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Welcome to Parecon Watch,
Parecon - short for Participatory Economics - is a vision for how to conduct economic affairs consistent with liberatory values including solidarity, diversity, equity, self management, ecological sustainability, peace, and classlessness.
On this page you can find quite a lot of material about parecon, and links to other pages that in turn have much more, as well.
If there is anything you think that should be directly linked from here, which is not, please let us know.
Some In Depth Parecon
Latest Parecon
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Fresia: Why Artists Ought to Endorse Parecon
When it comes to traditional economic activity, artists are square pegs in round holes
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Albert: Strategy: Some Key Strategic Issues
We are not reformists where each effort exists unto itself. We are seeking a new society. Each effort either contributes to that, or it has fallen short
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Albert: Participatory Economics, Ecology, and Anarchism
Will a participatory economy be any better for the environment than capitalism?
Parecon Interviews
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Fresia: Why Artists Ought to Endorse Parecon
When it comes to traditional economic activity, artists are square pegs in round holes
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Albert: Strategy: Some Key Strategic Issues
We are not reformists where each effort exists unto itself. We are seeking a new society. Each effort either contributes to that, or it has fallen short
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Albert: Participatory Economics, Ecology, and Anarchism
Will a participatory economy be any better for the environment than capitalism?
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Albert: Participatory Economics, Ecology, and Anarchism
The following was written for a collection to be entitled Anarquismo contemporáneo y ecología (Contemporary anarchism and ecology) to be published In Chile
Some Parecon Debates
Beyond Economy
Parecon Blogs
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Sandstrom: A Vision Liberated from Markets
Last Thursday (Feb 16) my article” A Utopia Liberated from...
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Sandstrom: Parecon Sweden and PPS-UK at Stockholm Socialist Forum
On November 19ththe yearly Socialist Forum took place in Stockholm....
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Dominick: Small is Beautiful… Can Big Be, Too?
[Cross-posted from Future Economy Blog.] Recently I’ve noticed economic observers...
ParMusic
Lonnie Atkinson's
Parecon Rap Album:
Intro / Bury TINA
Class Dismissed / No Gangsters
...and much more!
"This is what we're talkin about..."
Michael Albert
Recent ParVideo
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Albert: A Better World is Possible
Interview on what kind of world could come after capitalism See more →
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Albert: Does Parecon Escape the Logic of Capitalism?
An interview on participatory economics See more →
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Albert: Participatory Economics 101 | Pt. 2
'What do you want?' is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation, and degradation See more →
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Albert: On Participatory Economics, Pt. 1
'What do you want?' is a constant query put to economic and globalization activists decrying current poverty, alienation, and degradation See more →
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Albert: The Next American Revolution & Revolutionary Participatory Society 2044
Source: Politics Art Roots Culture – Media Michael Albert is... See more →
Some Anarchist Criticisms
Various anarchists have at times registered concerns about parecon. The following four essays address these concerns.
Vision Per Se? -should we have any institutional vision at all
Origin and Style? - questioning parecon's source and approach
Too Capitalist? - questioning pareconish remuneration and allocation
Structural and Strategic Flaws? - addresses concerns about strategy