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Essay #112: Robert T.F. Downes, ‘Green Anarchy and Red Praxis’
Episode 115
Sunday, 4 January, 2026
In this essay, Robert T.F. Downes examines how the eco-anarchist philosophy of social ecology and the pluriverse of Indigenous political thought come together in anarcho-Indigenous solidarities, from Standing Rock to the Zapatista caracoles, to imagine a “democracy of species” beyond the (neo)liberal rule of law. He asks how these experiments in “living otherwise” challenge anthropocentrism, private property, and the State while sketching participatory, multispecies alternatives to governance, grounded in care, consent, land, more-than-human relations, and mutual aid. Robert T.F. Downes is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, investigating questions at the intersection of political theory, environmental politics, and law. His most recent publications are "Green Anarchy & Red Praxis: An Anarcho-Indigenous Dialogue Towards a Democracy of Species," Anarchist Studies 33, no. 2 (2025): 6-49 (doi.org/10.3898/AS.33.2.01) and "Constitutional Dictatorship and Enemies Within: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis of the Alien and Sedition Acts from John Adams to Donald Trump," Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development 10, no. 1 (2025): 1-60 (https://scholarworks.arcadia.edu/agsjournal/vol10/iss1/4/). Anarchist Essays is brought to you by Loughborough University's Anarchism Research Group and the journal Anarchist Studies. Follow us on Bluesky @anarchismresgroup.bsky.social Our music comes from Them'uns (featuring Yous'uns). Artwork by Sam G.
