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Znet Article Albert: Anti Capitalist Strategy

Znet Article, January, 26 2006 Michael Albert
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A viable and desirable strategy for transcending capitalism will certainly include leaving capitalism behind. Capitalism is despicable. It will also include, however, attaining something worthwhile in capitalism's place. What we win must be de...

Commentary 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...

Znet Article Stallman: Free Software as a Social Movement

Znet Article, December, 18 2005 Richard Stallman
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NOTE: ZNet has begun to explore the possibility of converting to free software. If you would like to help in this effort, please go to the Free ZNet Project forums, register, and introduce yourself. Richard Stallman is one of the founders of the ...

Commentary 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...

Znet Article Spannos: Paths Toward an Anti-Capitalist Liberation

Znet Article, November, 11 2005 Chris Spannos
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Numerous routes have been taken in the course of seeking the good society. Ideals have been fought for, some have won and most have failed. Some have declared an end to history, the imperial order has been established, capitalism triumphant. Other...

Znet Article Albert: Venezuela's Path

Znet Article, November, 06 2005 Michael Albert
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Going to Venezuela? There are beautiful waterfalls and mountains. There is rich surf, sand, and sun. But nowadays the biggest attraction is revolution. This October I spent a week in Caracas. That's not much information to work with but for what ...

Znet Article Albert: Argentine Self Management

Znet Article, November, 03 2005 Michael Albert
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This October I spent a week in Buenos Aires, Argentina learning about Argentina's workers movement to recuperate factories. During the recent corporate globalization inspired economic downturns in Argentina, workers confronted disaster when their...

Commentary 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.]

Znet Article Albert: Interview with Michael Albert

Znet Article, October, 10 2005 Michael Albert
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AttacD-AWWO: Can you say something about the process, the discussion that lead to Parecon (participatory economics) and the book that is now also appearing in German translation this fall? Michael Albert: Sure. It was a long process. It started o...

Znet Article Monbiot: Protesters as Criminals

Znet Article, October, 04 2005 George Monbiot
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"We are trying to fight 21st-century crime - antisocial behaviour, drug-dealing, binge drinking, organised crime - with 19th-century methods as if we still lived in the time of Dickens". Tony Blair, 27th September 2005.(1) "Down poured the wine l...

Znet Article Albert: Hannover Talk

Znet Article, September, 12 2005 Michael Albert
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Introduction First, I’d like to thank everyone here and especially the ...

Commentary 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...

Znet Article Albert: Embark Now

Znet Article, September, 01 2005 Michael Albert
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In the U.S. summer is winding down. Soon U.S. students will trek back to school, including college. Would that I was one of them, not because it would mean I was forty years younger - though that would be a nice turn of events - but because this i...

Znet Article Albert: There Is An Alternative

Znet Article, July, 27 2005 Michael Albert
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In capitalism, owners together with about a fifth of the population who have highly empowered work decide what is produced, by what means, and with what distribution. Nearly four fifths of the population does largely rote labor, suffers inferior i...

Znet Article Albert: Exploring Parecon

Znet Article, July, 25 2005 Michael Albert
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In a world riddled with suicide bombings, inconclusive conflicts, and terribly selfish politics, it is a relief to see there are people like Michael Albert creatively searching for salves for the ills in our economic system.  With his books "Movin...

Zmag Article Albert: Science In A Better World

Zmag Article, June, 01 2005 Michael Albert
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S cience refers to an accumulated body of information about the components of the cosmos and to testable claims or theories about how those components interact, as well as to the processes by which we add to our in...

Znet Article Weiss: A Comparison of Economic Democracy and Participatory Economics

Znet Article, May, 04 2005 Adam Weiss
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Introduction Many advocates of economic justice have long believed that capitalism needs to be transcended. However, positive programs for a just economy have been lacking compared to the hailstorm of anti-capitalist critiques that the left has p...

Znet Article Albert: WTO, Globalization, and Alternatives

Znet Article, April, 21 2005 Michael Albert
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Q: Michael, the WTO is set to come to Hong Kong for its next ministerial in December 2005. Could you describe briefly just what the WTO is, and also the process of 'globalization' that it fits into? MA: The WTO is an international organization w...

Znet Article Hahnel: Book Interview on Economic Justice

Znet Article, April, 06 2005 Robin Hahnel
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1. Can you tell Znet, please, what your book, Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation (Routledge 2005) is about? What is it trying to communicate? Economic Justice and Democracy argues that progressives need to go back to ...

Znet Article Hahnel: Winnowing Wheat From Chaff

Znet Article, March, 26 2005 Robin Hahnel
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For the Political Economy Seminar at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on March 8, 2005 Social Democracy: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due I mean it as a great compliment when I say that capitalism functions poorly indeed without soc...

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