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Emersberger: Re: Re: Re: Re: Possibilities/Hope
Forum Post, September, 15 2011
Joe Emersberger
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MIchael, You wrote " we offer no goals, no vision, to motivate. But also, we give off an aura and create movements, and have styles, that say to people - stay away. The left is no place for a sensible and caring person. On the left, ...
Evans: Re: Re: Re: Possibilities/Hope
Forum Post, September, 14 2011
Mark Evans
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“the harder the core, the broader the front” Is this an example of an attempt at formulating a law for organising? If so how does a “harder core” necessarily lead to a “broader front”? Im not su...
Evans: Important Insight
Forum Post, September, 14 2011
Mark Evans
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“Nowadays everybody knows it is horrible, at some deep level. You can see it all over popular culture. You can hear it at every dinner table. So it can’t happen the same way. There is nothing dramatic to reveal.” I think this is...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: Possibilities/Hope
Forum Post, September, 14 2011
Michael Albert
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John, I have to tell you, I may be misunderstanding, but I don't think this comment addresses what I said in the interview, and, honestly, I think it may reflect what I was trying to counter. What makes is more comfortable to go along with l...
Davidson: Re: Re: Possibilities/Hope
Forum Post, September, 13 2011
Carl Davidson
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A militant minority can unite and mobilize a progressive majority--Uncle Ho's formula was 'the harder the core, the broader the front'--but I'd argue that it requires a just cause in addition to solid convictions.
Albert: The State of the U.S. Left and What We Can Do About It
Forum Post, September, 13 2011
Michael Albert
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What hurts them is a threat that the whole system will change
Albert: Re: Possibilities/Hope
Forum Post, September, 13 2011
Michael Albert
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Hmmmm.... So 10% believe the sky is blue, fervently. 10% believe the sky is red, fervently. What does the majority wind up believing? 20% believe capitalism is vile. 20% believe it is wonderful...what now... And so on.
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
Emersberger: Re:
Forum Post, August, 02 2011
Joe Emersberger
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thanks seems fixed now Joe
Emersberger: Petition to UK Guardian about its Venezuela coverage
Forum Post, August, 02 2011
Joe Emersberger
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Petition to UK Guardian about its Venezuela coverage
Greeman: Is a Green New Deal Possible?
Forum Post, July, 06 2011
Richard Greeman
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After the Crash of 2008, most of the Left expected governments to adopt neo-Keynesian reforms leading to a 'Green New Deal.' Instead, we got vicious neo-liberal offensive aimed at eliminating the social wage and destroying organized labor. Is ther...
Greeman: Brian Tokar Replies
Forum Post, July, 06 2011
Richard Greeman
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BRIAN TOKAR’s DISCUSSION, WITH RG’S INTERJECTIONS IN BOLD. Thanks, Richard (and David) for offering some invigorating food for thought here. In this highly bizarre time, when the effects of climate chaos are now reaching everywh...
Al Radical: Not Pleased with the 'Happiness' Gene
Forum Post, June, 28 2011
Ronnie Al Radical
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The Guardian's move to reduce happiness to a gene is reflected in a larger ideological movement called biological reductionism, a useful tool for scientists, the media, and the Right to to legitimize systems of oppression and domination, and to po...
Hayati: Rule of the profit motive is the culprit
Forum Post, June, 28 2011
Sally Hayati
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This is an overly long comment which I wonder if anyone will see or read--but it is a complex and important subject. If I had more time I'd make it shorter. :-) This article’s reliance on a newspaper story to under...
Evans: PPS-UK: National Campaign / Initial Demands?
Forum Post, May, 25 2011
Mark Evans
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A proposal for a set of initial demands for a National Campaign and a call to help develop it further.
Russell: The Rapture didn’t come, but don’t worry, the world is still boiling.
Forum Post, May, 23 2011
Joshua Kahn Russell
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Why Climate activists should take people who believe in Rapture seriously.
D'Arcy: What Do We Mean by "Militancy"?
Forum Post, May, 15 2011
Steve D'Arcy
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What can today's radical activists learn from engaging with Martin Luther King's conception of "militant" protest?
D'Arcy: MLK's modes of militancy
Forum Post, May, 15 2011
Steve D'Arcy
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On re-reading this, I see that I neglected to make clear that MLK tends to embrace two of the four modes of militancy (institutional disrupiton and symbolic defiance), and to reject the other two (physical confrontation and property destruction). ...
Evans: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Projects/Local chapters vs Nested Council
Forum Post, March, 22 2011
Mark Evans
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Okay - but in the meantime please feel free to raise any concerns / issues / suggestions regarding PPS-UK on our forum. Ill try to pick-up on them there. Also, perhaps you will consider attending our next gathering.
