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Spannos: What is Real Utopia?
Znet Article, July, 04 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
UTOPIAS HAVE A LONG, mixed history in Left movements. Sometimes they have propelled our imagination toward what better worlds might look like. Other times they have trumpeted heaven on earth, a world for angels rather than mortals, a far fetched l...
Spannos: Real Utopia Interview
Znet Article, July, 02 2008
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
The book is a collective effort to spell out vision and strategy for a feasible and desirable transformation of society’s defining institutions. It explores how to get there along with concrete examples and lessons taken from past and present Left...
O'Ceallaigh: Power Shift to Economic Justice and Democracy
Znet Article, June, 20 2008
Liam O'Ceallaigh
O'Ceallaigh's ZSpace page
Power Shift to Economic Justice and Democracy: Why the Environmental Movement Should Aim to Abolish Markets and Embrace Democratic Planning of the Economy
Albert: Parecon and Crime
Znet Article, April, 05 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
It is often said that how a society treats those it punishes graphically displays how civilized and humane that society is. If we look at how criminals are treated we see a portrait of a society’s moral soul.
Albert: Parecon and Polity
Znet Article, April, 04 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Current times make an argument that contemporary political structures are decrepit and redundant. Every day hammers home the realization. My own country, the U.S., arguably has one of the most democratic political systems now operating.
Shalom: ParPolity: Political Vision for a Good Society
Znet Article, February, 25 2008
Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
Why should we be interested in thinking about what the political system of a good society might look like?
Albert: A Left Electoral Campaign
Zmag Article, January, 01 2008
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Presidential campaigns may prove more or less pivotal to radically transforming society. In either case, considering the issues highlighted in the 1992 campaign — economics, education, health, drugs, foreign policy, and ecology — what would be a g...
Shalom: Parpolity Interview
Audio, November, 24 2007
Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
The Vancouver Parecon Collective talks with Steve Shalom...
Spannos: Anarchy & Participatory Society
Commentary, November, 09 2007
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
The title of this panel is "Real Utopia: Paths to a Participatory Society," and is inspired by a book I am editing for AK Press (April, 2008). However, a conference like RAT presents challenges for how to approach the topic of vision for a partici...
Spannos: People and Birds Have Wings
Commentary, May, 25 2007
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, You were only waiting for this moment to arise. -- "Blackbird," The Beatles
Solo: Latin American - delusion and reality
Znet Article, March, 23 2007
Toni Solo
Solo's ZSpace page
Latin American - delusion and reality
Albert: Kritische Masse Interview
Znet Article, November, 13 2006
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Michael Albert, born in 1947, is an author and political activist of the anarchist-syndicalist movement, living in Boston (Massachusetts / USA). He is editor of the internet platform "ZNet" as well as co-editor and co-founder of the political Z Ma...
Bajwa: Realizing Visions For A Free And Just Society
Znet Article, June, 09 2006
Haroon Bajwa
Bajwa's ZSpace page
In his latest project, Realizing Hope: Life beyond Capitalism, Michael Albert argues that there is more to creating a decent society than just having a good economic system. Other spheres of humanity are also present and must be taken into account...
Shalom: A Political System for a Good Society
Znet Article, May, 19 2006
Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
{ This paper was prepared for the June 1 - 7 2006 first Z Sessions on Vision and Strategy, held in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. These sessions gather activists from around the world to share...
Spannos: World Without War
Znet Article, May, 10 2006
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
We cannot say much about human affairs with any confidence, but sometimes it is possible. We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won't be a world -- at least, a world inhabited by creature...
Shalom: In Search of Economic Justice
Znet Article, April, 19 2006
Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
In Search of Economic Justice
Albert: Anti Capitalist Strategy
Znet Article, January, 26 2006
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
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...
Shalom: ParPolity: Political Vision for a Good Society
Znet Article, November, 22 2005
Stephen1 Shalom
Shalom's ZSpace page
(This draft benefited from conversations with many people, but especially Michael Albert and Cynthia Peters, and from feedback at a panel discussion in Porto Alegre on political vision and from very helpful comments from studen...
Parecon collective: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
Znet Article, November, 16 2004
Vancouver Parecon collective
Parecon collective's ZSpace page
It’s been just over one year since the Vancouver Parecon Collective came into existence. It was sometime in September 2003 that a few of us Vancouver Pareconistas stumbled upon one another. Since then we have created a project that has far...
Albert: Engaging the State - Today and Tomorrow
Znet Article, November, 11 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
To engage the state one must answer two key questions. What do we want now? What do we want later? Regarding now, we want improvements in people's l...
