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  1. Us leftie technologists have been talking about decentralization for a very long time. But it's obvious from a lot of experiments in decentralization that decentralization requires coordination, otherwise it turns into a nightmare of libertarian sovereign citizen.

    See Lebanon's waste management problem across its 1000+ municipalities, for a glowing example of how decentralization without coordination fails miserably.

    Of course, countless thinkers from Abdullah Öcalan to Murray Bookchin to Stafford Beer talked about levels of coordination among decentralized actors, giving it various names.

    But could we make sure that every time we talk about decentralization, we always include coordination?

    Could coordinated decentralization become our new term for decentralization?

    #Ocalan #Bookchin #cybernetics #SocialEcology

  2. Us leftie technologists have been talking about decentralization for a very long time. But it's obvious from a lot of experiments in decentralization that decentralization requires coordination, otherwise it turns into a nightmare of libertarian sovereign citizen.

    See Lebanon's waste management problem across its 1000+ municipalities, for a glowing example of how decentralization without coordination fails miserably.

    Of course, countless thinkers from Abdullah Öcalan to Murray Bookchin to Stafford Beer talked about levels of coordination among decentralized actors, giving it various names.

    But could we make sure that every time we talk about decentralization, we always include coordination?

    Could coordinated decentralization become our new term for decentralization?

    #Ocalan #Bookchin #cybernetics #SocialEcology

  3. Us leftie technologists have been talking about decentralization for a very long time. But it's obvious from a lot of experiments in decentralization that decentralization requires coordination, otherwise it turns into a nightmare of libertarian sovereign citizen.

    See Lebanon's waste management problem across its 1000+ municipalities, for a glowing example of how decentralization without coordination fails miserably.

    Of course, countless thinkers from Abdullah Öcalan to Murray Bookchin to Stafford Beer talked about levels of coordination among decentralized actors, giving it various names.

    But could we make sure that every time we talk about decentralization, we always include coordination?

    Could coordinated decentralization become our new term for decentralization?

    #Ocalan #Bookchin #cybernetics #SocialEcology

  4. Us leftie technologists have been talking about decentralization for a very long time. But it's obvious from a lot of experiments in decentralization that decentralization requires coordination, otherwise it turns into a nightmare of libertarian sovereign citizen.

    See Lebanon's waste management problem across its 1000+ municipalities, for a glowing example of how decentralization without coordination fails miserably.

    Of course, countless thinkers from Abdullah Öcalan to Murray Bookchin to Stafford Beer talked about levels of coordination among decentralized actors, giving it various names.

    But could we make sure that every time we talk about decentralization, we always include coordination?

    Could coordinated decentralization become our new term for decentralization?

    #Ocalan #Bookchin #cybernetics #SocialEcology

  5. Us leftie technologists have been talking about decentralization for a very long time. But it's obvious from a lot of experiments in decentralization that decentralization requires coordination, otherwise it turns into a nightmare of libertarian sovereign citizen.

    See Lebanon's waste management problem across its 1000+ municipalities, for a glowing example of how decentralization without coordination fails miserably.

    Of course, countless thinkers from Abdullah Öcalan to Murray Bookchin to Stafford Beer talked about levels of coordination among decentralized actors, giving it various names.

    But could we make sure that every time we talk about decentralization, we always include coordination?

    Could coordinated decentralization become our new term for decentralization?

    #Ocalan #Bookchin #cybernetics #SocialEcology

  6. @WheresMyWater the system we are chained to will grow more billionaires and foster more hatred as a distraction. system change for a free humanity.

    #ResourceBasedEconomy #OpenAccessEconomy #SocialEcology #OpenSourceEcology

  7. Great thread, thank you @scarlet ! :black_sparkling_heart:

    Plus: even anarchists can participate in local governance. Sounds weird to anybody? I can recommend Murray Bookchin, hehe :bookchin:

    theanarchistlibrary.org/librar

    #Municipalism #SocialEcology #Bookchin

  8. Great thread, thank you @scarlet ! :black_sparkling_heart:

    Plus: even anarchists can participate in local governance. Sounds weird to anybody? I can recommend Murray Bookchin, hehe :bookchin:

    theanarchistlibrary.org/librar

    #Municipalism #SocialEcology #Bookchin

  9. Great thread, thank you @scarlet ! :black_sparkling_heart:

    Plus: even anarchists can participate in local governance. Sounds weird to anybody? I can recommend Murray Bookchin, hehe :bookchin:

