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Roblin: Re: Re: Two questions
Forum Post, December, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Thanks Harpreet for your thorough response and references.
Roblin: Two questions
Forum Post, December, 10 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"The Institution of Fiscal Studies (IFS) noted that the Bill relating to funding, which will lead to the establishment of a National Scholarship fund (for least well off students), in fact provides a financial incentive for universities charg...
Roblin: Re: Finance and housing comments + Qs
Forum Post, December, 07 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Curtis, I think the Take Back the Land movement in Florida is an initiative that should be replicated elsewhere, particularly in places like Baltimore with high homelessness and plenty of vacant homes. You may want to check out the wikie page...
Roblin: Good to hear
Forum Post, December, 03 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Harpreet, Glad to hear that the event was effective. Have the new members maintained an interest in PPS-UK?
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PPS-US?
Forum Post, November, 29 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Ronnie and others, One general comment, which I don't think can be overemphasized, is that in the end we're all feeling our way through, trying to figure out what works best in terms of building a participatory and influential left her...
Roblin: Re: Re
Forum Post, November, 25 2010
Stephen Roblin
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I think you're right about "participatory society" -- it doesn't have all the baggage that say "socialism" has. And talking to non-activists about these terms is the best way to figure out which ones actually mean somet...
Roblin: Re:
Forum Post, November, 23 2010
Stephen Roblin
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The fact that "democracy" refers to the political sphere reveals the concept's debasement, wherever this belief is widely held. This seems to be the case in the U.S., and I think you're right to suggest that the...
Roblin: Pardon the quibbling, but...
Blog Post, November, 23 2010
Stephen Roblin
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...does the term "participation" properly underscore the mission of IOPS?
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: PPS-US?
Forum Post, November, 21 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Emma, Thank you for your detailed response. I look forward to learning more about OFS. I agree--there's no reason to re-create the wheel. Perhaps a representative from your organization would be interested in coming to Baltimore to ...
Roblin: Re: PPS-US?
Forum Post, November, 18 2010
Stephen Roblin
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I'm currently reading Ben Dangl's book on social movements in Latin America, Dancing with Dynamite. I must say, it takes learning about what poor workers in South America are doing to get a sense of what the processes of democratization an...
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PPS-US: Does it make sense at this point?
Forum Post, November, 16 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"surely the purpose of the website is already understood. It is to facilitate organising for a participatory society in the US as part of a broader international effort (IOPS). Isn’t that what you are talking about?" T...
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PPS-US: Does it make sense at this point?
Forum Post, November, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Thanks for the reference. I'll definitely check out word press. Personally, I don't want to define the purpose of the website until I can gain interest from others that are based in the US. I think the project should be collaborative from...
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: PPS-US: Does it make sense at this point?
Forum Post, November, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Jason, Thanks for the offer. Did you use web design software to build the site? If so, which do you recommend? I've thought about learning CoffeeCup (http://www.coffeecup.com/).
Roblin: Re: Re: Re: Re: PPS-US: Does it make sense at this point?
Forum Post, November, 14 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"On the IOPS group page there is an “send an email to all members” facility. Have you taken advantage of this by sending out an email addressed to all US based members and asking them if they would be interested in forming a...
Roblin: Re: Does it make sense at this point?
Forum Post, November, 11 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Harpreet, "One way in which a PPS-US site might differ could be to allow interim national chapters to develop inside the fledgling PPS-US group and not be separate Zgroups that are only “linked”. This might enab...
Roblin: Re: Re: PPS-US: Does it make sense at this point?
Forum Post, November, 11 2010
Stephen Roblin
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Hi Mark, Thanks for comments. You're defintely right about experimenting and feeling our way through as we go along. "my gut feeling is that setting up a National US chapter that facilitates regional and local chapters will prove more e...
Roblin: Re: Re: PPS-US: Does it make sense at this point?
Forum Post, November, 07 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"I think it would be easier to ask people if they wanted to join an existing group." Their may be some truth to this. But ultimately a national chapter means little unless there are energized local chapters. Maybe it makes sense t...
Roblin: Carousel
Forum Post, October, 20 2010
Stephen Roblin
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The carousel feature is great. It really adds a lot to the page.
Roblin:
Forum Post, October, 17 2010
Stephen Roblin
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"My concern here is to facilitate more mutual support and collaboration between us all in pursuing our respective goals and projects." I share this concern. I put forth the idea of creating a PPS-US and received positive feedback (see h...
Roblin: Re: ZCom's New Look
Forum Post, October, 17 2010
Stephen Roblin
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A good example of a top menu is the One Nation Working Together website. http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/content/main
