Here's a thread (from my new article) about Audre Lorde's concept of "the erotic", which is hugely significant for many ppl but also tantalizingly hard to define & describe.
I'm pretty excited to share this work!
"I think that developing our own ways and practices of relating to nature and other forms of life has to be a central part of any struggle to transform the world." — John Holloway https://t.co/WGtAeOo2lg
Thrilled that @ROAR_Magazine has published my interview with John Holloway!
"Gradually, as I went on reading, my respect for him [Öcalan] grew more and more. It seems to be very convincing, very coherent and amazingly rich."
https://t.co/ZB77QL9FTb
A must-read: "Holloway offers us possibilities and an alternative imagination to negate the existing capitalist order," @jihadhemmi writes in his introduction to this deeply insightful interview that he conducted with John Holloway for @ROAR_Magazine.
https://t.co/k6H9yKJTiE
This paper by @jihadhemmi & Thomas Miley will explore the social-ecological dimension of the democratic confederal project, in theory and in praxis, with a focus on the challenge that the project presents to both capitalism and the nation-state system.
https://t.co/UTnCDOovoJ
"He had a buoyant belief in the untapped possibilities of the human imagination, and never lost his optimism that we would succeed in creating a society worthy of the best in us."
Adding my reflection to the beautiful tributes to @davidgraeber in @nybooks https://t.co/I9tzurWFAs
I miss his passion for ideas and fierce devotion to reason; but also his deep warmth and caring, his unconditional love, the way he unabashedly adored us....his hugs and sort of teddy bear side, that only his closest friends saw. 8/14
Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of the death of my father, Murray Bookchin, and I found myself missing him terribly. So I was especially glad to be in Burlington, Vermont with family. 1/14
And: “What compels me to fight this society is, of course, outrage over injustice, a love of freedom, and a feeling of responsibility for perpetuating and enlarging the human spirit — its beauty, creativity, and latent capacity to improve the world.” Amen.
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