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Albert: Taking Up The Task
Znet Article, March, 08 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Following the Ehrenreich/Fletcher instruction to Reimagine Socialism
Spannos: The Chavez Chasm
Znet Article, February, 18 2009
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Cautious congratulations are due to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez...
Spannos: Greek Uprising, Echoes of Castoriadis: 1968, Autonomy & the Self-Managed Society
Commentary, December, 31 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Inspired by the recent Greek rebellion, I am reminded of the Late Greek/French theorist of Autonomy and Self-Management, Cornelius Castoriadis...
Shalom: System Upgrades
Audio, December, 09 2008
Stephen Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
Stephen Shalom and Cynthia Peters interviewed on Against the Grain radio about their chapter contributions to the book Real Utopia.
Spannos: Real Utopia Interview
Audio, December, 04 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Book interview...
Albert: Politics In Venezuela
Znet Article, September, 21 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
An extensive interview about the polity in Venezuela, held with Julio Chavez, Mayor of Carora and prominent activist in all dimensions of the Bolivarian Revolution, especially concerning the Communal Councils.
Albert: Venezuelan Legal System: An Interview with Fernando Ramón Vegas Torrealba
Znet Article, September, 21 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Michael Albert went to Venezuela in early September and interviewed numerous people about the Bolivarian Revolution. This one is about the role of the law and legal system, held with Fernando Ramón Vegas Torrealba, justice of the Venezuelan Suprem...
Albert: Gender In Venezuela
Znet Article, September, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In early September Michael Albert went to Venezuela and interviewed numerous people about the Bolivarian Revolution. Here is the first, about the role and situation of women, held with Nora Castañeda, head of the Women's Bank in Venezuela and prom...
Albert: Revolutionary Organization
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
At some point a revolution will transform the U.S. economy, polity, kinship, and culture - and similar revolutions will transform other countries too. Such a revolutionary process will include diverse movements and organizations working together f...
Albert: Exploring Libertarian Municipalism and Parecon...
Znet Article, August, 26 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
In early November, 1999, ZNet posted an article by Michael Albert entitled Assessing Libertarian Municipalism. This page is devoted to discussion of that article. It includes messages received and rejoinders and explorations that ensued, as best w...
Spannos: What is Real Utopia?
Znet Article, July, 04 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
UTOPIAS HAVE A LONG, mixed history in Left movements. Sometimes they have propelled our imagination toward what better worlds might look like. Other times they have trumpeted heaven on earth, a world for angels rather than mortals, a far fetched l...
Spannos: Real Utopia Interview
Znet Article, July, 02 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
The book is a collective effort to spell out vision and strategy for a feasible and desirable transformation of society’s defining institutions. It explores how to get there along with concrete examples and lessons taken from past and present Left...
Albert: Parecon and Strategy
Znet Article, April, 22 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
The effort to win a new economy will obviously have a great many facets. In Moving Forward (AK Press) I discussed parecon related strategic issues in detail. A more recent book by Robin Hahnel, Economic Justice and Democracy, addresses parecon rel...
Albert: Parecon and Anarchism
Znet Article, April, 21 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Like most social movements, anarchism is diverse. Most broadly, an anarchist seeks out and identifies structures of authority, hierarchy, and domination throughout life, and tries to challenge them, as conditions and the pursuit of justice permit....
Albert: Parecon and Science/Technology
Znet Article, April, 19 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Like every label for a complex personal and social practice the word science is fuzzy at its edges making it hard for us to pin down what is and what isn’t science. Nonetheless, for our broad purposes, we can assert that science refers to an accum...
Spannos: New York City 2008 Anarchist Bookfair
Znet Article, April, 19 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Parecon and anarchism...
Albert: Parecon and Athletics
Znet Article, April, 17 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
By this point, talking about parecon’s implications for athletics and athletes ought to be relatively easy. It is barely different than for science, art, and journalism. There is, however, one interesting new angle to address: the issue of competi...
Albert: Parecon & Journalism
Znet Article, April, 16 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
The idea of journalism is not overly complex. Societies involve huge ranges of activity and possibility. Each day events occur, processes unfold. The qualities of our lives depend on these events and processes in two senses.
Albert: Parecon and Dissent
Znet Article, April, 15 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
There is no end to history. There is no end to dissent. A parecon has, I believe, highly desirable features. For a new economy to eliminate unjust income differentials, produce solidarity rather than anti-sociality, diversify rather than homogeniz...
Albert: Parecon and Crime
Znet Article, April, 05 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
It is often said that how a society treats those it punishes graphically displays how civilized and humane that society is. If we look at how criminals are treated we see a portrait of a society’s moral soul.
