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• Monday, Jan 11, 2010
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  Albert: Parecon & Participatory Society

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Michael Albert, one of the originators of Participatory Economics (along with Robin Hahnel), interviewed by parecon advocate Matt Grinder.

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Wednesday, Dec 30, 2009
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  Albert: Bang Bang...

  

  

  ZNet Article

  This is the Introduction to the Book, Remembering Tomorrow, a memoir by Michael Albert

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Friday, Dec 25, 2009
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  Hahnel: The Left & Climate Change 2/3

  

  

  Commentary

  This is part 2 of a three part ZNet commentary series by political economist Robin Hahnel, to be posted Dec. 24-26, 2009. Part 1 was posted yesterday. Part 3 will be available tomorrow.

  Robin Hahnel ZSpace page
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  Hahnel: The Left & Climate Change

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Make no mistake about it, formal negotiations in Copenhagen ended in a train wreck that no spin doctor can put a good face on and was a huge setback for the prospects of averting climate change in an equitable way.

  Robin Hahnel ZSpace page
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• Thursday, Dec 24, 2009
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  Hahnel: The Left & Climate 1/3

  

  

  Commentary

  Part 1 of a three part series exploring the Left and climate change to be run on ZNet Dec. 24-26, 2009

  Robin Hahnel ZSpace page
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• Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009
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  Spannos: Foundation for Classlessness

  

  

  ZNet Article

  While attention to class has ebbed and flowed among social movements for generations, class rule was always present and the recent economic crisis has forced it back into the spotlight. But what is class rule and why is it important?

  Chris Spannos ZSpace page
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• Friday, Nov 06, 2009
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  Spannos: Rethinking Exploitation

  

  

  Commentary

  A panel presentation given today, Friday November 6th, 2009 at the 7th international Rethinking Marxism conference, held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

  Chris Spannos ZSpace page
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• Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009
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  Majavu: Reviewing Black Flame

  

  

  Commentary

  In writing 'Black Flame: The revolutionary politics of anarchism and syndicalism', Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt set themselves an ambitious task of writing a history of anarchism. I use the word ambitious mainly because, as Guerin (1970) once pointed out, it is difficult to trace the outlines of anarchism.

  Mandisi Majavu ZSpace page
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• Friday, Oct 23, 2009
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  Albert: Resoc Interview

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Each Resoc participant has been asked to answer five questions in a succinct interview for the project. All the replies will appear within the Resoc site, starting soon, in the order they arrive. Substantial replies, however, may also appear as ZCom Articles, as in this case.

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Wednesday, Oct 07, 2009
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  Lanza: Libertarian Economy

  

  ZNet Article

  Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications

  Luciano Lanza ZSpace page
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• Monday, Oct 05, 2009
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  Evans: Newspeak in 21st Century

  

  

  ZNet Article

  A critical (but hopefully constructive) review of Media Lens new book - Newspeak in the 21st Century.

  Mark Evans ZSpace page
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• Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009
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  Spannos: Reply to Michael Hardt

  

  

  ZNet Article

  A Reply to Michael Hardt's "Politics of the Common"

  Chris Spannos ZSpace page
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• Saturday, Aug 01, 2009
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  Sandstrom: Receiving Parecon

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Differences in how the Parecon institutions are received

  Anders Sandstrom ZSpace page
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• Monday, Jul 27, 2009
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  Adams: Mainstream Revolution

  

  

  ZNet Article

  History has witnessed many revolutions all over the world. There have been many different ways of how these revolutions came about. The differences between the French Revolution of 1789 and the German Revolution of 1989 are just two examples showing the diversity of both goals and means for social change brought about by the people. Many readers will have a plethora of other examples on their minds. Important and common in all social revolutions are rapid changes in political power structures.

  Tyrone Adams ZSpace page
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• Wednesday, Jul 22, 2009
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  Albert: Solidarity and Participatory Economics

  

  

  ZNet Article

  There are a number of Solidarity Economy and of Parecon people participating in Resoc. I wonder if we can try to determine the relation of these perspectives, and the possibility for, well, solidarity! I wrote an essay some time back that I would like to now adapt – here – for your attention. I hope you find it worth considering.

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009
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  Lipow: Money Sometimes Lies

  

  ZNet Article

  Markets in everything creep not just into our lives, but into our thoughts. Most environmentalists worried about the climate crisis focus on winning a cap-and-trade system or at best a carbon tax. They prioritize pricing greenhouse gas emissions. When we buy a kWh of coal generated electricity, we don't pay for the asthma or other respiratory diseases it caused, nor do we pay for global warming effects. This is why environmentalists often focus on "getting prices right" as the primary solution to the climate crisis.

  Gar Lipow ZSpace page
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• Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009
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  Albert: Imagine and then Act

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Imagine twenty tentative claims about vision and strategy for a participatory society.

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Monday, Jul 13, 2009
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  Szczepanczyk: The Montesi Maneuver Extended

  

  

  ZNet Article

  You could select any topic that subsumes anything that might be called "left activism" -- the environment, war and militarism, labor rights, energy, education, media, electoral politics, food and drink, banking and finance, just to name a few broad topics.

