On the Essence of Revolution

By Yavor Tarinski

To guarantee revolution, it is not enough for the mob to be armed or for them to have expropriated the bourgeoisie: it is necessary for them to destroy the capitalist system entirely and to organise their own system. They must be able to combat the ideas put forward by Stalinist and reformist leaders with the same vigour with which they attack capitalist individuals and the leaders of the bourgeois parties.

~Camillo Berneri[1]

A complex of critical issues, ranging from rising income inequalities, climate crisis, growing militarization, etc., have led many to discuss the need of revolution. But what does this term signify? For far too long it has been used by demagogues and charlatans who try to push their own projects under a “revolutionary” banner. It suffices to remember that Donald Trump’s election was described by some as revolution, as was the case with Brexit. People, like billionaire tech moguls Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, have too been described as revolutionaries. We can assert with certainty, that there has been an effort by ruling elites and managerial classes to hijack the term revolution, along with other crucial terms, such as democracy.

Ο Yavor Tarinski στην εκπομπή του Μάκη Διόγου

Ο Yavor Tarinski παρουσιάζει το νέο του βιβλίο “Βαλκανική ομοσπονδία και κομμούνες. Επαναστατικά προτάγματα στη Βουλγαρία του 19ου & 20ού” αιώνα στην εκπομπή του Μάκη Διόγου στο Music Society web RadiON

Piratas y hobos: Política radical en los márgenes de la sociedad

por Yavor Tarinski

«Aunque eres un cachorro escurridizo, al igual que todos aquellos que se someten a ser gobernados por las leyes que los hombres ricos han hecho para su propia seguridad; porque los cachorros cobardes no tienen el coraje de defender lo que obtienen por medio de la esclavitud; pero malditos seáis todos: malditos sean ellos por ser una manada de bribones astutos, y vosotros, que les servís, por ser un atajo de tontos de corazón.» Capitán Samuel «Black Sam» Bellamy[1]

«Predicadores de pelo largo salen cada noche, Tratan de decirte lo que está mal y lo que está bien;Pero cuando se les pregunta qué tal algo de comer responden con con dulce voz: Comerás, adiós y adiós, en esa gloriosa tierra sobre el cielo; Trabaja y reza, vive del heno, tendrás un pastel en el cielo cuando mueras.» Joe Hill[2]

“Political Organizing in the 21st Century” by Yavor Tarinski

Audio version of Tarinski’s text “Political Organizing in the 21st Century”

Dweller-managed architecture as the basis of democratic and ecological urbanism

By Yavor Tarinski

Whenever poor people can gain access to land and materials, they build dweller-controlled housing which grows and adapts according to need and opportunity.[1] ~Colin Ward

Our contemporary cities are marked by crises and inequalities. In many places touristification forces residents to the outer tiers of their city, and most urban environments have been completely conquered by the automobile with its negative impact on so many levels, such as air and other different other forms of pollution, etc.

Ο Yavor Tarinski στο Νόστιμον ἦμαρ

Ο Yavor Tarinski μιλά στο podcast του Νόστιμον ἦμαρ για το τελευταίο του βιβλίου “Βαλκανική Ομοσπονδία και Κομμούνες: Επαναστατικά προτάγματα στη Βουλγαρία του 19ου και του 20ού αιώνα” (00:55:45-01:23:00).

From citizens of nations to citizens of cities

by Yavor Tarinski

[C]itizens today no longer even approximate the high and eminently human standard of citizenship that was established in the Hellenic world—a meaning that must be recovered, as well as the personal and social training, or paideia, for producing citizens.
~Murray Bookchin[1]

Often, when people advocate for the reinvigoration of citizenship in response to ongoing crises, they are faced with an argument that views this concept as too exclusionary to be able to offer any meaningful path forward today. The citizen, the argumentation goes, is an individual part of a homogenous whole, which tends to reject anyone else from the outside.

El Confederalismo Democrático como antídoto a la homogeneización

By Yavor Tarinski

«La sociedad nacional homogénea es la sociedad más artificial que jamás se haya creado y es el resultado del proyecto de ingeniería social.»Abdullah Öcalan [1]

Una de las características definitorias de la humanidad contemporánea es sin duda la de la homogeneidad. Se trata de un fenómeno de proporciones globales que ha afectado, en distintos grados, a casi todos los rincones del planeta. Esto conduce a la homogeneización de las culturas. [2] Cada vez más, las personas, independientemente de su procedencia, tienen las mismas referencias culturales, adoptan códigos de vestimenta similares y se expresan en uno de los varios idiomas populares del mundo.

Beyond and against homogenisation: Advancing diversity through Democratic Confederalism

By Yavor Tarinski

“The homogenic national society is the most artificial society to have ever been created and is the result of the social engineering project.”

