A-Infos (en) US, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, the journal of the Institute for Anarchist Studies Call for Climate Change and Economic Crisis Articles

for Perspectives on Anarchist Theory ---- (IAS), is calling for submissions that address 
climate change and the current economic crisis from radical and revolutionary positions. 
We see the ecological crisis as an indictment of dominant social structures, and would 
like to publish essays exploring ways this moment as an opportunity to radically 
restructure society for the better. ---- The world today faces the immediate impact of a 
global recession, coupled with the quickly unfolding reality of catastrophic climate 
change.  The economy and the environment are inextricably linked, as capitalist economic 
decisions erode ecological balance and long-term sustainability. Ecology may be the one 
question which capitalism can not answer.

This climate crisis, a threat to the lives of billions of people - primarily the poor of 
the southern hemisphere - as well as countless plant and animal species, has not as of yet 
received due consideration by the anti-authoritarian Left.  It has received some attention 
from the Left, and from the anti-civilization, primitivist Grenn Anarchy camps, but we are 
seeking further elaborations and more systematic treatments from social revolutionaries 
and anti-authoritarians.

We would like to publish articles presenting, but not limited to,  any and all of the 
following:
•	analyses of the root causes of climate change, with an emphasis on industrial capitalism 
and the profit motive,
•	ways in which an anarchist society would resolve the problems inherent in greenhouse gas 
emissions, as well as explorations of various aspects of the crisis, from transportation 
to energy production,
•	organizing experiences and strategies, particularly those involving work for 
environmental justice and the struggle against environmental racism,
•	the economic crisis from a revolutionary perspective,
•	the origins of the economic crisis, both systemic and local, made clear and accessible 
for lay people,
•	opportunities for change that the converging environmental and economic crises present 
to revolutionaries, and
•	an anarchist economic model that would avoid the devastating consequences of capitalism, 
such as endemic poverty, unemployment, and the perennial “boom and bust” cycle.

We believe that this is a crucial year, one in which societies must begin to confront the 
catastrophic implications of climate change in a bold and revolutionary fashion.  Without 
serious changes in social structures, the human systems and the natural environment may be 
changed in such negative ways as to make them unrecognizable, or even unlivable.   As 
immediately, the economic crisis is taking its toll daily on the lives of poor and working 
class people, as well as the middle class.  What analyses and what solutions do anarchists 
and anti-authoritarians have to offer?

Perspectives is published on-line and articles are posted as they are ready.  We are also 
considering publishing an annual print edition.  All accepted articles will be published 
on our website, and will be considered for the print edition.

You can contact us at:  perspectivesmagazine@googlegroups.com
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