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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In 2 weeks, we are kicking off our online course Legacies of Environmental Radicalism, taught by scholars of ecological thought Brian Tokar and Dayton Martindale. We'll cover radical environmental movements from ecofeminism to militant animal rights and the Earth Liberation Front.

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Alina ⏸️ @karrenlines.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

There’s still time to sign up for the @social-ecology.bsky.social’s newest course! Dive into the literary worlds of Ursula Le Guin and Kim Stanely Robison in the ISE’s new class Utopian Literature starting Monday 9/15 at 8pm Eastern. bit.ly/ISE-UL

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Join us on Wednesday (8/20) for our next reading group, on Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052-2072, by @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social and @genderhorizon.com! Wednesdays at 7pm eastern for six weeks

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Join us this fall for our online course Our Being Is Becoming: An Introduction to Thinking Dialectically. It is an accessible beginner's guide to dialectics, from the ancients Heraclitus and Lao Tzu on through Hegel, Marx, Bookchin, Mao, and beyond. No philosophy background required, open to all!

Our Being Is Becoming: An Introduction to Thinking Dialectically. Start date September 7, Sundays at 3pm Eastern for six weeks. Register at biy.ly/ISE-OBIB. An online course with the Institute for Social Ecology.

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Emergency Committee for Rojava @defendrojava.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

We're proud to be co-sponsoring this year's summer intensive hosted by our friends @social-ecology.bsky.social. Register today to reserve yourself a spot!

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Alina ⏸️ @karrenlines.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Now more than ever, exploring new forms of organizing and living is of great importance. The @social-ecology.bsky.social is doing great work in paving the way towards a more democratic and ecological society. Please donate if you can. givebutter.com/ISE-Summer-D...

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Institute for Social Ecology Summer Fundraiser

Help the ISE expand our programs and capacity to build an ecological society!

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

This summer, we are running a brand new course offering: Home/lessness, taught by Kurdish philosopher and longtime associate of the ISE Saladdin Ahmed Bahozde. Start date July 9! Register today to join.

Home/lessness: an online course taught by Dr. Saladdin Bahozde. Starts July 9, running Wednesdays at 1:30pm Eastern for ten weeks.

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

You can now register to attend this year's social ecology summer intensive course, hosted in Lexington, KY! Our program theme revolves around the role of the arts and cultural organizing in our movement work. Open to all!

Institute for Social Ecology's summer intensive: The Art of Organizing, hosted at artfarm in Lexington, KY

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Alina ⏸️ @karrenlines.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Ready for the next Reading Group with @social-ecology.bsky.social !

Hand of the poster holding the book "Practicing Social Ecology" by Dr. Eleanor Finley

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Treesong @treesong.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

One of many important concepts I learned during my studies at @social-ecology.bsky.social is "recallable delegates." Instead of electing representatives for multi-year terms, elect delegates who (a) don't usurp the people's decision-making authority & (b) can be recalled at any time by the people.

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Mark your calendars! This year's social ecology summer intensive course will be in Lexington, Kentucky from August 2-8, at the new community space artfarm. The theme of this year's intensive is The Art of Organizing.

Save the date
Institute for Social Ecology's summer intensive: The Art of Organizing
Hosted at artfarm in Lexington, KY
August 2-8.

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Join us for this exciting class taught by @eleanorfinley.bsky.social starting next Monday 3/17. Students will gain a foundation in the central concepts of radical anthropology and how it can inform radical visions for a wold beyond capitalism. Register + more info: bit.ly/iseanthro

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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Larissa Payne 🍞🌹 @lala-dolce-vita.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

TL;DR Read #MurrayBookchin and learn from Kurdish prefigurative politics in Rojava. @social-ecology.bsky.social

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Eleanor Finley PhD @eleanorfinley.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Come take my online class! Open to the public. Weekly on Monday evenings. Via the @social-ecology.bsky.social Register today! social-ecology.org/wp/courses/t...

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Some have been so numbed to the creep of power that they keep asking what if this turns violent. Friends, it is violent.

