Mason Herson Hord

Mason Herson-Hord is the program director of the Institute for Social Ecology and an organizer and writer in Bellingham, WA (previously Detroit, MI). His work, focusing primarily on movement-building and ecological philosophy, has been published by the Next System Project, In These Times, The Ecologist, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, Socialist Forum, ROAR Magazine, and the Journal of World-Systems Research.

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Second Nature Beyond the Human

This essay is the first of a planned three-part series delving into the science of…

The Walled Commons to the Picket Fence: Racism as an Ecological Force in Mid-Twentieth Century America

“The forces of racism and its profiteers therefore carried out the systematic destruction of American cities and brought the built environment of human habitation into a collision course with both local ecosystems and global biospheric stability. The result was a society that is almost uniquely anti-ecological in human history.”

Wither the State

Marxists and anarchists alike have neglected the role of direct democracy in the governance of a revolutionary society. By building on common ground shared by both traditions, social ecology offers a path out of this historical deadlock.