Interviews
Albert: Interview About Parecon
Znet Article, February, 17 2003
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Can you tell ZNet, please, what your new book, Parecon: Life After Capitalism, is about? What is it trying to communicate? Parecon: Life After Capitalism is about an economic system called Participatory Economics that seeks to accomplish producti...
Shalom: Antiwar Questions and Answers
Znet Article, February, 12 2003
Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
1. As anti-war sentiment grows and the anti-war movement gains momentum, what are the most important priorities for peace and justice organizations? To build a movement able to marshal sufficient numbers of sufficiently informed and committed peo...
Chomsky: Chomsky On The Anti War Movement
Znet Article, February, 04 2003
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
Matthew TempestTuesday February 4, 2003 Noam Chomsky: The [peace] demonstrations were another indication of a quite remarkable phenomenon. There is around the world and in the United States opposition to the coming war that is at a level that is c...
Ellner: General Strike Organized Against Chavez Crumbles
Znet Article, February, 04 2003
Steve Ellner
Ellner's ZSpace page
The general strike organized by opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, now entering its eighth week, has been crumbling. Although the South American nation's economy has lost hundreds of millions of dollars due primarily to a work stoppage...
Amin: For Struggles Global And National
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Samir Amin
Amin's ZSpace page
The antecedents of the World Social Forum (WSF) can be traced to January 2000 when a small group of about 50 activists, representing trade unions, intellectuals, peasant organisations and other social groups, gathered in Davos. Samir Amin, an inte...
Ellsberg: Daniel Ellsberg On Iraq
Znet Article, January, 31 2003
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg's ZSpace page
Daniel Ellsberg answers questions on Iraq for Metall (Germany Metalworkers Union newspaper) and Freitag 1. "What threat does Iraq now pose or could pose in the future to essential US objectives in the Middle East or globally?" No threat at all,...
Chomsky: Torturing Demcoracy
Znet Article, January, 25 2003
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
The richest country in the hemisphere, the United States of America, has a long his...
Barsamian: Muckraking For Democracy
Znet Article, January, 23 2003
David Barsamian
Barsamian's ZSpace page
David Barsamian is the director of the award-winning syndicated audio program, Alternative Radio. AR is broadcast on 125 stations in the US and Canada and in more than 100 countries via short-wave. Barsamian travels the globe year-round, covering ...
Valentine: The Process and the 'Strike'
Znet Article, January, 19 2003
Diana Valentine
Valentine's ZSpace page
In January 2003, a delegation from the US-based Venezuela Solidarity Group (VSG) visited Venezuela on a fact-finding mission. In a previous interview Diana Valentine from the VSG discussed the so-called 'National Strike', the strength of sup...
Valentine: Slow, low intensity, (so far largely bloodless), class warfare
Znet Article, January, 12 2003
Diana Valentine
Valentine's ZSpace page
Venezuela’s ‘National Strike’ has been going on for over a month. The opposition, who attempted a military coup in April 2002, has attempted to shut down the economy, and especially the oil industry, of the country in...
