Reimagining Society Project – Opening Essays
Purpose
The goals of ZSVS will be:
- To explore ideas about long term vision and related long and short term strategy and program, to reach agreements and clarify persisting differences
- To facilitate people laying a basis for working together
- To facilitate people establishing joint projects
- To generate enough agreement to initiate some joint or collective work
- To generate enough agreement to initiate continuing and/or enlarging group connections
- Additionally, Z will video, record, and otherwise keep transcripts. Some material will appear in Z, on ZNet, and/or in book form – with permissions, of course.
Attendees
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Interview |
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Yugoslavia |
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Andrea Schmidt |
Canada |
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US |
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Chantel Santerre |
Canada |
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US |
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US |
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Evan Henshaw Plath |
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Argentina |
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Felipe Pérez Martí |
Venezuela |
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Venezuela |
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Harsha Walia |
India |
The Apartheid of Migration |
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Irina Ceric |
Serbia/Canada |
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Jamie LeJeune |
U.S./Thailand |
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US |
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Jonah Gindin |
Canada |
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Canada |
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Kendra Fehrer |
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US |
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Argentina |
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Marina Sitrin |
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Mark Evans |
UK |
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Britain |
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Canada |
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Internationalism |
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Ria Julien |
Trinidad/US |
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France |
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Sean Gonsalves |
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Rawa and Feminist Strategy |
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France |
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Tamara Vukov |
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Thomas Ponniah |
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A number of people at one time or another during the preparations for ZSVS 2006 indicated a desire to attend, but were later unable to do so. These included:
| America Vera Zavala – Sweden | Anthony Arnove – U.S. | Barbara Ehrenreich – U.S. | Betsy Hartman – U.S. | Bill Fletcher – U.S. |
| Boris Kagarlitsky – Russia | Bridgit Anderson – Great Britain | Carol Delgado – Venezuela | Carola Reintjes- Spain | Charlotte Ryan – U.S. |
| Christophe Aguiton – Italy | Daniel Chavez – Neth | Dennis Brutus | Devinder Sharma – India | Elaine Bernard – U.S. |
| Hector Mondragon – Colombia | Hilary Wainwright – Great Britain | Ilan Pappe – Israel | John Hepburn – Australia | John Pilger – Great Britain |
| Katha Pollitt – U.S. | Laura Flanders – U.S. | Leslie Cagan – U.S. | Mandisi Majavu – South Africa | Manuel Rozental – Colombia |
| Manning Marable – U.S. | Pablo Ortellado – Brazil | Pervez Hoodhboy – Pakistan | Peter Bohmer – U.S. | Robert Jensen – U.S. |
| Robin Kelley – U.S. | Ron Daniels – U.S. | Sudhanva Deshpande – India | Tanya Reinhart – Israel | Tim Wise – U.S. |
| Trevor Ngwane – South Africa | Vandana Shiva – India | Vijay Prashad – U.S. |
A number of other folks either said no to coming, or didn’t respond at all
| Tariq Ali – Great Britain | Arundhati Roy – India | Sheila Rowbotham – Great Britain | Naomi Klein – Can | Amy Goodman – U.S. |
| Juliet Shor – U.S. | Luca Cassarini – Italy | Howard Zinn – U.S. | Walden Bello (Phil) | Virginia Setshedi (SoAfr) |
| Vittorio Agnoletto – Italy | Adele Oliveri – Italy | Atilo Boron – Arg |
Interviews
Click the following names for their ZSVS introductory interview…
Each participant has been sent the same series of questions to answer.
