Extended Debates
Accessing our Extended Debates
Extended Debates on ZNet typically involve a few exchanges with each essay or respponse to it having its own file with its own link. There are one or more debates for each several broad topic areas = U.S. Politics, International Relations, Globalization/Resistance, Parecon/Vision, Left Ideology, Pomo/Science, and Tactics/Strategy.
You click the links that appear below to access pages that link to the many parts of each debate. From there, you can follow the whole exchange, or directly access any one contribution. The left menu accesses more general and also one time debate content…
The Newest Debate
Comparing Parecon and Peercommony
Christian Siefkes and Michael Albert explore the intersections
and differences in these proposed alternatives to capitalist economics.
Finished Debates
The Left & Climate ChangeRobin Hahnel and Patrick Bond debate Left strategy and orientation towards climate |
Parecon and Peer to PeerAlbert and Bauwens explore the relations between peer to peer and parecon |
HorowitzThree rounds of debate: Tim Wise/Horowitz debate race and racism, Robert Chrisman, Robert Allen, Herman, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, and Albert answer Horowitz on reparations, and Albert/Horowitz debate on economics. |
Debating Global WarmingCockburn, Monbiot and others debate issues of climate change… |
Chomsky Vs. DershowitzDebating the Mideast |
Iraq Election DebateWhat should the attitude of the anti-war movement be toward the Iraqi election scheduled for the end of January? |
Anti-Semitism?Debates and Explorations on Anti-semitism. Includes Ed Herman, Michael Albert, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Judy Rebick, Justin Podur, Stephen Zunes… |
HitchensAlbert, Edward Herman, Tariq Ali, Jeffrey Sommers, and Hitchens |
Balkans & KosovoGrubacic vs Plavsic… |
Parecon & Anarchist CommunismAlbert & Price… |
Lippman/HermanDebate over U.S. policies, Kosovo, etc. |
Global & Domestic EconomicsDebate between George Monbiot and Michael Albert regarding anti-globalization and anti capitalist economic goals and methods. |
Social Ecology DebateDebate between Peter Staudenmaier and Michael Albert regarding social ecology and participatory economics. |
Socialism DebateDebates from New Politics Magazine over Albert essay with Barry Finger and Marvin Mandel |
Schweickart Versus AlbertDavid Schweickart’s review claiming parecon is ludicrous and Albert’s reply and ensuing exchanges |
Parecon & Libertarian MunicipalismAn essay and long exchange with numerous participants about parecon and Libertarian Municipalism. Main folks: Albert and Peter Staudenmaier |
Marxism, Socialism, PareconDebate between Alex Callinicos of the British SWP and Michael Albert regarding political theory, vision, strategy… |
Marxism DebateDebate between Alan Maass and Michael Albert regarding Marxism’s contemporary relevance. |
AnarchismDebate over Michael Albert’s essay titled "Anarchism," mostly with primitivists… |
Post Modernism/Science Etc.This is an extensive section of about twenty essays and exchanges/debates. Contributors include Albert, Chomsky, Herman, and Ehrenreich, among others. |
Conspiracy TheoryVarious essays critical of conspiracy theory, with some debate. |
"Feminism"Lydia Sargent satire essays critiquing confused feminisms. |
Pollitt/MediaAlbert and Katha Pollit debate media, the Nation, etc. |
Consensus?Primarily Albert and ZNeter Brian Dominick debate the merits of consensus decision making. |