  Mitchell Szczepanczyk ZSpace page
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  Cronan jr: Economic Democracy and Environmental Justice

  

  

  ZNet Article

  We are in the middle of both economic and environmental crises. As we look for solutions, the two cannot be separated - matters of the economy are entwined with the environment and vice versa. Our profit-driven market economy ensures that only a tiny minority of people decide where and what to produce, at the expense of workers who are disempowered and controlled through a network of corporate hierarchies, and at the expense of the natural world. As climate change has worsened, it has been working class people who are most affected, especially women and people of color. Subsequently, the effort to achieve environmental justice must also be an effort to achieve economic democracy and classlessness - an economy where no group rules over another. In the spirit of the strategic and visionary approach of much of today's environmental movement, this article will look at what practices and policies, specifically around issues of class and the economy, the environmental movement should - and in many cases has - embrace that will ensure it will be a leading factor in the struggle for a clean, green, equitable future.

  John Cronan jr ZSpace page
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• Sunday, Jul 12, 2009
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  Keshet: Agile Activism

  

  ZNet Article

  Recently, I have been introduced to an organizational style for developing software called Agile Programming. I believe many of the principles from Agile Programming translate well to activism. Below, I lay out the case for why meta-thinking about strategy is worthwhile, and some principles and examples for using vision effectively.

  Daniel Keshet ZSpace page
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• Friday, Jun 26, 2009
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  Scipes: Reviewing Wilpert

  

  Book Review

  Greg Wilpert's book is important: important not only as an account of developments in Venezuela under Hugo Chávez between 1999-2007, but as a “critical interrogation” of Chávez' “socialism of the 21st Century,” which should make it importan

  Kim Scipes ZSpace page
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• Thursday, Jun 25, 2009
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  Albert: 2nd Parecon Reply

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Michel, I will confine my reply to points of disagreement, or confusion, for brevity, after addressing, again, one overarching issue that seems to inform your entire reaction. But even at that, I apologize that this last reply regarding parecon is quite long. I have cut thousands of words from what I first wrote, but it seems that your confusions, perhaps due to my lack of clarity, are abundant, and I can't help but offer a full set of comments.

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009
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  Wilpert: 21st Century Socialism

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has recently popularized the idea that we should re-imagine society on the basis of what he calls "21st Century Socialism." Unfortunately, while Chávez and his supporters provide a number of hints as to what this type of socialism might be, there is no precise program or definition of the concept.

  Gregory Wilpert ZSpace page
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• Monday, Jun 01, 2009
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  Majavu: Suicidal Tendencies

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications...

  Mandisi Majavu ZSpace page
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• Saturday, May 30, 2009
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  Evans: Popular Vision

  

  

  ZNet Article

  The current economic crisis has dealt a powerful blow to Milton Friedman's socio-economic vision and the dogma, propounded by followers of the Chicago School movement - there is no alternative - that has helped maintain it. As a result people everywhere are more open to consider alternative social systems. This has created a great opportunity for the Left to regain popular support amongst the general public. However, the Left have not been able to take full advantage of the situation due to an inability to address weaknesses in old Left theory and practice. Below I offer some suggestions on how we might transcend these problems and move towards developing a comprehensive program for radical progressive social transformation.

  Mark Evans ZSpace page
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• Friday, May 22, 2009
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  Spannos: Greece Talk

  

  

  ZNet Article

  This talk was delivered today, Friday, May 29th at the B-Fest in Athens, Greece. The gathering is an international anti-authoritarian festival hosted by the Babylonia newspaper, at the University of Fine Arts in Athens, from May 27-31. The purpose of the gathering is to explore vision and strategy after last December's social uprising there.

  Chris Spannos ZSpace page
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• Friday, May 15, 2009
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  Hahnel: Blind Spots

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Contribution to Reimagining Society: Participatory Planning

  Robin Hahnel ZSpace page
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• Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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  Albert: 2nd Reply on p2p

  

  

  ZNet Article

  I continue to mainly wonder what you see as the deep benefits of peer production for people's options at work or more generally as well as for production results. That list is needed, it seems to me, so we can assess whether the benefits you see in p2p are generalizable and what would be necessary to attain them, at least as much as possible, in all domains rather than settling with attaining them in a relatively narrow domain and only for a special sector of actors. Indeed, insofar as I understand the benefits, I think parecon does generalize them and deliver them to all, but that's another matter. First, what are the benefits?

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Friday, May 08, 2009
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  Albert: Bauwens’ Reactions

  

  

  ZNet Article

  Continuing the debate on parecon...

  Michael Albert ZSpace page
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• Thursday, May 07, 2009
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  Bauwens: Reacting To Parecon

  

  ZNet Article

  First of all, thanks for restating and actualizing your Parecon philosophy and proposals in the context of this debate with peer to peer philosophy.

  Michel Bauwens ZSpace page
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