The Elephant in the Room is a Guerilla: Campaigning with H.F. Valentine
by Alexandria Shaner Audacity. We look back and praise it. We write essays about it. Politicians coopt it into their slogans. We yearn...
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- Jul 25, 2022
- 3 min
You’ve Got My Vote, H.F. Valentine
by Bridget Meehan “Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too”, written by...
- Jul 11, 2022
- 1 min
Why isn’t the participatory economy model more popular?
By Mitchell Szczepanczyk “[W]hen we wonder what to put in [place of capitalism], we are extremely perplexed”, so said the noted economist...
- Jun 21, 2022
- 13 min
The Activist’s Antidote: A Conversation about Depression, Hopelessness, & Burnout
By Alexandria Shaner, originally published on ZNet We are social creatures – we like to be heard. Yet, an enduring tragedy of modern...
- May 3, 2022
- 6 min
The Labour Movement Crisis, the Climate Crisis, and the Green New Deal
by Mark Evans and Bridget Meehan, originally published in ZNet. Today, May Day—otherwise known as International Workers’ Day—is a good...
- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
Participatory budgeting is democracy in action
Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/12/21/opinion-doug-hamilton-participatory-budgeting-is-democracy-in-action/ By Doug Hamilton...
- Mar 1, 2022
- 15 min
War in Ukraine: Some Questions And Answers
Source: https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/war-in-ukraine-some-questions-and-answers/ By Eugene Nulman Does Putin want to occupy Ukraine? The...
- Feb 28, 2022
- 6 min
The Future of State Politics: Transcending the Marxist / Anarchist Divide
Source: https://collective20.org/index.php/the-future-of-state-politics/ “The anarchists are not so naïve as to dream that all the...
- Feb 11, 2022
- 27 min
Matt Grinder Interviews Stephen Shalom on Parpolity
The following is an interview between Stephen Shalom and Matt Grinder of the Vancouver Participatory Economics Collective. It is copied...
- Jan 12, 2022
- 10 min
Lucas Alden Reviews "No Bosses"
This review of "No Bosses" is from Lucas Alden, published first on mέta: The world at a crossroads. A world abound in interrelated...
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
More Praise for"No Bosses"
Michael Albert's "No Bosses" was a staff pick at mέta: Life in 2021. Rampant debilitating denial for the many next to vile enrichment of...
- Jan 12, 2022
- 6 min
A review of Michael Albert’s ‘No Bosses’ by Bertrand Bob Guevara
This review, posted in mέta, is a review with a difference written by Bertrand Bob Guevara (i.e. from the perspectives of Bertrand...
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
Postcapitalist Work: Balanced Jobs and Equitable Remuneration
Written by Michael Albert, this paper discusses a post-capitalist vision for an alternative way to organise workplaces, work and...
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
Participatory Planning
Written by Professor Professor Robin Hahnel, this paper discusses production and consumption in a post-capitalist society, and how those...
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
Postcapitalist Allocation: Participatory Planning
Written by Michael Albert, this paper focuses on allocation in a post-capitalist society. We are told that there are only two options for...
- Jan 12, 2022
- 1 min
Decision-Making in a Good Society: The Case for Nested Councils
Written by Professor Stephen R. Shalom, this paper focuses on how democratic decision-making would happen in a post-capitalist society...
- Dec 6, 2021
- 5 min
Cancel Hierarchy
By Alexandria Shaner Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/11/26/cancel-hierarchy/ Cancel Culture is an agent provocateur who has...
- Oct 18, 2021
- 24 min
The Defense of Parecon - A Response to 6 Critiques
Originally published here This article, written by Real Utopia member, Nicolai Pulley, provides considered responses to 6 critiques of...
- Jul 5, 2021
- 13 min
Eco-localism: A Constructive Critique
Source: https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/eco-localism-a-constructive-critique-by-robin-hahnel/ In the aftermath of the collapse of...
- Jul 1, 2021
- 27 min
Getting There: An interview with Michael Albert, one of the authors of "Occupy Strategy"
Source: https://newpol.org/getting-there/ Occupy Strategy is the third volume of Fanfare for the Future, a trilogy that seeks to make the...
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