Oleh : Kevin Carson. Teks aslinya berjudul Cuban Urban Farming, and Special Periods Old and New. Diterjemahkan kedalam Bahasa Indonesia oleh Sachadru. Ada kesamaan yang mencolok antara gigantisme industri Amerika Serikat dan blok Soviet pada abad ke-20, dan budaya kelembagaan mereka. Hal ini berlaku khususnya di bidang pertanian. Keduanya didasarkan pada pertanian berskala sangat besar,…

De Kevin Carson. Artigo original: Cuban Urban Farming, and Special Periods Old and New, de 8 de maio de 2023. Traduzido para o português por Gabriel Camargo. Há paralelos marcantes entre o gigantismo industrial dos Estados Unidos e do bloco Soviético no século XX, e suas culturas institucionais. Isso é verdade em particular para a…

Yazar: Kevin Carsoni. Orijinal makale: Cuban Urban Farming, and Special Periods Old and New, yayınlanma tarihi: 8 Mayıs 2023. 20. yüzyılda Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nin ve Sovyet bloğunun endüstriyel devliği ile kurumsal kültürleri arasında dikkat çekici paralellikler bulunmaktadır. Bu durum özellikle tarım için geçerlidir. Her ikisi de son derece büyük ölçekli ve yüksek düzeylerde mekanizasyona sahip…

Kevin Carson. Articolo originale: Cuban Urban Farming, and Special Periods Old and New, dell’otto maggio 2023. Traduzione italiana di Enrico Sanna. Molto accomuna la novecentesca grandeur statunitense e l’Unione Sovietica, ognuna con le rispettive culture istituzionali. Soprattutto se parliamo di industria agricola. In entrambi i casi abbiamo enormi aziende altamente meccanizzate che fanno ampio uso…

There are striking parallels between the industrial gigantism of the United States and the Soviet bloc in the 20th century, and their institutional cultures. This is true in particular of agriculture. Both were based on extremely large-scale farms, with high levels of mechanization and heavy use of synthetic fertilizers. From the Cuban Revolution until the…

Di David S. D’Amato. Originale pubblicato il 15 febbraio 2022 con il titolo Cheap Food Comes with a Big Price. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Cosa pensare di quei sedicenti “free-marketer” che vedono nel capitalismo globale una realizzazione dei loro valori? Visto il ruolo ingombrante e determinante della violenza di stato nella nascita del capitalismo globale,…

It’s never been easy to know what to make of self-styled free-marketers who see global capitalism as a real-life instantiation of their values. Given the deep and decisive role of state violence in the creation of global capitalism, they’re either unaware of the basic facts, and so unqualified for their positions, or engaged in a…

The prefix “eco-“, as in ecology and economy, is rooted in the ancient Greek “οἶκος”, translated as “house,” “home,” “shelter,” or “habitation.” Our home, (the home that we all currently share in common: our planet and its biosphere), is the focus of this essay — even as the title is an irreverent and playful response…

We’re back! A little late, but hopefully worth it, here’s our “August” episode of Mutual Exchange Radio. In this episode Alex McHugh stands in for host Zachary Woodman to interview C4SS editing coordinator Evan Pierce. Evan is a gardener, builder, and anarchist working on generating and regenerating universal ecological infrastructure. They’re into the cross-pollination of…

DisCO Coop (primary authors Stacco Troncoso and Ann Marie Utratel). Groove is in the Heart: The DisCO Elements. Introduction by Ela Kagel and Afterword by Ann Marie Utratel (2020).  As the Introduction explains, the first installment of the DisCO Trilogy — The DisCO Manifesto — was about ” the reasons behind DisCO, its roots and…

Gettare il seme dell’infrastruttura ecologica universale Di Evan Pierce. Originale pubblicato il 13 aprile 2020 con il titolo Beyond UBI: Sowing the Seeds of Universal Ecological Infrastructure. Traduzione di Enrico Sanna. Ultimamente, si parla tanto di reddito di base universale (RBU), che servirebbe a riequilibrare le disuguaglianze, affrontare la crescente precarietà data dalla disoccupazione tecnologica,…

[Listen to a Mutual Exchange Radio Podcast discussing this essay here] Ideas related to Universal Basic Income (UBI) have been gaining some traction lately with the goals of mitigating inequality, addressing the increasing precarity of technological unemployment, and attempting to ensure that people can meet their basic needs. As an anarchist seeking freedom for all,…