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Raptis: Katrina (some "details")
Commentary, July, 20 2006
Nikos Raptis
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In my Commentary "Katrina: Why?", of September 6, 2005, I wrote: "The technical and POLITICAL answer should come from the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) and from the US National Academy of Sciences. It is about time that the American c...
Albert: What Is Revolution?
Commentary, April, 12 2006
Michael Albert
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[The editorial board of Birikim
Peters: "Off Without Off"
Commentary, March, 31 2006
Cynthia Peters
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"How was your weekend?" I ask my adult education students at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton. "Did you have any time off?" "Off without off," is the usual answer.
Albert: Olympic Parecon
Commentary, February, 19 2006
Michael Albert
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Is anyone else bemused by the media's coverage of America's purported sports stars of the Winter Olympics? Parents tell kids, over and over, it isn't whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that matters. Don't glorify victory. Don't dem...
Albert: Realize Some Hope
Commentary, February, 11 2006
Michael Albert
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Dear Fellow ZNet Sustainer,
Author: The Urgency of Parecon
Commentary, January, 04 2006
Guest Author
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I need not recite the Parecon (participatory economics) analysis; Znet readers can simply click on the links to the left for abundant references. But to make the point generally, what is important in my view is that Parecon provides the growing nu...
Spannos: The Third Wave & the Third Class
Commentary, December, 07 2005
Chris Spannos
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Since the 1999 "Battle of Seattle", we in "The North" have seen a variety of rallies, convergences, organizing and activism. The spark that caught flame in Seattle spread to alliances between Labor and the Environmental movement. The GLBT movement...
Albert: Parecon Interview on Leaving for Argentina
Commentary, October, 15 2005
Michael Albert
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[Press interview preparatory to arriving in Argentina for a trip there, to Venezuela, and Mexico, to learn about events unfolding throughout Latin America.]
Raptis: Katrina: Why?
Commentary, September, 06 2005
Nikos Raptis
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Katrina: Variation of the Greek name "Aikaterini" or "Katerina", of uncertain etymology. Possibly: "Ekaterini", meaning : "either of the two". But, which two? Can one use the word in expressions such as : "Either of the two (e.g. W. Bush and Chene...
Raptis: Stability of Slopes
Commentary, January, 14 2005
Nikos Raptis
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A "slope" could be the inclined side of a hill (a natural slope) or the side of a man-made earth or stone structure as a dam or an embankment (an artificial slope). The failure (collapse) of the material (soil or rock) beneath a slope is called a ...
Raptis: Tsunamis And People
Commentary, January, 01 2005
Nikos Raptis
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The Japanese word "tsunami" (pronounced tsoo-nah-mee) means "great wave in harbor" (which describes the problem very accurately). The scientific term is: "seismic sea wave." The expression "tidal wave" is inaccurate as this kind of wave has nothin...
Cromwell: Prioritising Profit: Poverty In A Land Of Plenty
Commentary, September, 15 2004
David Cromwell
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Child Poverty? Who Cares!
Peters: Talking Back to Chomsky
Commentary, April, 27 2004
Cynthia Peters
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Our social change movements have benefited enormously from the work of Noam Chomsky. The incredible energy he brings to his speaking and writing means that millions have been exposed to his analysis of U.S. foreign and domestic policy. But he has ...
Albert: TINA!? And Getting There
Commentary, January, 30 2004
Michael Albert
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We all know lots of people who think Òthere is no alternativeÓ (TINA) to capitalism. And we all know that on the left it is now de rigour to emphasize the slogan Òanother world is possible.Ó Neither stance is an argument, however.
Albert: Albert Interviewed for The Socialist Worker
Commentary, May, 11 2003
Michael Albert
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(1) (Judy Cox:) What are your fundamental criticisms of capitalism?
Podur: A few more moves ahead
Commentary, May, 25 2001
Justin Podur
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There is too much at stake for social change to be a game. But if it were a game, the side that had the ability to think many moves ahead, anticipate its opponents moves, know what its goal was and move toward it relentlessly, would have huge adva...
Bonpane: The Death of the Dinosaur, the Saber Tooth Tiger, and Militarism
Commentary, September, 10 2000
BlasŽ Bonpane
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Take a look at the La Brea Tar Pits numerous millennia ago. The saber tooth tiger attempts to attack a wild horse. The tiger gets stuck in the tar. The most ferocious animals are generally on the endangered species list, the lions the tigers, the ...
Albert: Participatory Economic Program
Commentary, April, 16 2000
Michael Albert
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Participatory economics is a set of institutions for accomplishing production, consumption, and allocation while meeting peopleÕs needs and furthering their development; is a set of institutions designed to propel equity, solidarity, diversity, an...
Albert: Economics and the Rest Of Society
Commentary, April, 02 2000
Michael Albert
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A Participatory Economy produces, consumes, and allocates to meet peopleÕs needs and develop their capacities. It also promotes equity, solidarity, diversity, and self-management. Its central features are workersÕ and consumersÕ councils, remunera...
Albert: A Program Seeking Participatory Allocation
Commentary, March, 26 2000
Michael Albert
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Participatory planning is the allocation component of participatory economics. Producers and consumers organized in councils cooperatively negotiate labor, resource, and output allocations. The procedure organizes economic choices and simultaneous...
