“To have faith in the possibility of love as a social,

and not only exceptional individual phenomenon

is a rational faith based on the insight into the very nature of man.”

— Eric Fromm

Sandor Ferenczi writes that “our real aim in life is to be loved, and that any other observable activity is really a detour, an indirect path towards that goal.”

The Communism of Love

Using love as a social tool, we resist the precarity forced upon us by an exploitative, violent, profit driven social structure. A revolutionary love ethic embodies our social values and radical critique as an organizing principle for material political demands. A commitment to connection, compassion, dignity, and relationship over profit,... See more

bell hooks speaks of a “love ethic” which opposes domination and coercion by insisting respect for and a commitment to the well-being of others.

Wherever domination is present, love is lacking ... Love can never take root in a relationship based on domination and coercion. There can be no love where there is domination.[