When the answers arrive they are linked here.
| Ezekiel Adamovsky | Michael Albert | Jessica Azulay | Normand Baillargeon | Jeremy Brecher |
| Denis Brutus | Irina Ceric | Brian Dominick | Mark Evans | Kendra Fehrer |
| Susan George | Jonah Gindin | Sean Gonzalves | Andrej Grubacic | Ria Julien |
| Sonali Kolhatkar | Jamie LeJeune | Rahul Mahajan | Mandisi Majavu | Felipe Pérez Martí |
| Hector Mondragon | Cynthia Peters | Evan Henshaw Plath | Justin Podur | Thomas Ponniah |
| Milan Rai | Manuel Rozental | Chantal Santerre | Lydia Sargent | Andrea Schmidt |
| Stephen Shalom | Devinder Sharma | Chris Spannos | Marina Sitrin | Marie Trigona |
| America Vera Zavala | Tamara Vukov | Harsha Walia | Tom Wetzel | Greg Wilpert |
Submitted Interviews But Could Not Attend….
| Bridget Anderson | Sudhanva Deshpande | Francesca Fiorentini | John Hepburn | Pervez Hoodbhoy |
| Robert Jensen | Mandisi Majavu | Chhandasi Pandya | Ilan Pappe | Vijay Prashad |
| Carola Reintjes | Max Uhlenbeck |
Agenda
ZSVS Agenda
This agenda is in process of formation in light of proposed papers, some guesses, etc.
Things will change, somewhat…no doubt.
Schedule
Please see immediately below the timetable for information on the format of presentations and questions…
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June 1 / Thursday Anytime All Day Dinner and Socializing at Swope Hall: 6:00 – 7:30 PM Official Welcome, Introductions, and Orientation 8:30 – 10:00 PM
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June 2 / Friday – Economic/Social Vision and Strategy Breakfast and Socializing at Swope Hall: 7:00 – 8:30 AM Morning Session: 9:00 – 10:30 AM Small Group Discussions: 10:45 – 11:45 AM Lunch and Socializing at Swope Hall: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Afternoon Session One: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Afternoon Session Two: 3:30 – 5:00 PM Small Group Discussions 5:10 – 6:00 PM Dinner and Socializing at Swope Hall: 6:15 – 7:15 PM Evening Session: 8:00 – 9:30 PM Whole Group Sum Up, Socializing, Filmed Interviews: 9:30 – 11:00 PM
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June 3 / Saturday – Political Vision and Strategy Breakfast and Socializing at Swope: 7:00 – 8:30 AM Morning Session: 9:00 – 10:30 AM Small Group Discussions: 10:45 – 11:45 AM Lunch and Socializing at Swope: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Afternoon Session One: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Afternoon Session Two: 3:30 – 5:00 PM Small Group Discussions 5:10 – 6:00 PM Dinner and Socializing at Swope Hall: 6:15 – 7:15 PM Evening Session: 8:00 – 9:30 PM Whole Group Sum Up, Socializing, Filmed Interviews 9:30 – 11:00 PM… |
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June 4 / Sunday – Gender Vision and Strategy Breakfast and Socializing at Z House: 7:00 – 8:30 AM Morning Session: 9:00 -10:30 AM Small Group Discussions: 10:45 – 11:45 AM Lunch and Socializing at Z House: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Afternoon Session One: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Afternoon Session Two: 3:30 – 5:00 PM Free Time 5:10 – 6:00 PM Dinner and Socializing at Z: 6:15 – 7:15 PM Party at Z 8:00 – 10:30 PM… |
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June 5 / Monday – Race and Community Vision and Strategy Breakfast and Socializing at Swope Hall: 7:00 – 8:30 AM Morning Session: 9:00 – 10:30 AM Small Group Discussions: 10:45 – 11:45 AM Lunch and Socializing at Swope Hall: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Afternoon Session Two: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Afternoon Session One: 3:30 – 5:00 PM Small Group Discussions 5:15 – 6:15 PM Dinner and Socializing at Swope Hall: 6:30 – 7:30 PM Evening: Where Are We Going With These Sessions – Discussing Outcomes, etc. / Socializing – 8:00 – 11:00 PM… |
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June 6 / Tuesday – International Relations Vision and Strategy Breakfast and Socializing at Swope Hall: 7:00 – 8:30 AM Small Group Discussions: 10:45 – 11:45 AM Lunch and Socializing at Swope Hall: 12:00 – 1:15 Afternoon Session One: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Afternoon Session Two: 3:30 – 5:00 PM Small Group Discussions 5:10 – 6:00 PM Dinner and Socializing at Swope Hall: 6:15 – 7:15 PM Lasting Outcomes of ZSVS: 8:00 – 11:00 |
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June 7 / Wednesday Checkout: Roughly 10:00 AM |
Proposed Format
(Please send requests for either general changes,
or changes in your own sessions.)