    theanarchistlibrary.org/librar

    #Municipalism #SocialEcology #Bookchin

  10. Great thread, thank you @scarlet ! :black_sparkling_heart:

    Plus: even anarchists can participate in local governance. Sounds weird to anybody? I can recommend Murray Bookchin, hehe :bookchin:

    theanarchistlibrary.org/librar

    #Municipalism #SocialEcology #Bookchin

  11. Great thread, thank you @scarlet ! :black_sparkling_heart:

    Plus: even anarchists can participate in local governance. Sounds weird to anybody? I can recommend Murray Bookchin, hehe :bookchin:

    theanarchistlibrary.org/librar

    #Municipalism #SocialEcology #Bookchin

  12. On Saturday the 15th, Firestorm will be hosting a virtual book launch with activist Yavor Tarinski, whose new primer "Horizons of Direct Democracy" is out this month from On Our Own Authority! Yavor will appear alongside notable social-ecologist contributors Eleanor Finley and Modibo Kadalie for this panel facilitated by fellow author and frequent Firestorm collaborator Andrew Zonneveld. Don't miss it! 🌱🏴

    "Horizons of Direct Democracy" is a short and accessible volume surveying the political thought of philosophers like Cornelius Castoriadis and CLR James while also dissecting real-world examples of direct democracy in action from the Baltic, to Latin America, Western Asia, and beyond.

    Register for free and find your copy of "Horizons" at firestorm.coop/events/3491-hor. Not able to make the event live? Sign up anyway and we'll send you the event recording to soak up at your leisure!

    #DirectDemocracy #Anarchism #SocialEcology #HorizonsOfDirectDemocracy #FeministBookstore #FirestormCoop (- L)

  13. The foundational myth of the state is its necessity. It posits itself as the sole entity capable of imposing order upon a chaotic humanity, the neutral arbiter of conflicts, and the guarantor of security. This is a lie. The state is not a neutral arbiter; it is the historical product of propertied classes consolidating their power, a mechanism born to protect accumulation and enforce hierarchy. Its very DNA is coded with domination. Therefore, it cannot be reformed to serve the poor, the marginalized, or the ecosystem. It must be abolished. This is the first, non-negotiable premise of a free society.

    We now confront a second, undeniable premise. The planetary system is terminally ill. The project of industrial civilization, built upon the twin engines of state power and capital accumulation, has achieved its logical conclusion: the active destabilization of the biospheric conditions that support complex life. The science is settled. We are not awaiting collapse; we are living within its protracted, uneven, and irreversible unfolding. The choice is no longer between a sustainable future and an unsustainable one. The choice is now about how we conduct ourselves in the face of a terminal diagnosis.

    This reality has given rise to a pervasive nihilism, a philosophy that rightly identifies the absurdity of our situation but draws a fatalistic conclusion. It suggests that because the large scale systems are doomed and no cosmic meaning awaits us, all action is futile. This perspective advocates for a posture of acceptance, a "planetary hospice" where the only virtue is to meet the end with clear eyed resignation, free from the "foolishness" of hope or struggle. While understandable, this position represents a profound philosophical and practical failure. It mistakes the absence of inherent meaning for a prohibition against creating meaning. It misidentifies the collapse of a civilization with the end of all value.

    If the universe is indeed silent and offers us no script, then we are presented with the most radical freedom imaginable. We are unshackled from any predetermined purpose. In this void, we are compelled to become the authors of our own values. The question is not whether meaning exists, but what meaning we will choose to build from the raw materials of our existence and our relationships. To choose inaction and passive acceptance is itself a value choice, one that implicitly sides with the forces of entropy and domination. It is a choice to let the world end on the terms of its abusers.

    Anarchism provides the antithesis to this nihilistic acquiescence. It is not a blueprint for a future utopia to be achieved after a revolution. It is a praxis of dignity for the present moment. It is the active, conscious creation of meaning through direct action, mutual aid, and solidarity. When we practice collective care, when we organize to meet our own needs and the needs of our communities outside the logic of state and capital, we are not merely preparing for a new world. We are building and inhabiting that new world in the shell of the old, right now, under the shadow of the end.

    This is not foolish. It is a defiant, pragmatic realism. The scale of the crisis means that traditional political solutions, which operate through centralized power, are not only inadequate but are often active contributors to the problem. Our strength lies in decentralization, in resilience, in the ability to adapt and care for one another when the monolithic systems fail, as they inevitably will. Abolishing the state is not a distant goal; it is the process of rendering it obsolete by building the capacity for self organization and collective self defense. Dismantling hierarchy is the process of learning to relate to one another as equals in a shared struggle.

