This was written by anarchist survivors of sexual violence and abuse. It digs into the different approaches to deal with serious harm with the goal of not recreating the same oppressive systems of state “justice”.
Heya folks, since there were already a number of anarchism instances across the lemmyverse, I thought it might be a good idea to make the one on SLRPNK a bit distinct with an explicit inclusion of social ecology into this community. Social ecology, after all, is a bit like solarpunk but also social scientific and...
“The revolution in Rojava has captured international attention for its feminist and democratic character, but there is much less awareness of its strong environmental dimension. Creating a world where both women and the natural world can thrive are deeply connected in Rojava. Jineology, the Kurdish word for the feminist...
This booklet provides an excellent introduction to social ecological theory as practiced by the Democratic Self-Governance of Northern Syria or Rojava.
Here, we have hurriedly translated three statements from Russian anarchist groups. All of them, of necessity, are underground groups. The first is based in Siberia; the second is the Anarcho-Communist Combat Organization, which we interviewed last year; and the third is the editorial collective of Avtonom, arguably Russia’s...
“The most tantalizing feature of the ancient Indus Valley remains is what they appear to lack: any trace of a ruling class or managerial elite. This defies the longtime theoretical assumption that any complex society must have stratified social relations: that collective action, urbanization, and economic specialization only...
Why are there anarchists—who are anti-statist and aim for the destruction of the very roots of statist systems—that support the independence of West Papua and the creation of a new State there?
The essay "Towards a Liberatory Technology" is particularly useful for solarpunks as it deals with how technology could be used in a liberatory and ecological way.
While science fiction most often conjures up images of technology and the so-called ‘hard sciences’, writers in the genre also address human social relations. One of the exemplars of this tradition is Kim Stanley Robinson. In his award-winning Mars trilogy, Red,Green and Blue Mars, Robinson uses the idea of transforming Mars...
Solarpunk recognizes that climate change, the consequences of centuries of damage, aren’t averted in the future. Yet it still manages to incorporate hope. A future where we’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’re doing better. We’re using technology for more uplifting ends. Like seed bombing drones and solar ovens....
Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question “what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?”...