• Bookchin for beginners — Practicing Social Ecology by Eleanor Finley, review and analysis

    For the past eight years, “Google Murray Bookchin!” has been a slow-burning internet meme. When you google Murray Bookchin, you come across one of the most underrated philosophers of the 20th century, an eco-minded anarchist who eventually drifted onto his own path. But if you want a more detailed introduction to Bookchin, his ideas and…

  • A viable utopia? The Next Revolution by Murray Bookchin, review and analysis

    Whatever your political beliefs, Murray Bookchin argued against them. When we face drastic political, environmental and economic problems, we need radical solutions. And that means that we need to look to radical traditions. That’s what led me to Murray Bookchin, an American political thinker and writer. He was an anarchist for most of his adult…