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Raptis: Katrina: Why?

Commentary, September, 06 2005 Nikos Raptis
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Katrina: Variation of the Greek name "Aikaterini" or "Katerina", of uncertain etymology. Possibly: "Ekaterini", meaning : "either of the two". But, which two? Can one use the word in expressions such as : "Either of the two (e.g. W. Bush and Chene...

Albert: Embark Now

Znet Article, September, 01 2005 Michael Albert
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In the U.S. summer is winding down. Soon U.S. students will trek back to school, including college. Would that I was one of them, not because it would mean I was forty years younger - though that would be a nice turn of events - but because this i...

Albert: There Is An Alternative

Znet Article, July, 27 2005 Michael Albert
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In capitalism, owners together with about a fifth of the population who have highly empowered work decide what is produced, by what means, and with what distribution. Nearly four fifths of the population does largely rote labor, suffers inferior i...

Albert: Exploring Parecon

Znet Article, July, 25 2005 Michael Albert
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In a world riddled with suicide bombings, inconclusive conflicts, and terribly selfish politics, it is a relief to see there are people like Michael Albert creatively searching for salves for the ills in our economic system.  With his books "Movin...

Alexis-baker:

Forum Post, June, 15 2005 Andy Alexis-baker
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Albert: Science In A Better World

Zmag Article, June, 01 2005 Michael Albert
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S cience refers to an accumulated body of information about the components of the cosmos and to testable claims or theories about how those components interact, as well as to the processes by which we add to our in...

Weiss: A Comparison of Economic Democracy and Participatory Economics

Znet Article, May, 04 2005 Adam Weiss
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Introduction Many advocates of economic justice have long believed that capitalism needs to be transcended. However, positive programs for a just economy have been lacking compared to the hailstorm of anti-capitalist critiques that the left has p...

Albert: WTO, Globalization, and Alternatives

Znet Article, April, 21 2005 Michael Albert
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Q: Michael, the WTO is set to come to Hong Kong for its next ministerial in December 2005. Could you describe briefly just what the WTO is, and also the process of 'globalization' that it fits into? MA: The WTO is an international organization w...

Hahnel: Book Interview on Economic Justice

Znet Article, April, 06 2005 Robin Hahnel
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1. Can you tell Znet, please, what your book, Economic Justice and Democracy: From Competition to Cooperation (Routledge 2005) is about? What is it trying to communicate? Economic Justice and Democracy argues that progressives need to go back to ...

Hahnel: Winnowing Wheat From Chaff

Znet Article, March, 26 2005 Robin Hahnel
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For the Political Economy Seminar at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst on March 8, 2005 Social Democracy: Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due I mean it as a great compliment when I say that capitalism functions poorly indeed without soc...

Albert: Raise Your Voice But Keep Your Head Down

Zmag Article, March, 01 2005 Michael Albert
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I first met Ward Churchill when I was working at South End Press 25 years ago and he submitted a collection of essays revealing why indigenous people distrust Marxists’ cultural politics. I found Churchill’s ...

Raptis: Stability of Slopes

Commentary, January, 14 2005 Nikos Raptis
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A "slope" could be the inclined side of a hill (a natural slope) or the side of a man-made earth or stone structure as a dam or an embankment (an artificial slope). The failure (collapse) of the material (soil or rock) beneath a slope is called a ...

Spannos: Architecture of the New Society

Zmag Article, January, 01 2005 Chris Spannos
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E very city is a deeply interconnected web of spatial designs and patterns. From the urban to the suburban, our built environment is carved into commercial and residential areas. Buildings, parking lots, garages, a...

Raptis: Tsunamis And People

Commentary, January, 01 2005 Nikos Raptis
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The Japanese word "tsunami" (pronounced tsoo-nah-mee) means "great wave in harbor" (which describes the problem very accurately). The scientific term is: "seismic sea wave." The expression "tidal wave" is inaccurate as this kind of wave has nothin...

Fresia: A Call to Artists: Support Parecon

Znet Article, December, 15 2004 Jerry Fresia
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A history of art over the last 100 years, not as the history of the product, the piece, but as the history of decision making within our industry...

Albert: Life After Capitalism - And Now Too

Znet Article, December, 10 2004 Michael Albert
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Why have my frequent co-author Robin Hahnel and I devoted great time and energy to developing, describing, and now advocating an economic model to replace capitalism? What are the model's features? How does it differ from oth...

Albert: Parecon in Turkey

Znet Article, December, 05 2004 Michael Albert
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I am here to talk about economic vision. But it is September 11th, and I just came from the United States, and if in discussion period, in questions and answers, you want to ask about the US, about the election, about US foreign policy, really abo...

Spannos: Looking Backward, Looking Forward: One Year of Parecon Organizing

Blog Post, November, 17 2004 Chris Spannos
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By the Vancouver Parecon Collective: Jamie Campbell, Dave Collins, Bryan Berndt, Matt Grinder, Daniel Palmer, Chris Spannos, David Pehota It's been just over one year since the Vancouver Parecon Collective came into existence. It was sometime in...

Parecon collective: Looking Backward, Looking Forward

Znet Article, November, 16 2004 Vancouver Parecon collective
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It’s been just over one year since the Vancouver Parecon Collective came into existence. It was sometime in September 2003 that a few of us Vancouver Pareconistas stumbled upon one another. Since then we have created a project that has far...

Potter: Re: Anarchism and Parecon

Forum Post, October, 30 2004 Rich Potter
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