From 2004 until 2012, Abdullah Demirbas served as mayor of Diyarbakir (or Amed), Kurdistan's central Sur District, which has been largely destroyed in recent months by Turkish military assault.
Our first online course Ecology, Democracy, Utopia was a great success! In response to high demand we are now offering a self-directed course featuring the same video lectures, readings, and discussion forums but without the fixed time commitment of a weekly seminar. This allows for more flexible participation; you can start the course at any time, at your own speed, and according to your own schedule.
ISE faculty and students were key organizers and active participants in the alterglobalization movement. To commemorate the 16th anniversary of the "A16" action in Washington D.C. and the important role played by Social Ecologists in this movement, we're posting the widely-read Bringing Democracy Home pamphlet that helped give the movement its political flavor. Although written 16 years ago, its insights remain as relevant as ever.
Join the ISE for our annual summer gathering in Vermont. This year's theme: Social Ecology, Socialism, and the State. How can we move from protest to social transformation?
• Based in north-central Vermont, the Institute for Social Ecology has offered experiential radical education and support for grassroots organizing and community-building for more than 40 years.
• Social Ecology advocates a reconstructive and transformative outlook on social and environmental issues, and promotes a directly democratic, confederal politics. Social Ecology envisions a moral economy that moves beyond scarcity and hierarchy, toward a world that reharmonizes human communities with the natural world, while celebrating diversity, creativity and freedom.
Join a growing international community of radical thinkers - enroll now in the ISE's Ecology Democracy Utopia online course!
The eight unit course explores the core themes of Social Ecology, including:
Hierarchy and Domination in Society Understanding Capitalism What is "Nature"? Food, Technology, Politics Direct Democracy versus Statecraft Social Movements and Community Organizing Reclaiming Utopia: Reconstructive Visions
Email us at social-ecology@mail.mayfirst.org to register; cost: $50
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Our first online course Ecology, Democracy, Utopia was a great success! In response to high demand we are now offering a self-directed course featuring the same video lectures, readings, and discussion forums but without the fixed time commitment of a weekly seminar. This allows for more flexible pa...
Enroll now in our online course Ecology, Democracy, Utopia!
The eight unit course explores a broad range of interconnected themes, including:
What is Social Ecology? The Emergence and Dissolution of Hierarchical Society Understanding Nature Capitalism, Critique, Alternatives Technology, Agriculture, and Society Politics Beyond the State: Direct Democracy & Popular Assemblies Social Movements and Community Organizing Reconstructive Vision: Reclaiming Utopia
To Register, email us at social-ecology@mail.mayfirst.org and pay the $50 registration fee (social-ecology.org/wp/donate/), and we’ll send you the links, instructions, and syllabus to start immediately.
We look forward to learning and changing the world together! ... See MoreSee Less
Our first online course Ecology, Democracy, Utopia was a great success! In response to high demand we are now offering a self-directed course featuring the same video lectures, readings, and discussion forums but without the fixed time commitment of a weekly seminar. This allows for more flexible pa...