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Forum Post Cronan Jr: Re: I have to Disagree

Forum Post, March, 10 2011 John Cronan Jr
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One quick comment because I need to hop in the shower and get some food. Im starving. I also have to disagree. It's a mistake to think that because neoliberalism has changed the structures of capitalism, that it's all inevitable. There is...

Forum Post Albert: Participatory Vision

Forum Post, March, 09 2011 Michael Albert
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This is a draft of chapter twelve, concluding part two, of Fanfare for the Future.

Forum Post Sandstrom: Some notes from Pareconmeeting in Stockholm

Forum Post, March, 08 2011 Anders Sandstrom
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During the weekend 25-27 of february six representatives from four countries met in Stockholm to discuss strategy for promoting Parecon.

Forum Post Albert: Re: Consumption planning example

Forum Post, March, 07 2011 Michael Albert
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Thank you - good advice I will try to take!

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 28 2011 Matt Allen
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6) OK, I'm not sure anyone has posited otherwise. 7) Er... There is loads you can do, "you can do other activism" a small phrase that hides a multitude of activities. Off the top of my head you can get involved in struggles that ar...

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 28 2011 Matt Allen
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Hi Matt, thanks for your detailed replies, on balance I see you're obviously committed to your vision of an electoral intervention and fairplay, good luck with it. However I will address each of your points to explain why I still believe it i...

Forum Post Evans: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 22 2011 Mark Evans
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It seems to me that Matt G's argument rests on the conviction that organising in a party will prove more effective for movement building whereas Matt A's argumnet rests on the belief that before we can even think about forming a parsoc par...

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 22 2011 Matt Allen
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I really, really think it would be the cart before the horse. Build a vibrant and self confident "parsoc" or Libertarian Socialist organisation with several dozen active and functioning chapters with some sort of public profile, then let...

Forum Post Evans: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 21 2011 Mark Evans
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Okay - Ill put up £250 if you put up £250. Id be very interested to look into this in more detail if people in the UK are interested???

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 21 2011 Matt Allen
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"PPS-UK has been set-up to facilitate members to 1) self-manage projects with other members, and 2) initiate or join an existing self-managed local chapter.  Some of us could look into setting-up a parsoc party here in the UK as a PPS-UK...

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 21 2011 Matt Allen
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Hi Matt G. I do not dispute the vast majority of what you're saying. However the Wikipedia article (and this is why I'm wary of Wikipedia and any other officially "neutral" source for that matter) leaves out the reasons why the ...

Forum Post Evans: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 21 2011 Mark Evans
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Hi Matt G and Matt A - Again I would like to make it clear that I am very interested in exploring this topic.   PPS-UK has been set-up to facilitate members to 1) self-manage projects with other members, and 2) initiate or join an existing ...

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 20 2011 Matt Allen
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Hmm, maybe I was a bit patronizing originally, I apologise if that's the case. Personally I would not rely on Wikipedia for my sources, I wouldn't rely on any single source to be honest. The British Postwar Settlement Overview ...

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Re: participatory political party

Forum Post, February, 20 2011 Matt Allen
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Hi Matt, I agree with you re; setting up organisations based on the way you want to organise in the future in the here and now. I also wouldn't rule out setting up a registered political party to put forward ideas, indeed here in the UK it&#...

Forum Post Allen: Re: Re: Re: Regarding membership

Forum Post, February, 19 2011 Matt Allen
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Hi everyone, I'm still pretty new to Znet and parecon in general so please bare with me! Am I right in thinking IOPS would be a federation/group/organisation/network of local/national chapters? I think I am... In that case I think actual vo...

Forum Post H: PPS-UK: What should it be?

Forum Post, February, 18 2011 Joe H
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My views on what the PPS-UK is and should be, and the current debate on membership requirements.

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Forum Post, February, 18 2011 Mark Evans
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Hi Joe - thanks for this contribution.  I basically agree with what you say here. I look forward to engaging with you on these issues at the gathering next week.

Forum Post Albert: Re: economic sphere influence

Forum Post, February, 14 2011 Michael Albert
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I am not sure what you are saying here - capitalism per se does not create sexism - but once there is sexism it alters the economy - the pursuit of profit utilizes and respects the existence of genders and sexual hierarchies.  Once this gods ...

Forum Post Albert: Re: Only a few comments

Forum Post, February, 14 2011 Michael Albert
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It seems we are on agreement - I will see if I can simplify that sentence...

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Forum Post, February, 14 2011 Michael Albert
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Actually, I had simply forgotten his use of that label. I don't use multiculturalism or polyculturalism, which I find hard to distinguish, but rather participatory culture or, intercommunalism where the latter has its roots in the period ...

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