Newest Parecon
Parecon stands for Participatory
Economics which is a vision
for an alternative way to operate
an economy, instead of capitalism
or twentieth century socialism
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- Sunday, Apr 22, 2012
ZNet Article Interview on participatory economics and anti-capitalist practice and ideology -
- Sunday, Apr 15, 2012
ZNet Article Having a way of allocating income, and thus a guiding norm for income allocation, and a means of accomplishing that norm, whether implicit or explicit, is simply unavoidable -
- Monday, Apr 02, 2012
ZNet Article Our movements need to be participatory and classless from the start. They need to be examples to people of the kind of society we are trying to win -
- Sunday, Mar 11, 2012
ZNet Article This essay is an afterward in the book The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics -
- Monday, Nov 21, 2011
ZNet Article Does saying we are the 99% obscure more than it reveals. Will it ultimately misdirect more than focus the movement? -
- Monday, Nov 07, 2011
ZNet Article A good economy must improve the quality of work life -
- Monday, Oct 17, 2011
ZNet Article A discussion about Parecon, media, and the Occupy movement -
- Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011
ZNet Article Corporations bear the same resemblance to democracy that killing fields bear to peace -
- Thursday, Oct 06, 2011
Video An evening dedicated to the question of alternatives both beyond capitalism and state socialism, including what the alternative could look like and how we could get there -
- Friday, Sep 30, 2011
ZNet Article An economy needs to elicit excellence - not at profit making, but at meeting needs and developing potentials -
- Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011
ZNet Article Interview on parecon, Spain, activism, international organizing, ZSocial, and more -
- Monday, Sep 12, 2011
Video Robots from another galaxy figure out what happened to life on earth -
- Tuesday, Sep 06, 2011
Video Prof. Wormgardener comes down on Marsha for not praising capitalism in an assignment -
- Tuesday, Aug 23, 2011
ZNet Article An Interview on Participatory Economics and the State of Z Communications -
- Sunday, Aug 21, 2011
Video A realistic economics professor schools her naive, idealistic pupil on how awesome capitalism is compared to participatory socialism -
- Sunday, Jul 10, 2011
ZNet Article When people make agreements, they should abide those agreements -
- Monday, Jul 04, 2011
ZNet Article Parecon is not wage slavery -
- Saturday, Jul 02, 2011
ZNet Article Parecon regularly pays homage to its own lineage, both anarchist and otherwise -
- Friday, Jul 01, 2011
ZNet Article Even before they address parecon, many anarchists reject having any substantial future institutional vision -
- Thursday, Jun 23, 2011
Commentary Vision irresponsibly expects working people to sacrifice time and energy they can apply to surviving the hostile present -
- Tuesday, Mar 08, 2011
ZNet Article The why, what, and how of economic revolution... -
- Friday, Feb 25, 2011
Video For the Conference Celebrating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Confederacion Nacional de Trabajadores (CNT). -
- Sunday, Jan 30, 2011
ZNet Article Interview with Michael Albert at the October 2010 London Anarchist Bookfair -
- Saturday, Jan 15, 2011
Video Anarchist Economics Panel at the North American Anarchist Studies Network (NAASN) 2011 Video Anarchist Economics Panel at the North American Anarchist Studies Network (NAASN) 2011 -
- Wednesday, Dec 01, 2010
ZNet Article An introduction to an alternative economic model, participatory economics, and a brief exploration of strategy how to get there. -
- Friday, Oct 08, 2010
ZNet Article November on an even-numbered year is upon us. The buzzword is "voting." This happens more than I would like to admit. I am discussing politics with some liberal leftists and while they cannot deny the Democrats are complete asshats they simply can... -
- Thursday, Sep 23, 2010
ZNet Article This is the complete text of the talk, “Participatory Socialism: There is an Alternative!” that I gave in Thessaloniki, Greece at the A-fest, Festival of Anti-Authoritarians on Thursday, Sept 9th, 2010. I give reasons why it is important to hav... -
- Monday, Sep 13, 2010
ZNet Article The following is my contribution to an informal round-table discussion organised by The Equality Trust. The Equality Trust was set-up as a not-for-profit organization to educate and and campaign on the benefits of a more equal society. -
- Thursday, Aug 26, 2010
ZNet Article Paper presented as the basis for dialogue at the James & Grace Lee Boggs Center for Community Leadership, Detroit, MI., August 26th 2010. - All Newest Parecon
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Parecon Blogs-
- Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Blog Post A plea for organization... -
- Monday, Mar 26, 2012
Blog Post Announcing IOPS web system to see and join! -
- Monday, Feb 20, 2012
Blog Post Last Thursday (Feb 16) my article” A Utopia Liberated from Markets” was published in the radical Swedish weekly Arbetaren (The Worker). -
- Thursday, Nov 24, 2011
Blog Post On November 19th the yearly Socialist Forum took place in Stockholm. This year’s event constituted the 10 year anniversary of the forum with more than 100 talks, seminars and workshops during the day. Parecon Sweden hosted two seminars together wi... -
- Friday, Nov 11, 2011
Blog Post A very brief summary of Parecon's features -
- Friday, Nov 04, 2011
Blog Post Examining the productivity and stability offered by economies of scale and contrasting how market capitalism and participatory economics handle matters of scale. -