    The meaning we create is not deferred to a future salvation. It is immanent in the act itself. The meaning is in the food shared, the knowledge liberated, the land defended, the community protected. It is in the solidarity that says, "You will not face this alone." This praxis is our dignity. It is the conscious decision to stare into the abyss and not be paralyzed, but to be galvanized into building pockets of freedom and compassion.

    anarchism is the philosophical and practical commitment to creating meaning through the abolition of power and the cultivation of life. The collapse of the old world is not our end. It is the barren ground from which we choose to grow a final, defiant garden of mutual aid, its value derived not from its permanence, but from the sheer fact that we chose to plant it together.

    #Anarchism #Collapse #PostCiv #ClimateCrisis #MutualAid #Solidarity #AntiState #EcoAnarchism #SocialEcology #PoliticalTheory #Philosophy #Nihilism #Existentialism #Dignity #DirectAction #CommunityResilience #BlackSky #Biodiversity #Degrowth

  14. The foundational myth of the state is its necessity. It posits itself as the sole entity capable of imposing order upon a chaotic humanity, the neutral arbiter of conflicts, and the guarantor of security. This is a lie. The state is not a neutral arbiter; it is the historical product of propertied classes consolidating their power, a mechanism born to protect accumulation and enforce hierarchy. Its very DNA is coded with domination. Therefore, it cannot be reformed to serve the poor, the marginalized, or the ecosystem. It must be abolished. This is the first, non-negotiable premise of a free society.

    We now confront a second, undeniable premise. The planetary system is terminally ill. The project of industrial civilization, built upon the twin engines of state power and capital accumulation, has achieved its logical conclusion: the active destabilization of the biospheric conditions that support complex life. The science is settled. We are not awaiting collapse; we are living within its protracted, uneven, and irreversible unfolding. The choice is no longer between a sustainable future and an unsustainable one. The choice is now about how we conduct ourselves in the face of a terminal diagnosis.

    This reality has given rise to a pervasive nihilism, a philosophy that rightly identifies the absurdity of our situation but draws a fatalistic conclusion. It suggests that because the large scale systems are doomed and no cosmic meaning awaits us, all action is futile. This perspective advocates for a posture of acceptance, a "planetary hospice" where the only virtue is to meet the end with clear eyed resignation, free from the "foolishness" of hope or struggle. While understandable, this position represents a profound philosophical and practical failure. It mistakes the absence of inherent meaning for a prohibition against creating meaning. It misidentifies the collapse of a civilization with the end of all value.

    If the universe is indeed silent and offers us no script, then we are presented with the most radical freedom imaginable. We are unshackled from any predetermined purpose. In this void, we are compelled to become the authors of our own values. The question is not whether meaning exists, but what meaning we will choose to build from the raw materials of our existence and our relationships. To choose inaction and passive acceptance is itself a value choice, one that implicitly sides with the forces of entropy and domination. It is a choice to let the world end on the terms of its abusers.

    Anarchism provides the antithesis to this nihilistic acquiescence. It is not a blueprint for a future utopia to be achieved after a revolution. It is a praxis of dignity for the present moment. It is the active, conscious creation of meaning through direct action, mutual aid, and solidarity. When we practice collective care, when we organize to meet our own needs and the needs of our communities outside the logic of state and capital, we are not merely preparing for a new world. We are building and inhabiting that new world in the shell of the old, right now, under the shadow of the end.

    This is not foolish. It is a defiant, pragmatic realism. The scale of the crisis means that traditional political solutions, which operate through centralized power, are not only inadequate but are often active contributors to the problem. Our strength lies in decentralization, in resilience, in the ability to adapt and care for one another when the monolithic systems fail, as they inevitably will. Abolishing the state is not a distant goal; it is the process of rendering it obsolete by building the capacity for self organization and collective self defense. Dismantling hierarchy is the process of learning to relate to one another as equals in a shared struggle.

    The meaning we create is not deferred to a future salvation. It is immanent in the act itself. The meaning is in the food shared, the knowledge liberated, the land defended, the community protected. It is in the solidarity that says, "You will not face this alone." This praxis is our dignity. It is the conscious decision to stare into the abyss and not be paralyzed, but to be galvanized into building pockets of freedom and compassion.

    anarchism is the philosophical and practical commitment to creating meaning through the abolition of power and the cultivation of life. The collapse of the old world is not our end. It is the barren ground from which we choose to grow a final, defiant garden of mutual aid, its value derived not from its permanence, but from the sheer fact that we chose to plant it together.

