An homage to Joel Kovel by Salvatore Engel-DiMauro. “"Losing a dear friend is scarring and leaves an unfillable void. Joel was (or, rather, is, for he will live among us in other ways) an open, thorough, and independent thinker; an ecosocialist luminary; a fountain of practicable political ideas; a committed Marxist Christian revolutionary; an anti-Zionist activist; and among the most sensitive, understanding, perspicacious, and generous people I have ever met.”

The essay by Joel Kovel was first written as a communique to introduce his book The Enemy of Nature: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World? (Zed Books, 2007) to ecosocialist comrades in Latin America.

An evening of visionary art and politics, to map a route of struggle which connects continents and consciousness in a 500 year plan for the salvation of Mother Earth, featuring founding delegates of the First Ecosocialist International.

The First Ecosocialist International is not just another meeting, nor another conference of intellectuals to define ecosocialism. We believe that ecosocialism will define itself to the extent that it is reflected and conceptualized in praxis; based on what we do and what we are. Nor is the First Ecosocialist International a single organization or a rubber stamp in constant danger of becoming a bureaucracy. It is a common program of struggle, with moments of encounter and exchange, which anyone may join, by committing themselves to fulfilling one or more of the various actions agreed upon here in order to relieve our Mother Earth.

“One Hundred Years,” Steve Bloom’s epic poem of triumph and tragedy, commemorating the centenary of the Russian Revolution of 1917, is debuting today (October 7 2017) in a collaborative effort by thirteen websites in seven countries.

This video was inspired by the convocation of Ecosocialist activists who met last year up in the hills of Monte Carmelo outside of Caracas, Venezuela.

The Arusha Declaration and TANU’s Policy on Socialism and Self-Reliance translated into Spanish.

An essay by Kanya D’Almeida.

“The Calling of the Spirits”: Pluricosmovisionary Council of Activators for the Convocation of The First Ecosocialist International

“Nature will always prevail,” says Angel Moreno, a campesino and leader in the National Network of Popular Agroecological Schools, as he points to the grass sprouting through the sidewalk in the mountain village of Monte Carmelo in Venezuela. “But if we’re going to fight imperialism, we need seeds.”

An oratorio/Sunday school lesson, with composer/pianist Sarah Saul, choreographer Peggy Brightman and Moving Spirit Dancers, musical directors Michael Zsoldos and Mark Nelson, and puppet designer Wayne Thompson.

Fred Ho—called the “greatest baritone saxophonist of all time” by The New Yorker—would be celebrating his 59th birthday this August. Despite a life cut short by a relentless cancer, Ho was a committed ecosocialist whose output remains prolific. The Afro Yaqui Music Collective is a 9-piece outfit which descends from Ho’s Afro Asian revolutionary ensembles and musical concepts.

An article by Quincy Saul.

According to both Maya Tzeltal and Tzotzil indigenous thought, everything that exists is sacred and has Ch’ulel (spirit). Since the conquest of Mexico and subsequent colonization, this way of thinking has been nearly decimated due to external influences such as capitalism. As we know, capitalism exploits human beings and nature, turning everything into a commodity. This force, along with hegemonic rational thought, has distanced Ch’ulel from nature. There are, however, current life practices that prove the Maya way of thinking is still present. Only by building a collective heart in order to recover the meaning of our humanity can we reconnect with the forgotten sacred. The fight for humanity is the fight against the monstrous hydra of capitalism. (This lecture will be in Spanish with English translation.)

An essay by Abdullah Öcalan.

United and reunited in the Sixth Venezuelan Congress of Biological Diversity, in the state of Carobobo, hosted by the Aldea Heroes de Canaima 4F, from the 8th to the 12th of October, we discussed and debated the seed, as an essential element for the defense of life and food sovereignty.

An article by Russell Maroon Shoatz.