Movement EcologyArticles
These articles give an overview of the concepts, frameworks and analyses that inform our work, and spell out some of our strategic proposals. (They also may contain jargon.)
Sensemaking
Why sensemaking is important, how it works and why the world doesn’t seem to make sense anymore
Scale-free abstractions
A novel way to support making sense of complex systems and developing effective strategies
The decline of the Left
How a lack of focus on building collective power is both cause and effect of the disintegration of the Labour Movement
The rise of the Right
Understanding the surge of the far right as the outcome of a hegemonic crisis
The demise of the Western Empire
A summary of the last decades’ shifts in geopolitical power structures
Civilisational collapse
The prospects of global collapse, analysed with an ecological perspective on human history
Collective agency
A post-Marxist approach to building collective power and political consciousness
Collective power through alternative models
A proposal for strategic priorities in the face of multi-level collapse
Acting under uncertainty
How to respond to continuous change and fundamental uncertainty when strategising