    #Anarchism #Collapse #PostCiv #ClimateCrisis #MutualAid #Solidarity #AntiState #EcoAnarchism #SocialEcology #PoliticalTheory #Philosophy #Nihilism #Existentialism #Dignity #DirectAction #CommunityResilience #BlackSky #Biodiversity #Degrowth

  15. The foundational myth of the state is its necessity. It posits itself as the sole entity capable of imposing order upon a chaotic humanity, the neutral arbiter of conflicts, and the guarantor of security. This is a lie. The state is not a neutral arbiter; it is the historical product of propertied classes consolidating their power, a mechanism born to protect accumulation and enforce hierarchy. Its very DNA is coded with domination. Therefore, it cannot be reformed to serve the poor, the marginalized, or the ecosystem. It must be abolished. This is the first, non-negotiable premise of a free society.

    We now confront a second, undeniable premise. The planetary system is terminally ill. The project of industrial civilization, built upon the twin engines of state power and capital accumulation, has achieved its logical conclusion: the active destabilization of the biospheric conditions that support complex life. The science is settled. We are not awaiting collapse; we are living within its protracted, uneven, and irreversible unfolding. The choice is no longer between a sustainable future and an unsustainable one. The choice is now about how we conduct ourselves in the face of a terminal diagnosis.

    This reality has given rise to a pervasive nihilism, a philosophy that rightly identifies the absurdity of our situation but draws a fatalistic conclusion. It suggests that because the large scale systems are doomed and no cosmic meaning awaits us, all action is futile. This perspective advocates for a posture of acceptance, a "planetary hospice" where the only virtue is to meet the end with clear eyed resignation, free from the "foolishness" of hope or struggle. While understandable, this position represents a profound philosophical and practical failure. It mistakes the absence of inherent meaning for a prohibition against creating meaning. It misidentifies the collapse of a civilization with the end of all value.

    If the universe is indeed silent and offers us no script, then we are presented with the most radical freedom imaginable. We are unshackled from any predetermined purpose. In this void, we are compelled to become the authors of our own values. The question is not whether meaning exists, but what meaning we will choose to build from the raw materials of our existence and our relationships. To choose inaction and passive acceptance is itself a value choice, one that implicitly sides with the forces of entropy and domination. It is a choice to let the world end on the terms of its abusers.

    Anarchism provides the antithesis to this nihilistic acquiescence. It is not a blueprint for a future utopia to be achieved after a revolution. It is a praxis of dignity for the present moment. It is the active, conscious creation of meaning through direct action, mutual aid, and solidarity. When we practice collective care, when we organize to meet our own needs and the needs of our communities outside the logic of state and capital, we are not merely preparing for a new world. We are building and inhabiting that new world in the shell of the old, right now, under the shadow of the end.

    This is not foolish. It is a defiant, pragmatic realism. The scale of the crisis means that traditional political solutions, which operate through centralized power, are not only inadequate but are often active contributors to the problem. Our strength lies in decentralization, in resilience, in the ability to adapt and care for one another when the monolithic systems fail, as they inevitably will. Abolishing the state is not a distant goal; it is the process of rendering it obsolete by building the capacity for self organization and collective self defense. Dismantling hierarchy is the process of learning to relate to one another as equals in a shared struggle.

    The meaning we create is not deferred to a future salvation. It is immanent in the act itself. The meaning is in the food shared, the knowledge liberated, the land defended, the community protected. It is in the solidarity that says, "You will not face this alone." This praxis is our dignity. It is the conscious decision to stare into the abyss and not be paralyzed, but to be galvanized into building pockets of freedom and compassion.

    anarchism is the philosophical and practical commitment to creating meaning through the abolition of power and the cultivation of life. The collapse of the old world is not our end. It is the barren ground from which we choose to grow a final, defiant garden of mutual aid, its value derived not from its permanence, but from the sheer fact that we chose to plant it together.

    #Anarchism #Collapse #PostCiv #ClimateCrisis #MutualAid #Solidarity #AntiState #EcoAnarchism #SocialEcology #PoliticalTheory #Philosophy #Nihilism #Existentialism #Dignity #DirectAction #CommunityResilience #BlackSky #Biodiversity #Degrowth

  16. At a town meeting, the mayor said, “We’re here to give the people a voice.”

    Bookchin leaned forward and said, “Then why do you keep holding the microphone?”

    #jokes #anarchism #socialecology #municipalism #humor #funny

  17. A politician said, “We need to think globally and act locally.”

    The social ecologist replied, “Great—then start by resigning and letting the neighborhood decide what to do with your office.”

    #jokes #anarchism #socialecology #municipalism #humor #funny

  18. Bookchin walks into city hall. They ask, “Sir, are you here to run for office?”

    He says, “No, I’m here to dissolve it—preferably by consensus.”