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karima @nightshade.blacksky.app · 22/01/2025

Peter Staudenmaier, JoNina Abron-Ervin, and Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin discuss the nature and threat of fascism and what must be done to fight it from an anti-authoritarian position. youtu.be/FAh-R30uYgQ?... via @social-ecology.bsky.social

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Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Murray Bookchin: "[Anarchism's] central focus has always been the only meaningful goal social revolution can have—the remaking of the world so that human beings will be ends in themselves and human life a revered, indeed a marvelous, experience."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/01/2025

The far right lies. All the time. Not as a contingent or accident matter, not as some quirk of history -- lying is *intrinsic to far-right politics*. Where there is one, there is the other; they are one & the same.

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Spencer Beswick @spencerbeswick.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Bertolt Brecht: "Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."

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Municipalism Learning Series @municipalists.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

As Trump returns to the White House, what can we do to prepare our communities to be liberated and safe? When: Wednesday, January 8th at 4pm Pacific / 7pm Eastern Where: Zoom How: RSVP at municipalism.org/community-de...

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dylan saba @shaabiranks.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This is not funny, world-systems only act like this when they are in extreme distress

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

In the 20th century, Murray Bookchin similarly had to get by by living and working in his ex-wife’s living room.

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Théo Rouhette @theorouhette.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The last TRISE conference gathered the social ecology movement through engaging discussions on urban planning, democratic confederalism, municipalism, decolonial resistance, commons, indigenous self-management and food sovereignty. Check the report! trise.org/2024/11/07/s... #bookchin #socialecology

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Social ecology aims to build an inclusive and diverse “We” - Report from TRISE Conference 2024 - Transnational Institute of Social Ecology

Report by the Netzwerk für Kommunalismus. The report is also available in German, Greek, and Dutch. With the 2024 TRISE conference in Athens (25-27 October 2024), the social ecology movement has taken...

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On Our Own Authority! @oooabooks.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

today seems like a good day to take a look at my organizing guide "40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists," share copies with your friends, and print out PDF's and stuff them in little libraries (Spanish & German versions too) spencersunshine.com/fortyways/

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“40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists”

Exciting news! In conjunction with Portland, Oregon’s PopMob, the new edition of 40 Ways to Fight Fascists: Street-Legal Tactics for Community Activists is now out. It’s a completely re…

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 14/11/2024

thanks Joe Biden for staging one of those historic photos which will be passed around in about 30 years in history classes as an emblematically depressing example of normalizing fascism

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

“For both Marx and Kropotkin, revolution is indistinguishable from the direct democracy of the commune form, and that democracy is an uprising in excess of the political forms currently in place.” Join us for our new reading group on Kristin Ross’s new book, The Commune Form.

Book cover of The Commune Form: The Transformation of Everyday Life by Kristin Ross

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Dr. Tessa Fisher @tessafisher.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

you may resurrect one dead artist who would be an amazing shitposter. Who is it? Murray Bookchin, hands down.

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Join us next week for a new course on resistance to fascism and revolutionary history! Unusually for our classes, there will be no assigned reading. Instead, each class someone will read aloud a short passage from Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History, followed by discussion.

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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

i think it's really unfortunate that so much of the time, older activists are ignored by the youth. if you ever reach 94, i'm sure you'll want some support: here's a good opportunity to provide some!

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

We're reaching out today to ask for help for a struggling comrade and movement elder. Bea Bookchin, aged 94, is facing new medical costs and in need of support to receive her care at home. She has been a lifelong revolutionary activist and ISE educator. www.gofundme.com/f/support-be...

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Donate to Support Bea Bookchin's Care at Home, organized by Kelly Roache

A utopian in the best sense of the word, Bea Bookchin has spent her entire life worki… Kelly Roache needs your support for Support Bea Bookchin's Care at Home

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The Institute for Social Ecology @social-ecology.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Join us for some of our upcoming online courses! - Walter Benjamin's Theses on the Philosophy of History (social-ecology.org/wp/courses/w...), begins October 30 - Our Being Is Becoming: An Introduction to Thinking Dialectically (social-ecology.org/wp/courses/o...), begins December 5

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Walter Benjamin's Theses on the Philosophy of History, Part 1 | Institute for Social Ecology

Weekly at 9:00 PT (West Coast), 12:00 ET (Lunchbreak East Coast), 17:00 GMT (London), 18:00 ECT (Paris/Berlin/Rome). Walter Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History (Über den Begriff der Geschic...

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