Yavor Tarinski
Yavor Tarinski is an author, political activist, and independent researcher from Sofia, Bulgaria, who currently resides in Athens, Greece. He is the co-founder of the Greek libertarian journal Aftoleksi, a member of the Administrative Board of the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology and a bibliographer at Agora International. He has written extensively on direct democracy, commons and the right to the city. His books have been published in over three languages and include:
Direct Democracy: Context, Society, Individuality, Durty Books 2019
Short Introduction to the Political Legacy of Castoriadis, Aftoleksi 2020
Common Futures: Social Transformation and Political Ecology [co-authored with Alexandros Schismenos], Black Rose Books 2021
Enlightenment and Ecology: The Legacy of Murray Bookchin in the 21st Century, edited by Yavor Tarinski, Black Rose Books 2021
Concepts for a Democratic and Ecological Society, Zer0 Books 2022
Asking questions with the Zapatistas: Reflections from Greece on our Civilizational Impasse. [co-authored with Ioanna Maravelidi & Theodoros Karyotis], TRISE 2022
Reclaiming Cities: Revolutionary Dimensions of Political Participation, Black Rose Books 2023
Horizons of Direct Democracy: Revolutionary Politics in an Age of Social and Environmental Collapse, On Our Own Authority! 2025
Balkan Federation and Communes: Revolutionary Projects in Bulgaria of the 19th & 20th Centuries, PM Press 2026
His personal blog is: towardsautonomyblog
