Ecological Challenges 2017: Call for papers!

20.04.2016
Do you want to be part of the biggest social ecology gathering next year? 15-18 February 2017 the second Ecological Challenges conference will take place at the University of Oslo, Norway. We call for papers on the topic of System Change!
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We’re Running Out of Work—At Last!

20.04.2016
In this society, labor is one of the most important things imaginable. Apparently, many people don’t work to afford a more or less bearable life, but rather they live to work. The idea that work ennobles is a widely shared misconception, even on the left.
dimitri roussopoulos staring into the distance

“The People of Rojava are Staging a Social Revolution”

18.04.2016
In February 2016 Dimitri Roussopoulos went to Istanbul as part of an international peace delegation. In this interview, he discusses the purpose of that delegation, the dynamic of Turkish-Kurdish relations, the social revolution in Rojava, the PKK and Abdullah Öcalan, the US involvement and the communities of Rojava.

Radical Organizing in the 21st Century

11.04.2016
Today we are witnessing a deepening crisis of representation, affecting not only the political parties but also the traditional organizations of the left. Modern radical organizations should therefore adopt new ways of thinking and acting that are more adequate to the current reality.

Reykjavik Rising

10.04.2016
During the last week the citizens of Iceland have been outraged with dishonest and hypocritical politicians. The insightful documentary Reykjavik Rising depicts and analyzes what happened the last time the Icelanders got fed up with their politicians, the political system, and the banking system.
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