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Commentary Szczepanczyk: A Call for Solidarity Gaming

Commentary, February, 27 2010 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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I agree that markets for many important reasons must be abolished and replaced. The projects around a participatory society, including participatory economics, certainly rank among the more detailed proposals for a more just successor economy and ...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: My Resoc Interview

Blog Post, November, 18 2009 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Mitchell Szczepanczyk's Resoc Interview

Zmag Article Szczepanczyk: Think Galacticon

Zmag Article, September, 01 2009 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Report from a conference mixing science fiction with left politics

Znet Article Szczepanczyk: The Montesi Maneuver Extended

Znet Article, July, 13 2009 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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You could select any topic that subsumes anything that might be called "left activism" -- the environment, war and militarism, labor rights, energy, education, media, electoral politics, food and drink, banking and finance, just to name a few broa...

Znet Article Szczepanczyk: Markets, Corporations, and Parecon

Znet Article, April, 27 2009 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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A presentation for the Albany Park, North Park, Mayfair Neighbors for Peace and Justice Economics, April 25, 2009

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: From the better-late-than-never department: CAPES and APPS meetup in Austin

Blog Post, December, 30 2008 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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A report back of an October 2008 face-to-face meeting between members of CAPES (the Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society) and APPS (the Austin Project for a Participatory Society).

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: Celebrate "Real Utopia" at Chicago's Book Cellar: September 1, 2pm

Blog Post, August, 29 2008 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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What: A celebration of the publication of "Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century" When: Monday, September 1st, starting at 2pm. Where: The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago (about a block from the Western stati...

Znet Article Szczepanczyk: The Montesi Maneuver: A Way To Think About Corporations, Markets, Participatory Economics, and the Environment

Znet Article, July, 05 2008 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Corporations -- particularly those transnational corporations with limited liability and rights of personhood -- pose a great threat, perhaps the greatest threat, to the environment and to the future of this planet. Examples are legion: Exxon-Mobi...

Znet Article Szczepanczyk: The Forthcoming DTV Tsunami

Znet Article, April, 27 2008 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, all analog over-the-air TV broadcasting in the United States ceases, and will be replaced with an all-digital broadcasting setup. The ostensible reason for this conversion to digital television (DTV) is to improve ...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: Peace Activists Stage Dramatic Easter 'Die-In’ at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral to Protest Anniversary of Iraq War

Blog Post, March, 24 2008 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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March 23 – Six members of the anti-war group “Catholic Schoolgirls Against The War” staged a dramatic die-in during the 11AM Easter mass at Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago’s most prominent Catholic parish – and the home of one of the nation’s most co...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: TV online appearance and TV broadcast appearance

Blog Post, September, 12 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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A heads-up for a couple of things: (1) There's an FCC hearing in Chicago scheduled for next Thursday, September 20. Chicagoans and folks in the midwest U.S. are encouraged to attend. More details are here and here. In anticipation of the hea...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: Osama bin Laden is evidently reading the Z blog...

Blog Post, September, 11 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Obviously. Because scintillating commentator and analyst David Brooks said so. On the PBS Newshour (well, it IS an hour long, but is it news?), Brooks was talking about the latest videotape by Osama bin Laden, and Brooks said: ...I mean, on...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: Today's Satire: Spider Pig Buys Out Wall Street Journal

Blog Post, August, 21 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Well, this IS new content, and an idea I've been throwing around for a while. And hey, Z does satire every month! Spider Pig Buys Out Wall Street Journal Spider Pig, who does whatever a Spider Pig does, stunned the business world Monday b...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: Vote for Chicago's "This Is Hell" at Public Radio Quest

Blog Post, August, 16 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Lately, it seems like I've been using this blog to promote one or another thing, rather than deliver some semblance of original content. Right you are -- though that might change soon and I might get back to posting up original content. Anyway, ...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: Radio interview with Michael Albert

Blog Post, July, 04 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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Just a quick blog post announcement which would interest ZNet readers. Last month, I interviewed Michael Albert on my weekly radio show in Chicago. We discussed a number of topics raised in his recent book "Remembering Tomorrow". The full a...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: An audacious proposal to advance a participatory economy: Start one

Blog Post, June, 23 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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I had an idea for a tactic to proceed our economy. Why not just go ahead and start a participatory economy? Some might react by saying "We already have projects like Z Magazine and South End Press which already are starting". I know that, but...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: This is what international protest looks like

Blog Post, May, 24 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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From the Department of Neato: This map shows the distribution of the 15.9 million people worldwide who protested against the invasion of Iraq in 2003 by troops from over 25 other territories, including from the United States, the Unit...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: Ruling Expected in Chicago Activist's Freedom of Speech Appeal

Blog Post, April, 14 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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From an article I posted on Chicago Indymedia: Freedom-of-speech advocates and political activists are expecting a verdict this week in the case of a Chicago political activist who was arrested at a political rally for openly questioning poli...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: The Chicago Parecon Debate of February 10, 2007 is now online

Blog Post, February, 26 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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This is just a quick announcement. The complete audio of the Feb. 10 Chicago Parecon debate at the offices of In These Times, and hosted by the Open University of the Left, is now online. The audio has been divided into six MP3 files, each...

Blog Post Szczepanczyk: The Chicago Parecon Debate of February 10, 2007: My thoughts

Blog Post, February, 18 2007 Mitchell Szczepanczyk
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(Note: The opinions expressed in what's to follow are solely those of its author, Mitchell Szczepanczyk, and do not necessarily reflect those of members of CAPES -- the Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society -- nor of the organization as a w...

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