    #jokes #anarchism #socialecology #municipalism

  19. For those interested in looking at #solarpunk more academically and/or politically, ISE is launching a new course on utopian literature in just a few weeks: social-ecology.org/wp/courses/

    The syllabus looks great - the texts chosen are some of my favorites! This would be a great intro for anyone interested in utopian thinking, narrative change, and other ways of approaching hope in dark times.

    #literature #hopepunk #climatefiction #climatecrisis #socialecology

  20. "Socialism did not have anything particularly new to teach me; however, it provided me with the theory to verify what I already knew emotionally from my own past. I was poor then; I am poor now. Because of this I have been overworked, mistreated, tormented, oppressed, deprived of my freedom, exploited, and ruled by people with money. I had always harbored a deep antagonism toward people with that kind of power and a deep sympathy for people from backgrounds like mine."
    -David Graeber

    #anarchy #anarchism #anarchist #communist #communism #socialist #socialism #socialecology #solarpunk #SolarPunkSunday #DavidGraeber

  21. Like ideology, language creates false separations and objectifications through its symbolizing power. This falsification is made possible by concealing, and ultimately vitiating, the participation of the subject in the physical world. Modern languages, for example, employ the word “mind” to describe a thing dwelling independently in our bodies, as compared with the Sanskrit word, which means “working within,” involving an active embrace of sensation, perception, and cognition. The logic of ideology, from active to passive, from unity to separation, is similarly reflected in the decay of the verb form in general. It is noteworthy that the much freer and sensuous hunter-gatherer cultures gave way to the Neolithic imposition of civilization, work and property at the same time that verbs declined to approximately half of all words of a language; in modern English, verbs account for less than 10% of words.
    -David Graeber

    #anarchy #anarchism #anarchist #communist #communism #socialist #socialism #socialecology #solarpunk #SolarPunkSunday #DavidGraeber

  22. New Essay entitled "WTF Is Social Ecology?"

    "The ecological crisis is not caused by an excess of human freedom; itis instead caused by the destruction of social freedom that happens through domination and exploitation towards goals of profit and powerover others"

    usufructcollective.wordpress.c

    #anarchism #communalism #municipalism #socialecology #ecology #directdemocracy #mutualaid #directaction #commons #commoning

  23. And yes, despite his many foibles, I'm bringing #murraybookchin back into the room because Googling Murray Bookchin 8 years ago sent me on a weird, wild, but very rewarding ride.

    Other people (especially black feminists) have better analysis, but he gives you a project and a horizon.
    #googlemurraybookchin #socialecology #dualpower

  24. an extremely good cause of which you should be aware. bea #bookchin is a true #utopian and her work for #communalism and #socialecology should not be understated gofundme.com/f/support-bea-boo

  25. @ausir @LauraleeDukeshire We don't have to go back. We can choose other, better options. It will be hard, very hard, to build them, but lots of people are already doing it.

    #CooperationJackson
    #SocialEcology
    #Solarpunk

  26. postoj.org/ekologia-spoleczna/

    Jakiś czas temu informowaliśmy że zmniejszamy trochę ilość wydarzeń Oddolnego Centrum Społeczno Kulturalnego „Postój” by przekierować swoje siły także w innych kierunkach. Efektem jednego z nich jest ten projekt: „Ekologia społeczna„. To broszura, dostępna w formie fizycznego zina, ebooka, audioobooka i wideoeseju (z animacjami!).

    Jej podstawą jest przetłumaczona przez nas praca „Social Ecology” z 2019 roku, autorstwa artystki i projektantki Emily McGuire która stworzyła ją podczas seminarium „Ekologia, Demokracja, Utopia” organizowanego przez „Institute For Social Ecology”. To naszym zdaniem najlepsze wprowadzenie do tematu. Jesteśmy szczęśliwe i dumne oddając je wam do czytania.

    „Nie można oddzielić procesu rewolucyjnego od celu rewolucyjnego. Społeczeństwo oparte na samorządności musi zostać osiągnięte poprzez samorządność.”- Murray Bookchin

    #audioobook #audiobookPL #wideoesej #breadtube #rojava #bookchin #socialecology #ekologia #aktywizm #antifa #anarchizm #komunalizm #municypalizm #lewica #radykalnalewica #rewolucja #kurdowie #kurdystan #rożawa #podcast #EkologiaSpołeczna #MurrayBookchin #Rożawa #AANES #Syria #YPG #YPJ #SDF #Zapatyści #RewolucjaRożawy