- Thursday, Aug 25, 2011
Blog Post Replying to various anarchist comments and concerns raised online... -
- Thursday, Aug 18, 2011
Blog Post Introducing an opportunity to design reformist approaches to Parecon, this article discusses three fields of organizational method that may shift the role of corporatist theory for radical thought. -
- Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011
Blog Post Scene setting for a Parecon/Anarchism debate. -
- Wednesday, Jun 01, 2011
Blog Post This is an invitation to all scandinavian IOPS activists. - All Parecon Blogs
Featured ZNet
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- Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Blog Post A plea for organization... -
- Sunday, Apr 22, 2012
ZNet Article Interview on participatory economics and anti-capitalist practice and ideology -
- Sunday, Apr 15, 2012
ZNet Article Having a way of allocating income, and thus a guiding norm for income allocation, and a means of accomplishing that norm, whether implicit or explicit, is simply unavoidable -
- Monday, Apr 02, 2012
ZNet Article Our movements need to be participatory and classless from the start. They need to be examples to people of the kind of society we are trying to win -
- Monday, Mar 26, 2012
Blog Post Announcing IOPS web system to see and join! -
- Sunday, Mar 11, 2012
ZNet Article This essay is an afterward in the book The Accumulation of Freedom: Writings on Anarchist Economics -
- Monday, Nov 21, 2011
ZNet Article Does saying we are the 99% obscure more than it reveals. Will it ultimately misdirect more than focus the movement? -
- Friday, Nov 11, 2011
Blog Post A very brief summary of Parecon's features -
- Monday, Nov 07, 2011
ZNet Article A good economy must improve the quality of work life -
- Monday, Oct 17, 2011
ZNet Article A discussion about Parecon, media, and the Occupy movement - All Featured ZNet
Parecon Books-
- Saturday, Aug 07, 2010
Book In this volume, Albert and Hahnel offer an assessment of previous theories such as orthodox Marxism, feminism, and nationalism. They propose a unique new perspective for developing an alternative socialist vision. Book Albert and Hahnel critically evaluate the post-capitalist experiences of the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba, and present a relevant alternative to the US and other industrialized countries. Book Essays on Strategy and Vision Book After explaining why hierarchical production, inegalitarian consumption, central planning, and market allocations are incompatible with "classlessness," the authors present an alternative model of democratic workers' and consumers' councils operat... Book How do social and political theories work, and how do they relate to each other? In Thought Dreams, Michael Albert discusses these questions. It will help readers better understand progressive theories and begin to create their own theoretical per... Book A broad look at diverse sides of social life - proposing alternatives and strategy - economics, politics, kinship, culture, ecology, international relations, and more... Book A highly accessible and unorthodox approach to thinking about economics. It subverts the elitist and codified world of academic economics by empowering the reader with the tools needed to conceptualize an economy based on progressive and humane va... Book The Trajectory of Change charts a course for the growing, international movement against corporate globalization. Book Presents and Critiques Marxist Theory then moving on to address diverse other perspectives... Book A classic and very accessible work on particpatory economics and alternatives to the market. - All Parecon Books
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Parecon IntroSome Anarchist Criticisms...Various anarchists have at times registered concerns about parecon. The following four essays address these concerns.
Vision Per Se? -should we have any institutional vision at all
Origin and Style? - questioning parecon's source and approach
Too Capitalist? - questioning pareconish remuneration and allocation
Structural and Strategic Flaws? - addresses concerns about strategy Join the Parecon ZGroupJoin to discuss and explore applications and refinements of the Parecon Vision. Some In Depth PareconParecon WritersParMusicLonnie Atkinson's
Parecon Rap Album: Intro / Bury TINA
Class Dismissed / No Gangsters
...and much more! "This is what we're talkin about..."
Michael Albert Parecon Video
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- Thursday, Oct 06, 2011
Video An evening dedicated to the question of alternatives both beyond capitalism and state socialism, including what the alternative could look like and how we could get there -
- Monday, Sep 12, 2011
Video Robots from another galaxy figure out what happened to life on earth -
- Friday, Feb 25, 2011
Video For the Conference Celebrating the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Confederacion Nacional de Trabajadores (CNT). -
- Thursday, Apr 09, 2009
Video The "Alternative Economy Cultures (alt.econ.cult) programme on April 3rd & 5th brings together leading international and Finnish thinkers, cultural practitioners and activists, to present alternative economic visions. -
- Saturday, Aug 02, 2008
Video Blue Stockings Bookstore, NYC... -
- Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008
Video Gathering at Blue Stockings Bookstore NYC. -
- Sunday, Apr 13, 2008
Video Overview of Parecon, the economy of a participatory society... - All Parecon Video
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