Harbinger Journal

A fantastic essay by Jerome Roos from the inaugural issue of ROARmag:

"In his last major essay before death, Murray Bookchin wrote that the most pressing challenge facing the left at the dawn of the 21st century was to find innovative new ways to “incorporate the best of the revolutionary tradition—Marxism and anarchism—in ways and forms that speak to the kind of problems that face the present.” The answer, he suggested, was to be found in the revolutionary project that “originated in the Paris Commune”; a rational project centered on the construction of an international confederation of self-governing regions and municipalities operating within ecological limits and in accordance with “the principles and practice of communal ownership.”

This is the horizon we must now look towards. This can be our common ground—our definite aim and our collective sense of direction. The time has come to shake off the yoke of the 20th century and start building the Commune of communes. As Kropotkin ended his clarion call many a year ago:

We count on the present generation to bring about the social revolution within the commune, to put an end to the ignoble system of bourgeois exploitation, to rid the people of the tutelage of the state, to inaugurate a new era of liberty, equality, solidarity in the evolution of the human race.” ... See MoreSee Less

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On April 16, 2000 thousands of activists converged in Washington D.C. to disrupt the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. ISE faculty and students were key organizers and active participants in this movement. For A16, they published a pamphlet called Bringing Democracy Home that sought to sharpen and radicalize movement politics, featuring essays about the need to expand direct democracy from a tactic to a broad political vision, and to move from an anti-corporate to an anticapitalist analysis.

To commemorate the anniversary of this action and the role played by Social Ecologists, we’re offering the Bringing Democracy Home pamphlet as a downloadable PDF. Although written 16 years ago, its political insights remain highly relevant today. ... See MoreSee Less

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Rebecca Solnit on structural violence and climate change. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/07/climate-change-violence-occupy-earth ... See MoreSee Less

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