and the ruthless abuses by the agro-business and big industry, peasants and citizens around the world have seen their right to access, use and manage freshwater under increasing threats and pressure. The struggle for water is amplifying globally, and a new chapter of this conflict was […]
Read More Report from the International Mobilization against Mega-Basins, July 2024
A Report of the People’s Assemblies Forum held in the Mathare Social Justice Centre’s Creative Hub on August 11, 2023. Cross-posted from the Mathare Social Justice Center. Why People’s Assemblies? The people’s assemblies arise from the need of the people to administer and generate solutions to the problems ailing their society. The concept is a people’s […]
Read More Tackling Social Injustice in Kenya with People’s Assemblies?
Ioanna-Maria Maravelidi writes about the popular responses to the floods that have caused death and destruction in the Thessaly region of Central Greece. The mayors and regional leaders need to listen carefully this time: Neither in Thessaly nor anywhere else, never again FOR us, WITHOUT us! Self-organization is blossoming on the wreckage left by the […]
Read More The flame of self-organization and solidarity burns in the Thessalian plain!
Fourth segment from social ecologist Davide Grasso’s conversations with Ukrainian grassroots collectives. Grasso is currently travelling throughout Ukraine to meet political activists from anarchist, feminist, and socialist movements. The excitement, arriving in Odessa, is comparable to that felt in Jerusalem, Istanbul or New York. Cities that command respect for their history, human diversity and cultural […]
Read More In conversation with Ukrainian grassroots collectives (Part 4 – Odessa)
Third segment from social ecologist Davide Grasso’s conversations with Ukrainian grassroots collectives. Grasso is currently travelling throughout Ukraine to meet political activists from anarchist, feminist, and socialist movements. I meet Sergey from Solidarity Collectives at the headquarters of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Kiev. I am here with friends from the Social Municipalities of Bologna, […]
Read More In conversation with Ukrainian grassroots collectives (Part 3 – Kyiv)
Second segment from social ecologist Davide Grasso’s conversations with Ukrainian grassroots collectives. Grasso is currently travelling throughout Ukraine to meet political activists from anarchist, feminist, and socialist movements. In Kiev I met several militants of the Solidarity Collectives, known for their support of resistance and internationalism. They were founded by anarchists and now group together […]
Read More In conversation with Ukrainian grassroots collectives (Part 2 – Kyiv)
Social ecologist Davide Grasso, who is currently in Ukraine, speaks about his dialogues with local leftist activists on the situation in the country. Available also in Greek HERE. I am currently in Ukraine to learn about the voices of social and military resistance to the Russian invasion that are closer to my worldview. The hegemony […]
Read More In conversation with Ukrainian grassroots collectives (Part 1 – Lviv)
Photoreportage by Efthymis Hadjitheodorou for our Greek comrades at Aftoleksi. The egalitarian relations which I found in the Jura Mountains, the independence of thought and expression which I saw developing in the workers, and their unlimited devotion to the cause appealed far more strongly to my feelings; and when I came away from the mountains, […]
Read More Report from the international anarchist meeting in St. Imier, Switzerland