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Garrigues: Re: Part of the Problem
Forum Post, October, 07 2012
Chris Garrigues
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Recently, on the Matthew Filipowicz Show in regard to progressive voters, Chomsky stated “I think they should spend five or ten minutes on it. Seeing if there’s a point in taking part in the carefully orchestrated electoral extravaganza. And my o...
Garrigues: Re: Amnesty for Occupation?
Forum Post, August, 11 2012
Chris Garrigues
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This is about coordinator-structure within Amnesty and hierarchy generally. Pre-Nossel, there were also layoffs under Larry Cox because many of Amnesty's large donors were affected by the Madoff scandal. The layoff process was done arbitrarily a...
Garrigues: Re: I Am
Forum Post, May, 11 2011
Chris Garrigues
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Correctly chosen to ignore. Your preferred scenario plays out: whoever desired finally vindicates your facts; a critical mass accepts that one particularly horrible and tragic event that has had an immense impact on the world was an 'in...
Garrigues: Empowerment Gap
Forum Post, February, 16 2011
Chris Garrigues
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RE: "Okay, but what about the coordinator class that exists, inside a capitalist economy, between labor and capital and that is defined by its relative monopoly on empowering work that in turn conveys to it skills, information, confiden...
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Forum Post, January, 31 2011
Chris Garrigues
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I'm not sure who Lipsyte is hoping to move. Although the facts are likely sound and the analysis insightful, the tone of this article is pretty nasty. But if his strategy is to alienate 1/3 of the American population (average Super...
Garrigues: Resisting Law's Empire
Forum Post, January, 27 2011
Chris Garrigues
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This is more in response to law & human rights, not necessarilly Costas' article. I might add that I am very glad to see a Douzinas article up on Z. I read Human RIghts & Empire a few years ago but hadn't really th...
Garrigues: Re: Re:
Forum Post, January, 21 2011
Chris Garrigues
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On behalf of the Quick to Reply to Z Blog Posts Society, a quote from Forrest Gump: "Shit happens." Sorry for the confusion George.
Garrigues: Re: Z Communications vs. Facebook
Forum Post, January, 19 2011
Chris Garrigues
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Most non-profit organizations embark on capital campaigns with a minimum $1 million dollar goal. That is a MINIMUM, what is more common is $10-20 million considering that facilities are involved and a small staff. For Z to merely ask ...
Garrigues: Re: Chapter Seven - Visionary Values
Forum Post, December, 16 2010
Chris Garrigues
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I. re Options for People: Diversity "Our second guiding value is just as uncontroversial as our first. Society and its defining institutions dramatically impact the range of options people have available to choose from. None of us live ...
Garrigues: Re: Re: Three Right Wing Parties
Forum Post, December, 10 2010
Chris Garrigues
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In general non-violent campaigns (eg. satyigraha, forceful passive resistance, civil disobedience, political jiu-jitsu) are ideal but this is largely in terms of it being a "strategy". I have written on the insurmountable risks of ...
Garrigues: Re: Re: Re: Chapter Six: Negativity Won’t Pull You Through
Forum Post, December, 06 2010
Chris Garrigues
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I don't want to overstate my point if it's more of a personal catharsis! However regarding psychological suffering I think it is important considering that radicals (left & some right) usually tout how human creat...
Garrigues: Re: Chapter Six: Negativity Won’t Pull You Through
Forum Post, December, 03 2010
Chris Garrigues
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** Minor edit at the end of paragraph 4, you might consider a sentence stating that what you are aiming at is the concept "vision". Paragraph 5 starts "Okay, but why explicitly address vision?" and you haven&...
Garrigues: Re: My reaction isn't mixed!
Forum Post, December, 03 2010
Chris Garrigues
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Justin, Re: point #1, I think there's some insight from Remembering Tomorrow "This phenomenon of an academic discipline being less than it claims to be is not confined to economics. Consider political science. Noam Chomsky told me a...
Garrigues: vision from below
Forum Post, November, 25 2010
Chris Garrigues
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Michael, It seems very easy to anticipate what we feel you (should) write in later chapters, but that might also be part of the fun participating in this group. I think this chapter is great and no suggestions for changes. However, he...
Garrigues: re Marxism example
Forum Post, November, 25 2010
Chris Garrigues
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I got your endpoint that history is diverse, complex and there is no preordained or simple dynamic bringing about change. However, I don't think the Marxism tension analogy really helped me get there except very generally. Those pa...
Garrigues: dejavu of intro
Forum Post, November, 25 2010
Chris Garrigues
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I noticed that you (rightfully) emphasized that the economy section would require a little more for readers, especially those unfamiliar with parecon/coordinator class analysis. However, and I'm not sure if this is critique or just obser...
Garrigues: Re: Chapter One: Crazy Patterns / First Draft
Forum Post, November, 21 2010
Chris Garrigues
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From "Okay, since it is undeniable that all societies have these aspects..." (to) "...is to ask if our societies are failing to accomplish their necessary functions in a desirable manner. " I think there is a lot o...
Garrigues: comments after re-reading months later
Forum Post, November, 21 2010
Chris Garrigues
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I. I think Stephen hinted at this in his comments to the first draft and I didn't reiterate it then. But now I see a different angle so would like to bring it up again: Stephen mentioned that economics is a common subject where &q...
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Forum Post, November, 10 2010
Chris Garrigues
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Catch Ben at Red Emma's (Baltimore) tomorrow night - the last stop on his book tour.
Garrigues: Re: Historic First in Nation's Fast Food Industry, 200 Jimmy Johns Workers to Vote in NLRB Union Election on October 22
Forum Post, September, 29 2010
Chris Garrigues
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f*** yeah. we're still holding on.
