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Evans: Re: What is Work...Baby Don't Hurt Me
Forum Post, October, 19 2011
Mark Evans
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people randomly going around undertaking tasks that they decide, from moment to moment, are important is not a serious alternative to capitalism - in fact it is highly irresponsible.
Evans: a better way to look at this?
Forum Post, October, 14 2011
Mark Evans
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Another way of look at this issue is - Anarchist like Chomsky assume that in a post-revolutionary economy, of the type that they desire, would result in everyone being willing to do their fair share of work. In turn they also assume that ev...
Evans: Reply to Chomsky's criticism of ParEcon
Forum Post, October, 14 2011
Mark Evans
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A reply to Noam Chomsky's criticisms of parecon from an advocate of parecon.
Albert: Occupy This, Demand That
Forum Post, October, 13 2011
Michael Albert
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The emerging occupations movement in the U.S. and around the world...
Albert: Celebrating Wall Street
Forum Post, October, 01 2011
Michael Albert
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Visit Wall Street - or make your own occupation!
Albert: Re: OWS introduces Parecon?
Forum Post, October, 01 2011
Michael Albert
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Crip - I don't get what you are saying here. I clicked the link, and still don't get it...
Le Guen: Re: Re: Great idea Mark.
Forum Post, August, 28 2011
Yoann Le Guen
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Hi Mark, Here are some thoughts, written quickly, BBC watch: Discussing with some friends it feels like it would have to be something like Media Lens or better like FAIR A focus on the BBC rather than all media is a very good idea I think...
Evans: Re: Great idea Mark.
Forum Post, August, 18 2011
Mark Evans
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Glad you like it Yoann. You raise a couple of issues saying - “It's going to be diffciult to have it explicitly as an IOPS project I think in terms of attracting folks and getting funding.” Perhaps we could set things up in such...
Evans: Reimagining the BBC
Forum Post, August, 18 2011
Mark Evans
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a parecon informed strategy for genuine public service broadcasting
Le Guen: Great idea Mark.
Forum Post, August, 18 2011
Yoann Le Guen
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That's a much needed project. Very ambitious. well done for coming up with this. I think a lot of folks would like this and welcome it. It's going to be diffciult to have it explicitly as an IOPS project I think in terms of attracting fo...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stop lights, etc.
Forum Post, August, 08 2011
Michael Albert
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John, > I think it was this paragraph which made me feel you would be open to hearing a description of how the parecon system could be modified to work without money and without money being tied to work to consumption. I tried to make it c...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stop lights, etc.
Forum Post, August, 07 2011
Michael Albert
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John, If you have serious concerns about parecon, or about my comments regarding anarchist concerns, please raise them and I will reply. As to the alternative you pose, honestly, it is just you more less winging it&he...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stop lights, etc.
Forum Post, August, 07 2011
Michael Albert
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> The differences that I'm going for is that 1. everyone will work the same level of onerouness, etc. This means, at least as written, that you are legislating a total duration, intensity, and onerousness of work and I can't, for...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stop lights, etc.
Forum Post, August, 07 2011
Michael Albert
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> 1. I'm far from persuaded that we need money for most transactions (aside from trade with outside capitalist regions, and perhaps internal bookkeeping within industries). This is likely because you (a) are thinking of money as capital - ...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stop lights, etc.
Forum Post, July, 12 2011
Michael Albert
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>1. I'm far from persuaded that we need money for most transactions (aside from trade with outside capitalist regions, and perhaps internal bookkeeping within industries). My guess is that by "money" you mean something that one a...
Albert: Re: Authenticity Concerns
Forum Post, July, 10 2011
Michael Albert
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Hi Gary Well, I have already addressed the points outlined in this piece. I have also urged that others add any other matters they want to see addressed, either in comments reacting, or in blog posts. If you have any, perhaps after looking ar ...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: Stop lights, etc.
Forum Post, July, 08 2011
Michael Albert
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> If you read those articles I linked to, you'l see that virtually all traffic signs have been removed - stop lights, stop signs, etc. And these aren't dusty hamlets in Kansas -- they're busy towns and cities in the heart of Europe....
Albert: Re: Stop lights, etc.
Forum Post, July, 08 2011
Michael Albert
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Hi, > 1. Funny thing about the stoplight analogy. Actually, quite a few cities and regions in Europe have rid themselves of stop lights, and things have been going quite well: In the u.s., too, most corners have stop signs or nothing - b...
Albert: Re: some conversations ive had
Forum Post, July, 08 2011
Michael Albert
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> some dont like the coordinator class analysis cuz they say it divides the working class and alienates them from potential allies (ie coordinators). The earliest versions of it were anarchist - bakunin, among others. Your other comments...
H: Worthy reforms
Forum Post, July, 08 2011
Joe H
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Hi Mark. I guess it depends what timescale we are talking about, how ambitious you want to be, and how the demands will affect our actions. At the present time the main economic demand must surely be ending austerity and things necessary to achi...