Presentation Sessions
- Presentations will be chaired by the presenter.
- All papers will be available online to participants a month in advance.
- Presentations will summarize papers for at most thirty minutes.
- Presentations will offer claims about vision and or strategy, or about tasks regarding vision and or strategy.
- Named questioners will ask questions they and perhaps others have about how to understand or expand on the presenter’s points seeking to provoke discussion and exploration.
- Named questioners will be limited to four minutes each.
- Anyone who wants to present more in-depth comments in advance, for posting, or debate, etc., should do so.
- After initial questions are asked, the presenter will answer for at most twenty minutes, and then take further questions and comments from all attending.
- Toward the close of the session the presenter will get a sense of the room regarding his or her claims – do people agree with them, disagree with them, or are they unclear about them – to provide grist for small group explorations.
Small Group Discussions
- Each day everyone will randomly get a colored slip before sessions – red, yellow, blue, green – and there will be four groups based on all members having the same color slip.
- Morning and afternoon small group discussions will be in these groups to facilitate that everyone spends time with everyone else and that there are small sessions for sharing ideas, etc.
- We considered a proposal that people have meals with their small groups, but decided we might get burned in oil for micro-managing.
Papers
| Adamovsky: Autonomous Politics | Albert: Building A Pareconish Movement |
| Brecher: Global People’s Law? | Grubacic: Power and Revolution |
| Martí: Free Information, Free Software & Revolution | Peters: Kinship Vision |
| Podur: Race, Culture, & Leftists | Rai: World Upside Down |
| Shalom: Visionary Politics | Spannos: World Without War |
| Trigona: Self-Management in Argentina | Wetzel: Workers’ Liberation |
| Wilpert: Linking Post-Capitalist Alternatives |
Housing, Food, etc.
The Nautilous Motel
Harsha Walia / Ria Julien Andrea Schmidt / Cynthia Peters Susan George Marie Trigona / Sonali Kolhatkar Tamara Vukov / Irina Ceric Andrej Grubacic / Marina Sitrin Justin Podur / Greg Wilpert Jessica Azulay / Brian Dominick Kendra Fehrer / Thomas Ponniah Normand Baillargeon / Chantel Santerre Milan Rai / Mark Evans Steve Shalom / Jonah Gindin Ezequiel Adamovsky / Rahul Mahajan Felipe Pérez Martí / Chris Spannos Jeremy Brecher / Serge Halimi Evan Henshaw Plath Jamie LeJeune / Tom Wetzel Lydia Sargent and Michael Albert (Z House) Sean Gonsalves and Andy Dunn (commute) Food
Z pre-paid meals will be at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute’s Swope Hall. Swope is a large University type dining hall, for marine biology students and faculty – world famous and teeming with international students and scientist/professors.
The meals are all you can eat, with diverse selections. It isn’t gourmet, but it is quite good, and they have ample vegetarian selections and even make a credible stab at Vegan offerings.
It is also possible to eat at any of numerous local restaurants for breakfast, lunch, or dinner,for those who want to escape the larger venue at some point, though this is on your own tab.
Sunday meals will be catered at the Z House, as Swope Hall is closed. Excellent food.
Weather
Early June in Wood Holes is volatle. It will be mostly long pants and reasonably warm clothing, especially for the evening or if there is a cold rainy day – but also bring summer weight shorts and, if you would like to swim at a nearby beach, a swimming suit.
There are times when people, especially from hot climates, will want sweaters, etc. Other times, most everyone would have short sleeves. In short, come diversely prepared, depending on your needs. An umbrella is likely to prove useful once or twice. Our real summar weather starts a couple to three weeks later…which is why we get good prices on motel rooms, etc., in early June.
Temperatures can range from 50F to 80F but are likely to be in the 58F to 68F range, most often, unless we get an early warm spell.
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