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Spannos: Foundation for Classlessness
Znet Article, December, 22 2009
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
While attention to class has ebbed and flowed among social movements for generations, class rule was always present and the recent economic crisis has forced it back into the spotlight. But what is class rule and why is it important?
Grinder: International Relations Involving a Participatory Society
Znet Article, December, 11 2009
Matt Grinder
Grinder's ZSpace page
This essay seeks to explore the issues that would face a participatory democratic society when relating to other countries. It is assumed that some of the other countries the participatory society deals with are not participatory societies. It is...
Spannos: Exploitation: A Common Sense Approach
Commentary, November, 06 2009
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
A panel presentation given today, Friday November 6th, 2009 at the 7th international Rethinking Marxism conference, held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.
Majavu: Reviewing Black Flame
Commentary, November, 04 2009
Mandisi Majavu
Majavu's ZSpace page
In writing 'Black Flame: The revolutionary politics of anarchism and syndicalism', Michael Schmidt and Lucien van der Walt set themselves an ambitious task of writing a history of anarchism. I use the word ambitious mainly because, as Guerin (1970...
Albert: My Resoc Interview
Znet Article, October, 23 2009
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Each Resoc participant has been asked to answer five questions in a succinct interview for the project. All the replies will appear within the Resoc site, starting soon, in the order they arrive. Substantial replies, however, may also appear as ZC...
Lanza: Getting to grips with the economy
Znet Article, October, 07 2009
Luciano Lanza
Lanza's ZSpace page
Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications
Evans: Newspeak in the 21st Century - A Must Read for Freethinkers
Znet Article, October, 05 2009
Mark Evans
Evans's ZSpace page
A critical (but hopefully constructive) review of Media Lens new book - Newspeak in the 21st Century.
Spannos: Re: Politics of the Common
Znet Article, August, 19 2009
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
A Reply to Michael Hardt's "Politics of the Common"
Sandstrom: Re: Imagine and then Act
Znet Article, August, 01 2009
Anders Sandstrom
Sandstrom's ZSpace page
Differences in how the Parecon institutions are received
Adams: Mainstream Revolution
Znet Article, July, 27 2009
Tyrone Adams
Adams's ZSpace page
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...
