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Adams: Mainstream Revolution
Znet Article, July, 27 2009
Tyrone Adams
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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 showi...
Albert: Solidarity and Participatory Economics
Znet Article, July, 22 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
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 ...
Chrysostomou: A Co-operative Web Portal
Znet Article, July, 16 2009
Jason Chrysostomou
Chrysostomou's ZSpace page
As we build our social movements and fight to reform and even replace oppressive structures with new ones, we should not neglect the task of developing and debating, beyond vague ideals, what the new basic social structures in our envisioned socie...
Lipow: When money talks, it sometimes lies.
Znet Article, July, 15 2009
Gar Lipow
Lipow's ZSpace page
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....
Albert: Imagine and then Act
Znet Article, July, 14 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Imagine twenty tentative claims about vision and strategy for a participatory society.
Szczepanczyk: The Montesi Maneuver Extended
Znet Article, July, 13 2009
Mitchell Szczepanczyk
Szczepanczyk's ZSpace page
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 broa...
Cronan jr: Economic Democracy and Environmental Justice
Znet Article, July, 13 2009
John Cronan jr
Cronan jr's ZSpace page
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 t...
Keshet: Agile Activism
Znet Article, July, 12 2009
Daniel Keshet
Keshet's ZSpace page
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...
Albert: Second Reply Regarding Parecon
Znet Article, June, 25 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
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...
Wilpert: What Might Be 21st Century Socialism?
Znet Article, June, 23 2009
Gregory Wilpert
Wilpert's ZSpace page
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 thi...
Majavu: Overcoming some of the suicidal tendencies of the left
Znet Article, June, 01 2009
Mandisi Majavu
Majavu's ZSpace page
Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications...
Evans: Popular Vision and Vanguardism
Znet Article, May, 30 2009
Mark Evans
Evans's ZSpace page
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 ever...
Spannos: Participatory Society: Urban Space & Freedom
Znet Article, May, 22 2009
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
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...
Hahnel: Overcoming Blind Spots In Left Vision: Participatory Planning
Znet Article, May, 15 2009
Robin Hahnel
Hahnel's ZSpace page
Contribution to Reimagining Society: Participatory Planning
Albert: Albert Reacts Again
Znet Article, May, 12 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
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 i...
Tripathi: Moral Crisis
Znet Article, May, 11 2009
Deepak Tripathi
Tripathi's ZSpace page
Reflections on the 'expenses bonanza' of British parliamentaries and the wider phenomenon the latest revelations represent.
Albert: Replying to Bauwens’ Reactions to Parecon
Znet Article, May, 08 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Continuing the debate on parecon...
Bauwens: Reacting To Parecon
Znet Article, May, 07 2009
Michel Bauwens
Bauwens's ZSpace page
First of all, thanks for restating and actualizing your Parecon philosophy and proposals in the context of this debate with peer to peer philosophy.
Baker: Systematic Risk Regulators and the Power of Arithmetic
Znet Article, May, 06 2009
Dean Baker
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The current craze in DC policy circles is to create a "systematic risk regulator" to make sure that the country never experiences another economic crisis like the current one. This push is part of a cover-up of what really went wrong and does abso...
Albert: Querying Confusions: My First Reply to Peer to Peer
Znet Article, May, 04 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Michael Albert's First Reply to Peer to Peer
