Tag: Colonialism
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Decolonizing the Commons
Introduction In the last several decades, as capitalist-colonialism continues to degrade social wellbeing and ecological health worldwide, there has been rapid growth in interest in traditions of collective resource use and land relations outside of capitalist private property regimes. This interest is expressed by individuals and organizations from a variety of political persuasions including anarchist…
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Reclaiming Hope in Frightening Times
In light of witnessing this latest phase in governmental breakdown in the US, I reflect upon a sudden and frightening realization I had while working in the US Senate about a decade ago. It was this: the US government will never be reformed enough to address our most pressing social and ecological problems. Reform is…
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Decolonizing Environmentalism
My masters program in philosophy has been a mixed experience so far. Several of my classes are radical and challenging to modernity, scientific materialism, and Western colonialism, and these have been quite enjoyable. Yet one of my classes, the one that is the introduction to my program, was disappointing, but in a very educational way.…
Sylvan Revolutions 