New Vision/Strategy
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Marxologists typically do all their quoting not caring that it makes normal people want to run and hide due to anticipating they will hear regurgitated unexplained old fashioned jargon
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To sign the petition is, in the eyes of those doing so, a small act seeking desirable change. No one claims it is more that that
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Albert: “Our Revolution”: Potential Promise and Possible Problems
I am convinced if it develops positively “Our Revolution” can in those ways continue the momentum of the Sanders campaign fulfilling a very worthy aim
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Albert: Dear Us and Dear Bernie
Albert and Bohmer on Our Revolution: Shouldn't consistent Sanders supporters, progressives, and leftists of all kinds forego destructive recriminations and instead constructively pursue the political revolution Sanders has proposed all along?
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Ideally "Our Revolution" would emerge from well organized neighborhoods and workplaces proposing wonderful structure and program
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Albert: Participatory Economics & the Bolivarian Revolution
From a talk given at the foreign ministry lecture hall in Caracas, Venezuela, July 18, 2016
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Albert: Why Are We Sliding Toward Hell…?
Most working people have never encountered a capitalist. Not once. But, they routinely encounter doctors, lawyers, accountants, engineers, and others who have highly empowering jobs
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It is possible, desirable, and even essential for progressives as a whole group to simultaneously work to ensure that Trump loses and the left grows
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Fletcher: Fletcher Replies on Left Unity
The first thing that struck me about Michael Albert’s commentary...
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Albert: Don’t Sell Out, shill for Clinton, or worse!
I believe we now mainly need suggestions for ways Sanders and all progressives can together help defeat Trump while simultaneously continuing to build a powerful, informed opposition prepared to fight after the election
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Classism is a form of social discrimination that has its roots in rigged economics
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Albert: The Bernie Question – We Should Innovate not Debate
Let’s avoid sterile debate and splintering. Let’s innovate and seek real change.
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Emanuele: Activism and vision: an interview with Michael Albert
Interview on vision and strategy on how to move forward on the left
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Albert: We Need New Priorities
What is now needed are articles and talks and whatever else that seek to arrive at shared program, vision, organizational wisdom and commitments, and tactical insights
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Looking into the future, the benefits of attaining inspiring program will make each new hour applied to seeking change far more effective
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Authors: Possible Ideas for Going Forward
Seventy Five Authors offer possible ideas for program for left activists...
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Mike Davis on the Trump phenomenon and why young people are so open to socialism.
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Albert: Money, Communications, Organization, and Vision
We cannot win without trying to really win, even if we have to do it skeptically, knowing at times that a project is a long shot
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Emanuele: A Response to Chris Hedges Concerning Bernie Sanders
The Left's primary dilemma is the inability to provide alternatives to the dominant political parties and institutions of our time
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Needleman: Canoas: A Government of, for and by the People
Oakland, New York, Minneapolis, among others, are exploring the possibility of “participatory budgeting,” an initiative to shift decision-making on development projects from the government to the community
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Leopold: After Bernie Wins, Then What?
Our traditional approach to coalition and alliance building is unlikely to succeed unless we place a much higher value on building a new common movement identity
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Full of admiration, but not without critique: Janet Biehl shares some of her ideas on the Rojava revolution after her recent visits to the region
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Albert: Venezuelan Errors and Prospects
We can work to ensure that the future of Venezuela is in Venezuelan hands
ZMag Vision/Strategy
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Albert: Thinking About the Elections
There are countless possible answers as to what one might usefully do in these times. Try to preserve and enlarge the momentum that has developed largely from the Sanders campaign, while also trying to ensure that Trump loses.
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Street: Beyond False Dichotomies
The reality in most cases is that there are many in-between or other alternative options, not just two mutually exclusive ones…. There are two ways in which one can commit a false dilemma. First, one can assume that there are only two (or three, though that case is strictly speaking be a ‘false trilemma’) options when there really are many more
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Solomon: New Year, New Era for Progressives and Obama
As 2013 gets underway, progressives need to be here now....
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Adams: What Next: Mobilizing or Organizing?
It's clear that most everyone in Wisconsin is opposed to...
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Rasmus: Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Repression? Part III
This is the second part of a series by Jack...
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Contributors: Searching for a Democratic Alternative
A proposal for a new International has been circulating online...
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Krauthamer: Worker Occupations & the Future Of Radical Labor
This interview was conducted at Professor Noam Chomsky’s office at...
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Petermann: What Really Happened in Copenhagen?
When the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) of the...
Video Vision/Strategy
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Panitch: Left Alternatives to Social Democracy
Leo Panitch is member of the Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly, is Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University
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Albert: The Return of the Coordinator Class
Building up an economic alternative creates necessarily a set of problems. That could be seen in Argentina
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Albert: The Financial Crash and the Always-Crisis
Even before the financial and economic crisis in 2008 capitalism has been in crisis
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Albert: Participatory Economy – An Alternative to the Always-Crisis
Interview on participatory economy for German/European TV - Part One.
Audio Vision/Strategy
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Callinicos: March for the Alternative
Alex Callinicos shares his assessment of the massive anti-cuts “March for...
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Authors: Building a Powerful Left in the United States
Guests: Norman Solomon, Ralph Nader, Cornel West, and Noam Chomsky...
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Chomsky: The Political Philosophy of Noam Chomsky
He’s one of the most influential intellectuals of our age...
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Cambridge, MA – Michael Albert of Z Magazine and Prof....
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Grubacic: Wobblies & Zapatistas: Talk at the Anarchist Book Fair
On Sunday at the 14th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Book...
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Stevens: Workers’ Councils by Anton Pannekoek: Growth
From the back cover of Workers’ Councils (2003 AK Press...
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Stevens: Workers’ Councils by Anton Pannekoek: Objections
From the back cover of Workers’ Councils (2003 AK Press...
Vision/Strategy Blogs
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Bohmer: Building a Movement for Universal Healthcare
Outline of talk, June 19, 2013 to Physicians for a...
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Albert: From Each, To Each – Yet Again
A difficult dispute divides some libertarians who advocate "from each...
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Bohmer: “The Afghanistan War and the Occupy Movement are Not Over;
Talk at the Event, Celebrating the One Year Anniversary of...
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Wilson: Family Farm Diabetes: Foodies, Farm Justice “Allies” and “The Big Hog”
(Regarding this blog, see also the recent blog by Jen...
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Wilson: Flawed Food History: Farm Justice Missing from Timeline
Introduction This should really be four or five blogs, a...
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Albert: Open Letter from Chomsky, Shiva, Pilger, Santos, and 40 more…
The following self explanatory communication is being sent to many...
Vis. & Strat. Books
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: The Activists Handbook: A Step by Step Guide to Participatory Democracy
Table of Contents Introduction 1: Activism, advocacy and the practice...
