Hannes Gerhardt Geography

Interesting read on the proleterianization of academic labor. Consider: "Even before the pandemic, graduate students were six times more likely to experience depression and anxiety than the rest of the population, under conditions of work in which isolation, competition, obligatory professional conformity, and minimal job prospects constitute the norm."

Introduction: Notes on Contemporary University Struggles - Viewpoint Magazine In the last two years, renewed militancy in university struggles has led to both victories and defeats at campuses across the country and beyond. Against the backdrop of continuing academic proletarianization, ever rising student debt, and expanded campus policing, students and workers have nonethel...

Here's a nice, simple summary of what capitalism is from a libertarian municipalism perspective. One issue with these anarcho type approaches, however, is that the state is seen as a non-reflective servant of capital. If that is the case, then any state engagement would seem futile. Only revolution then? Not many who will want to be counted in on that.

Capitalism: an introduction libcom.org's brief introduction to capitalism and how it works.

One of the biggest hurdles to achieving commons-based governance over our natural resources, as per Eleonor Ostrom, is actually gaining control of these resources to begin with. Consider agriculture and how hard it is to gain access to land. There are very impressive efforts underway to address this challenge, however. The U.S. based Agrarian Trust, for example, seeks to support “sustainable agriculture and preserve its affordability for new and disadvantaged farmers” by buying up land and managing it using commons-based principles. The Trust currently presides over 11 agrarian commons across the country, with each holding up to 12 farms. Check it out:

Agrarian Trust Agrarian Trust’s mission is to support land access for the next generation of farmers.