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Albert: My Turkey Trip
Blog Post, September, 20 2004
Michael Albert
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From Sept 10th to very early on the 15th, I was in turkey sponsored by Aram Publishing (about which more next post). As in the immediately prior trip to Italy, I spoke in diverse venues in two cities – Istanbul and Dijarbaker. The former is a hug...
Albert: Medal of the President of the Italian Republic
Blog Post, September, 19 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Continuing the saga of international notice for Parecon alongside U.S. silence, we have an award in Italy to be presented in mid October. The citation with the award is, to use a favorite word of mine, mind boggling -- all the more so in light of ...
Albert: My Italian Trip
Blog Post, September, 19 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
From Sept 3 to very early on Sept 10 I was in Italy on a book tour for the Italian Edition of Parecon: Life After Capitalism. I spoke in five cities, the largest being Rome and Milan, and at many venues – both alone and in panels. I also did many ...
Spannos: Canadian Bullets, Dead Iraqis
Blog Post, September, 08 2004
Chris Spannos
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With up to 13,802 Iraqi civilian deaths to date, Canadians will now be providing one of the most basic necessities for the US occupation forces in Iraq: bullets. The Canadian company SNC Technologies Inc. (SNC TEC) is now part of a multinational c...
Spannos: Violence, Media & the RNC
Blog Post, August, 31 2004
Chris Spannos
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As I write today, there are reports and photos of direct actions, and rallies in New York. In particular, today's A31: A Day of Non-violent Civil Disobedience and Direct Action. Yesterday I did a series of 10 radio interviews for the CBC's "...
Spannos: Fear and Loathing in New York
Blog Post, August, 28 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
I gotta tell ya, recent events leading up to the Republican National Convention in New York make me feel like I am in an altered state of consciousness. I first came to New York with the clearest of intentions, to attend the Life After Capitalism ...
Spannos: RNC Radio Reports
Blog Post, August, 27 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Well things have been busy on the ground here in NYC. Currently having sporadic computer access, but I will be giving report backs for radio this Saturday and Monday. Folks can tune in on-line if you want. The first interview will be on for Redeye...
Spannos: LAC, Day Three
Blog Post, August, 23 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Today was the closing day of the Life After Capitalism conference. Hundreds of people excited, stimulated and inspired, exhausted came together and are now going their separate ways again. It almost seems sad except I know that this opportunity to...
Spannos: LAC, Day Two
Blog Post, August, 22 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Well, it's hard to convey all that happened today. It wasn't like lastnights event, "Beyond Bush", where all four speakers were under the sameroof spanning a three hour period. Workshops today had at least three, andup to five, speakers,...
Spannos: LAC, Day One: Beyond Bush
Blog Post, August, 21 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Last night Life After Capitalism 2004 kicked off it's three day series with "Beyond Bush", an evening of visionary resistance. This event brought activists and organisers from throughout the US, and world, to begin the week of events pro...
Spannos: Architecture of the New Society
Blog Post, August, 20 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Here is an essay I recently wrote about how cities, architecture and spacial design may evolve within a participatory economy. It was published on ZNet but I wanted to put it here hoping to get feed back. So please feel free to comment....Architec...
Spannos: Political Vision for the Good Society
Blog Post, August, 19 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
For those interested in developing vision and strategy, exploring where we want to go as social movements, and how to get there, I thought you may be interested in an interview the Vancouver Parecon Collective did with Z commentator Stephen Shalom...
Spannos: Life After Capitalism Conference
Blog Post, August, 17 2004
Chris Spannos
Spannos's ZSpace page
Well, four more days to go before the Life After Capitalism conference being held in New York City, beginning this Friday and continuing throughout Saturday and Sunday. Myself and fellow Vancouver Parecon Collective member Matt Grinder will be at...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Pareconish Intellectual Agendas
Blog Post, August, 16 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Here is still another draft chapter for a new book about participatory economics and the rest of society that I am working on -- this one is for near the end of the book...and shorter than most. + New ideas have intellectual value largely reve...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Athletics
Blog Post, August, 15 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
By this point, talking about parecon's implications for athletics and athletes ought to be relatively easy. It is barely different than the case in other domains such as science, art, etc. There is, however, one interesting new angle to address, t...
Albert: Reply to Brian Dominick's Reaction About Artists and Parecon
Blog Post, August, 14 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Brian, I am not entirely sure I am understanding your points. I am pretty sure that I haven't heard anyone else say quite what you are saying, and that it is not a set of concerns that are going to arise often. Still, I want to try to reply, if no...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Art
Blog Post, August, 13 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Here is another chapter in draft for the book in progress. This one does have a section missing on the conditions of artists in the U.S., etc. which will have stats about artists doing ads instead of art, and so on...but otherwise it is ready for ...
Albert: Parecon and Society: Journalism
Blog Post, August, 12 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Here is another draft chapter for the book in progress about parecon and the rest of society. This is about media and jouralism. Parecon: Journalism [Draft -- not for attribution, use, or display outside of this blog, please. But comments here a...
Albert: Parecon and Society -- Crime
Blog Post, August, 12 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
Here is a draft of a proposed chapter for the new book I am now working on... The proposed book title, by the way, is Bread and Life with the subtitle Participatory Economics and Society. Here is the draft of the crime chapter titled Parecon: Crim...
Albert: Parecon and Society Book Project
Blog Post, August, 12 2004
Michael Albert
Albert's ZSpace page
I am working on a new book and thought I would use the blog to try out first drafts, etc. I mentioned this before the blog snafus, and repeat now. The book will be about the implications of participatory economics for other parts of life and vice...
