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The author, Adriéna Chávez, of this excellent piece in Drop Site News is interviewed by Juan Gonzalez and Amy Goodman at this link.
#venezuela #communes #USpiracy #oiltankers #AdrienaChavez

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/31/venezuela_trump_air_strikes

“War of the entire people”: Venezuela's Grassroots Rise to Resist Trump's Naval Blockade
After withstanding a decade of sanctions, Venezuela’s #communes are prepared to face #Trump’s illegal naval blockade and US plans for economic asphyxiation.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/trump-venezuela-maduro-communes-grassroots-sanctions-naval-blockade-united-states

from #DropSiteNews
Dec 29, 2025

“The #US has revealed to the world that its true intention has always been to plunder Venezuelan oil, land, and resources. However, we will not easily yield, and there is a unanimous determination to defend our homeland,” Lana Vielma, spokesperson for El Maizal Commune, a rural commune located between the Portuguesa and Lara states, told Drop Site News.
#Venezuela’s communes are assembly-driven, constitutionally mandated, and grassroots political entities at the heart of the country’s #socialist project. The communes contribute significantly to sovereign production and have become the backbone of the country’s political life.

#news #politics #LatinAmerica #Caribbean

🌬️ Respirer, décider, protéger

🗞️ La pollution de l’air était trop souvent reléguée au second plan.

🌬️ Avec l’Alliance des collectivités pour la qualité de l’air, nous portons une tribune collective pour faire de l’air un enjeu politique central.

🌱 Les municipales 2026 doivent faire respirer les territoires.

👉 Faites respirer vos territoires – La Gazette des Communes
https://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/1015031/faites-respirer-vos-territoires/

👉 Mon billet 👇
https://maximeghesquiere.fr/2025/12/16/%f0%9f%8c%ac%ef%b8%8f-respirer-decider-proteger/

#QualitéDeLAir #SantéPublique #Communes

#biorégions #commune & #écologie toujours, la #Fresque de la renaissance écologique, première des "fresques", avant même celle du climat qu’on en fasse soixante-douze divisées toujours en petites fiches, a malgré / avec son tableau peut-être un peu naïf une puissance sensible que je n'ai pas rencontrée dans les suivantes

#ÉcologieProfonde #TravailQuiRelie #communes

I’ve developed this schedule for Commune Life where I take off the months of August and December, so I can travel and do things. So I am wrapping up for the year here. I’m hoping that all our readers do something to celebrate the change of the season and we will return in 2026, with lots more posts on communes, communities, communal living, creating community, income-sharing, all kinds of sharing, and mutual aid. See you next year! - Raven

#communes
#sharing
#mutualaid

Alpha Farm is a west coast income-sharing community which recently had a big wedding ceremony.

#communes
#incomesharing
#relationships

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/an-alpha-farm-wedding/

The latest Commune Life interview was with someone who lived a decade at Twin Oaks and a decade at East Wind and from the comment we've received, he's got a lot of folks who truly admire him.

#communes
#communitybusinesses
#communityconstruction
#findingcommunity

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/communard-interview-11-emmet/

In 2023 Twin Oaks wrote: "GRATITUDE HARVEST FEAST. Though we no longer observe traditional American Thanksgiving, we do celebrate a harvest feast. This is just the desserts table for this year's feast. Jessie (L) and Liam Guest (R)." I love that they celebrate a Gratitude Harvest Feast--but not on the traditional Thanksgiving day which they celebrate as a day of mourning in solidarity with Indigenous folks.

#communes
#desserts
#gratitude

In 2023 Twin Oaks wrote: "DAY OF MOURNING. For some years Twin Oaks has observed this day of mourning on the day that other Americans celebrate Thanksgiving." I think that other communities may do this also.

#communes
#colonization
#indigenous
#sharing

gil is an activist, artist, and compost manager. He and I also tried to create an income-sharing community in Queens, NY.

#communes
#urbancommunes
#incomesharing
#creatingcommunity

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/06/communard-interview-10-gil/

Builder, parent, and long time Twin Oaker, Keenan talks about the joys and difficulties of communal living.

#communes
#incomesharing
#communalconstruction
#childrenincommunity

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/09/19/communard-interview-9-keenan-dakota/

What is it like to grow up in a commune? That's one of the questions I asked Rowan, who did.

#communes
#childrenincommunity
#Communallearnings

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/25/communard-interview-8-rowan-dakota/

#communes,

Le réseau action commune (et la coop fréquence commune) vaut son attention dans la perspective des prochaines municipales. Pourrait y émerger du nouveau
https://www.actionscommunes.org/

Ça et l'adaptation radicale, les territoires en transition qui tiennent encore, des lambeaux de bloquons tout ou d'autres trucs, des expériences de municipalisme libertaire ... pas de référencement & de carto - et tant mieux - de tous ces coins où la vie & les communautés regagnent des terrains en marge des médias et circuits numériques

Sumner lived at East Wind and does video interviews--I do written interviews. Here I interviewed the interviewer.

#communes
#eastwindcommunity
#communityliving
#incomesharing
#makingvideos

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/07/04/communard-interview-7-sumner/

Twin Oaker, food processing manager, and self-described "Mushroom Queer", Jules is a strong advocate for communal living.

#communes
#incomesharing
#communalliving
#mushrooms

http://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/06/20/communard-interview-6-jules-amanita/

Irena is a long time communard and has worked long and hard in community businesses and farming. Unfortunately, she is no longer at Acorn but she's now at Twin Oaks where she continues to work.

#communes
#incomesharing
#communitybusinesses
#growingfood

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/09/communard-interview-5-irena/

While it's interesting to interview experienced communards, I found this interview with a relatively new visitor to Acorn Community very insightful.

#communes
#findingcommunity
#membershipprocess

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/03/07/communard-interview-4-amanda/

Hype for the Future 20A: Vershire, Vermont

Vershire, Vermont, located in the east-central part of the State of Vermont, is home to the VerShare collective project and hostel, though restaurants are very scarce in the surrounding region and the terrain may also be hostile for agricultural or even the safer horticultural practices. VerShare is also the nickname of the Stagecoach Stop Hostel, which hosts—and serves—the communal preferences of the Town of Vershire in Orange County. On a side note, Vershire is actually a portmanteau of […]

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/hype-for-the-future-20a-vershire-vermont/

Anthony lived at four different income-sharing communities and has a lot of thoughts about communal living.

#communes
#incomesharing
#communalliving
#urbancommunes

https://communelifeblog.wordpress.com/2022/02/21/communard-interview-3-anthony-beck/