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Spannos: Six arrests made at CSIS...
Blog Post, October, 25 2004
Chris Spannos
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Six people were arrested five days ago (Oct. 20) as the result of an important action / sit-in at the Toronto CSIS offices, officially titled the “Center for Strategic and International Studies”, but also known as “Canada's national spy agency”. ...
Spannos: Security Scholars for a War on Terror
Blog Post, October, 20 2004
Chris Spannos
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Last week an antiwar news wire sent me "An Open Letter to the American People", by the Security Scholars for a Sensible Foreign Policy. After reading it I immediately wondered why this document was being circulated on antiwar lists, because, as i...
Albert: Another Trip Abroad and a Major Talk Transcript: Life After Capitalism – And Now Too
Blog Post, October, 13 2004
Michael Albert
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Friday I take off to Italy and then to Greece. The former trip is for a conference and, very oddly, an award. The latter trip is for introducing the Greek edition of Parecon: Life After Capitalism, giving talks, etc. I will try to write about both...
Spannos: Silence On Israeli Terrorism
Blog Post, October, 12 2004
Chris Spannos
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Below is a letter from Hanna Kawas, Chairperson of Canada Palestine Association, to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin regarding threats from the Canadian Foreign Minister against the UN Relief and Works Agency for employing Hamas members. Hanna ...
Spannos: Anatomy of a Canadian Behemoth: pt. 1
Blog Post, October, 11 2004
Chris Spannos
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SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is a Canadian corporation that is involved in violations of the UN charter, international law, workers rights, consumers rights, privatization and profit making. Here I am going to do a series of blog entries on the SNC-Lava...
Spannos: Vader says, “Keep Star Wars in the movies!”
Blog Post, October, 04 2004
Chris Spannos
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On Friday, October 1st, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. members of the Vancouver Stop War Coalition converged at the Lion's Gate Bridge and hung a large banner from an over pass which read “MISSILE DEFENSE = WEAPONS IN SPACE: SAY NO!” The purpose of t...
Albert: Anarchism and Parecon
Blog Post, September, 23 2004
Michael Albert
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Another draft chapter from the new book on parecon and society.... 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 t...
Albert: Parecon & Marxism - 4
Blog Post, September, 21 2004
Michael Albert
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[This concludes the draft chapter on parecon and marxism...] Parecon Insults Marxists? Suppose we were to envision a humongous stadium filled with all the people in all past and current history who called (or who now call) themselves Marxists. (...
Albert: Parecon & Marxism - 3
Blog Post, September, 21 2004
Michael Albert
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[This continues the draft chapter on parecon and marxism...] Marxism Is For Coordinators? When I argue that coordinatorism is celebrated as the goal of struggle in every Marxist text that offers a serious economic vision, many Marxists are like...
Albert: Parecon & Marxism - 2
Blog Post, September, 21 2004
Michael Albert
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[This is a continuation of the long draft chapter regarding parecon and marxism...] Marxism and Class But the above is not the problem of Marxism that I wish to feature here, partly because it is straightforward to correct and a great many Marxi...
Albert: Parecon and Marxism - 1
Blog Post, September, 21 2004
Michael Albert
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I am working on a book about Parecon and the rest of a good society -- and have placed drafts of some chapters in this blog system. Near the end of the book I am thinking about including two chapters, one on parecon and marxism, the other on parec...
Albert: My Turkey Trip
Blog Post, September, 20 2004
Michael Albert
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From Sept 10th to very early on the 15th, I was in turkey sponsored by Aram Publishing (about which more next post). As in the immediately prior trip to Italy, I spoke in diverse venues in two cities – Istanbul and Dijarbaker. The former is a hug...
Albert: Medal of the President of the Italian Republic
Blog Post, September, 19 2004
Michael Albert
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Continuing the saga of international notice for Parecon alongside U.S. silence, we have an award in Italy to be presented in mid October. The citation with the award is, to use a favorite word of mine, mind boggling -- all the more so in light of ...
Albert: My Italian Trip
Blog Post, September, 19 2004
Michael Albert
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From Sept 3 to very early on Sept 10 I was in Italy on a book tour for the Italian Edition of Parecon: Life After Capitalism. I spoke in five cities, the largest being Rome and Milan, and at many venues – both alone and in panels. I also did many ...
Spannos: Canadian Bullets, Dead Iraqis
Blog Post, September, 08 2004
Chris Spannos
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With up to 13,802 Iraqi civilian deaths to date, Canadians will now be providing one of the most basic necessities for the US occupation forces in Iraq: bullets. The Canadian company SNC Technologies Inc. (SNC TEC) is now part of a multinational c...
Spannos: Violence, Media & the RNC
Blog Post, August, 31 2004
Chris Spannos
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As I write today, there are reports and photos of direct actions, and rallies in New York. In particular, today's A31: A Day of Non-violent Civil Disobedience and Direct Action. Yesterday I did a series of 10 radio interviews for the CBC's "...
Spannos: Fear and Loathing in New York
Blog Post, August, 28 2004
Chris Spannos
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I gotta tell ya, recent events leading up to the Republican National Convention in New York make me feel like I am in an altered state of consciousness. I first came to New York with the clearest of intentions, to attend the Life After Capitalism ...
Spannos: RNC Radio Reports
Blog Post, August, 27 2004
Chris Spannos
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Well things have been busy on the ground here in NYC. Currently having sporadic computer access, but I will be giving report backs for radio this Saturday and Monday. Folks can tune in on-line if you want. The first interview will be on for Redeye...
Spannos: LAC, Day Three
Blog Post, August, 23 2004
Chris Spannos
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Today was the closing day of the Life After Capitalism conference. Hundreds of people excited, stimulated and inspired, exhausted came together and are now going their separate ways again. It almost seems sad except I know that this opportunity to...
Spannos: LAC, Day Two
Blog Post, August, 22 2004
Chris Spannos
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Well, it's hard to convey all that happened today. It wasn't like lastnights event, "Beyond Bush", where all four speakers were under the sameroof spanning a three hour period. Workshops today had at least three, andup to five, speakers,...
