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Albert: Albert Reply to Callinicos #3
Znet Article, December, 17 2003
Michael Albert
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Alex, I agree that your party has differed even to the point of violent conflict with other Leninist parties. Leninism isn't one phenomenon, of course. And I agree with you that neither of us should arbitrarily stipulate what Leninism is. We shou...
Magnani: The work of changing minds
Znet Article, December, 17 2003
Esteban Magnani
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In the last couple of years Argentina has become part of mainstream news, watched by the citizens throughout the world. Before that, for the most part, Argentina was simply the birth place of the well known football legend Diego Maradona. By the e...
Callinicos: Comment On Albert 2
Znet Article, December, 16 2003
Alex Callinicos
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Dear Michael, Because lots of things are going on, I'm having to write two responses to you simultaneously and hence am making a division of labour (spare the jokes about balanced job complexes). So: if I don't comment on everything in your first...
Callinicos: REPLY TO ALBERT 2
Znet Article, December, 16 2003
Alex Callinicos
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Dear Michael, I've responded in my latest comment on your opening statement (and rejoinders) to your queries about my proposed principle of egalitarian justice: I hope this leaves you less confused. I want to concentrate here on the questions of ...
Albert: Albert Reples to Callinicos 2
Znet Article, December, 11 2003
Michael Albert
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Albert Reples to Callinicos 2
Callinicos: Rejoinder To Albert 1
Znet Article, December, 11 2003
Alex Callinicos
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Dear Michael, Thanks for your comments. In response I'll try to deal with the main issues that you raise, but also to move the argument on a bit: 1. Justice and other values: Of course you're right that everyone claims to have justice on th...
Albert: First Rejoinder to Callinicos
Znet Article, December, 10 2003
Michael Albert
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We seem to agree on the desirability of solidarity, diversity, and workers and consumers influencing decisions in proportion to the extent they are affected by them. Regarding remuneration, however, you note that rewarding for effort and sacrifice...
Albert: First Rejoinder to Callinicos
Znet Article, December, 10 2003
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
We seem to agree on the desirability of solidarity, diversity, and workers and consumers influencing decisions in proportion to the extent they are affected by them. Regarding remuneration, however, you note that rewarding for effort and sacrifice...
Albert: Values, Visions, and Strategy
Znet Article, December, 09 2003
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Alex, I like that you start with values. I think creating vision requires a small set that covers our central aspirations while being ...
Callinicos: Comment On Albert (1)
Znet Article, December, 09 2003
Alex Callinicos
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First of all, let me make it clear that I don't see this debate as a polemical confrontation where we're each out to trash the other's views. Rather, it's an opportunity to clarify points of both agreement and disagreement between people active in...
Albert: Participatory Society and The Trajectory of Change
Znet Article, December, 07 2003
Michael Albert
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Assuming we agree that a society built on authoritarianism, patriarchy, racism, and capitalist exploitation is abysmal, what new social systems do we want and how do we expect to attain them? People in civilization inevitably combine efforts to a...
Callinicos: The Case For Revolutionary Socialism
Znet Article, December, 07 2003
Alex Callinicos
Callinicos's ZSpace page
It’s a media cliché that the anti-globalization movement is purely anti – that it knows what it is against, not what it is for. In fact, to be against neo-liberalism, corporate globalization, and imperial war is already to stand f...
Callinicos: The Case For Revolutionary Socialism
Znet Article, December, 07 2003
Alex Callinicos
Callinicos's ZSpace page
It’s a media cliché that the anti-globalization movement is purely anti – that it knows what it is against, not what it is for. In fact, to be against neo-liberalism, corporate globalization, and imperial war is already to stand f...
Albert: Participatory Society and The Trajectory of Change
Znet Article, December, 07 2003
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Assuming we agree that a society built on authoritarianism, patriarchy, racism, and capitalist exploitation is abysmal, what new social systems do we want and how do we expect to attain them? People in civilization inevitably combine efforts to a...
Raptis: Parecon: Life After Capitalism
Znet Article, December, 04 2003
Nikos Raptis
Raptis's ZSpace page
The word "Parecon" in the title of this book is unknown to almost all Greeks. Likewise, unknown is to all the inhabitants of the Earth what will be the "Life After Capitalism", which is the subtitle of this book. Michael Albert tries to...
Monbiot: The Bottom of the Barrel
Znet Article, December, 02 2003
George Monbiot
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The Bottom of the Barrel
Z: Anarchy And The FBI
Znet Article, November, 24 2003
Mickey Z
Z's ZSpace page
"What a waste of thumbs that are opposable/To make machines that are disposable And sell them to seagulls flying in circles/Around one big right wing Yes, the left wing was broken long ago/By the slingshot of COINTELPRO And now it's so hard to hav...
Wainwright: The Importance of the Local
Znet Article, November, 20 2003
Hilary Wainwright
Wainwright's ZSpace page
Speech at the seminar "The Right to Housing, Municipal Rights in Europe: struggles, analyses and mobilisations"European Social Forum II13 November 2003 I want to make strategic argument, I want to argue for the importance of struggles and strateg...
Docena: Critical Collaboration
Znet Article, November, 17 2003
Herbert Docena
Docena's ZSpace page
NOVEMBER 17 - This week, in the aftermath of the bloodiest period of the occupation since the invasion, talk was rife that members of the US-handpicked Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) will soon be shown the door. Coalition Provisional Authority (CP...
Albert: The Joyous Potential Of Economic Vision
Znet Article, November, 10 2003
Michael Albert
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I recently had an opportunity to read an essay criticizing Participatory Economics from Odessa Steps, titled The Sad Conceit of Participatory Economics. My reactions to what appeared in it, trying to correct strange readings, mostly, lead me to wa...