— Abdullah Öcalan^[1]

One of the defining characteristics of contemporary humanity is undoubtedly that of homogeneity. It is a phenomenon with global proportions that has affected, in varying degrees, almost all corners of the planet. This leads to the homogenization of cultures.^[2] Increasingly, people, regardless of where they come from, have the same cultural references, adopt similar dress codes, and embrace one of several popular world languages.

DEMOCRACIA DIRECTA: CONTEXTO, SOCIEDAD, INDIVIDUALIDAD (2019) – YAVOR TARINSKI

Autor: Yavor Tarinski

Traducción y publicación: Libertamen

“Castoriadis and Bookchin: Political Similarities” by Yavor Tarinski

Audio version of Yavor Tarinski’s text “Castoriadis and Bookchin: Political Similarities”

Direct democracy and the need for physical space

By Yavor Tarinski

When the revolution happens, you’re going to have to be in the streets.

~Marcus Baram[1]

Nowadays there is a lot of talk about digital, or e-democracy — focusing on online participation. There are even talks of a so-called Appocracy — civic participation being channeled through smartphone apps. Many see in such means an exit from the deepening crisis of representative “democracy”.

“Political Ecology” by Yavor Tarinski

Yavor Tarinski on the essence of Political Ecology

Βαλκανική ομοσπονδία και κομμούνες. Επαναστατικά προτάγματα στη Βουλγαρία του 19ου & 20ού αιώνα

Τίτλος: Βαλκανική ομοσπονδία και κομμούνες. Επαναστατικά προτάγματα στη Βουλγαρία του 19ου & 20ού αιώνα

Συγγραφέας: Γιάβορ Ταρίνσκι (Yavor Tarinski)

Εκδότης: Αυτολεξεί

Έτος: 2023

Για παραγγελίες

Yavor Tarinski: Από την Οικολογία στην Αυτονομία

Η ομιλία του Yavor Tarinski στο πλαίσιο της εκδήλωσης “Αυτοοργάνωση και τη συλλογική δράση σε μικρούς τόπους” που διοργανώθηκε από την Αυτοοργανωμένη Συλλογικότητα Καλαβρύτων “ΕΜΕΙΣ” και έλαβε χώρα στα Καλάβρυτα στις 4 & 5 Νοεμβρίου 2023.

İsrail-Filistin Konfederasyonu Için Sesler

YAVOR TARİNSKİ

Demokratik konfederalizm ezilen halkların karşıt paradigmasıdır.

Abdullah Öcalan / Uygarlığın Kökleri (İmralı Yazıları)

Gazze’nin bombalanması ve işgali tüm şiddetiyle devam ederken, bu durum sayısız sivilin ölümünü ve hesaplanamaz büyük yıkımları beraberinde getirmektedir. Bu saldırılar derhal durdurulmalı, Gazze kuşatması son bulmalı ve Batı Şeria’daki Apartheid ortadan kaldırılmalıdır. Tüm bunların yanı sıra her türlü cihatçı proje ve elbette her türlü antisemitizm aktif bir şekilde reddedilmeli ve yerine gerçek bir barış garantisi getirilmelidir. Barış garantisi ise devrimci seslerin yıllardır söylediği gibi, Ortadoğu bölgesinin federal veya konfederal hatlar boyunca yeniden yapılandırılması ile mümkündür.

Voices for an Israel-Palestine Confederation

By Yavor Tarinski

Democratic confederalism is the contrasting paradigm of the oppressed people.
~ Abdullah Öcalan in Prison Writings: Roots of Civilisation

The bombing and invasion of Gaza continues in full force, bringing death and destruction to countless civilians. These attacks should immediately stop, the siege of Gaza must be lifted and the apartheid on the West Bank must be dismantled. All this, as well as any jihadist project and, of course, any form of anti-Semitism, should be actively rejected and replaced by a real guarantee of peace – as revolutionary voices have been saying for years, by restructuring the region along federal or confederal lines.

Why Castoriadis is Still Important Today

Audio version of an interview with Yavor Tarinski

Castoriadis in the Context of post-Socialist Eastern Europe

Audio version of Yavor Tarinski’s text ‘Castoriadis in the Context of post-Socialist Eastern Europe’

Σύγχρονοι δημοκρατικοί αγώνες από τα κάτω κατά του συγκεντρωτισμού στη Βουλγαρία

του Yavor Tarinski

Τα πάντα στη σύγχρονη κυρίαρχη μορφή κοινωνικής οργάνωσης οδηγούν προς τον συγκεντρωτισμό. Το έθνος-κράτος τείνει να απομακρύνει συνεχώς την εξουσία από τις τοπικές κοινότητες, συγκεντρώνοντάς την στα χέρια στενών ελίτ.