Yavor Tarinski

A new text of mine where I explore the crucial role of speed in how societies are being structured. Pace is one of the key junctures at which the clash between top-down and horizontal modes of management is taking place. #SocialEcology #directdemocracy classautonomy.info/temporal-dimen…

The Community of the Occupied Prosfygika is 1 of the most emblematic examples of an autonomous urban community in Greece & Europe. With 400+ inhabitants, it operates through direct democracy. It is once again facing the threat of the State. #saveprosfygika trise.net/2026/02/22/the…

My new article on the temporalities of social and environmental collapse and the need of reinventing public time beyond bureaucratic parameters #socialecology #directdemocracy resilience.org/stories/2026-0…

International solidarity has strengthened the self-government of #Rojava morally & has drawn worldwide attention to it. Despite the ceasefire, there's neet to maintain international pressure and continuing to publicly address the attacks on Rojava #Syria trise.net/2026/02/01/wee…

My 1st article for '26, published in the Orobo Journal. Amid #imperialist aggressions, rise of #authoritarianism, and deepening #ecological crisis, I argue that the root-cause of the ills of today is the dominance of #bureaucracy (capitalist and statist) medium.com/orobo-journal/…

The crises of the last decades have led to a resurgence in nationalism and war. The merits of the nation-state as the norm must be questioned. Nowhere are its shortcomings more evident than in the predicament of the Palestinians and the Kurds. trise.net/2025/12/17/sel…

New article of mine on how #bureaucracy (both statist and capitalist) degrades human creativity. Political institutions, economic relations, and even technological inovations, are all shaped in such a ways as to leaves no space for #creativethinking . classautonomy.info/against-bureau…

A commentary of mine on the ongoing #COP30 (essentialy a climate summit of the ruling elites and the lobbies of the super-rich), the protests of #indigenous communities, and the parallel #PeoplesSummit (autonomous event organized by grassroots movements). trise.net/2025/11/13/pro…

A conversation between me and Modibo Kadalie, scholar-activist with over 65 years of experience in the Civil Rights, Black Power, and Pan-Africanist movements, on the occasion on my new book. The conversation is being published by the Orobo journal. medium.com/orobo-journal/…

My commentary on Mamdani's electoral victory: "For the city of NYC, [his] victory is certainly a far better result than any other outcome. However, we must avoid falling for the same blunders of complacency, individualism, and wishful thinking." freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/06/no-…

My new #book "Horizons of Direct Democracy: Revolutionary Politics in an Age of Social and Environmental Collapse" is now available for orders. It is ambitious examination of the spatial & temporal dimensions of #directdemocracy Order from the publisher: …-own-authority-publishing.square.site/product/tarins…?

New article of mine, in which I argue against liberal human‐rights discourse as too individualistic and state‐centric. Instead, I argue for a communal and direct-democratic perception of #HumanRights, using the insights of the #Kurdish #freedom movement. znetwork.org/znetarticle/hu…

🔥The first episode of TRISE's new podcast "Mobilizing #Social_Ecology" is now online!! Throughout the episodes of the podcast we and our guests will explore #ecological and #democratic transformations. Our first guest is Eleanor Finley!🔥 👉LISTEN HERE: trise.net/2025/10/28/mob…

An important text that examines experiences of #collective_design in the city of #Athens, such as Urban React’s project in the suburb of Kaisariani, as well as the Living Commons in the city of #Cork, #Ireland. aftoleksi.gr/2025/10/13/fro…

New article of mine on the significance of reigniting a direct-democratic critique of #bureaucracy. Contrary to what contemporary neoliberals and tech-bros would like us to believe, bureaucracy still holds ground and expands in all spheres of life. libcom.org/article/strang…

Η #Ινδονησία βιώνει μία μαζική λαϊκή εξέγερση που προκλήθηκε από τη συσσώρευση οργής για διάφορα πολιτικά και οικονομικά ζητήματα. Μέσα στο εξεγερμένο πλήθος υπάρχει μια πολύ ορατή και ενεργητική συμμετοχή αντιεξουσιαστικών και αναρχικών. #antireport aftoleksi.gr/2025/09/05/tin…

In just a few months, my new #book "Horizons of Direct Democracy: Revolutionary Politics in an Age of Social and Environmental Collapse" will be published by the @oooabooks . You can find more info and pre-order it here: …-own-authority-publishing.square.site/product/tarins…

One of my forthcoming books has just been made available for pre-order. It is being published by PM Press and will be available at the end of next year. For more info and pre-orders, check the publisher's website: pmpress.org/index.php?l=pr…

The project of the Academy of Social Science from its beginning shows the will to overcome the boundaries between disciplines, academic and social spaces and to keep its roots in the living fabric of actual struggles against war, capitalism and patriarchy trise.org/2025/07/13/soc…

New article of mine on nostalgia as characteristic trope in society faced with multitude of man-made existential crises, with no space for people en mass to deliberate and seek solutions. The path forward is overcoming nostalgia and organizing horizontally resilience.org/stories/2025-0…