Commentary
Inspired by the recent Greek rebellion, I am reminded of the Late Greek/French theorist of Autonomy and Self-Management, Cornelius Castoriadis...
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Nikos Raptis is a resident of Athens and also a long-time contributor to Z, which happens to be named for the Costa-Gavras film, also titled Z, that is about resistance and repression in post-war...

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Information on the Greek uprising including a Communiqué from the Polytechnic University Occupation in Athens.

Commentary
Capitalism's current crisis is not the same as the crisis called capitalism. The former was caused by elite efforts to free themselves from constraints on profit making, which not only worsened...
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This is a very rough draft essay prepared as an "weekly lecture" for the Z Education Online course "Participatory Society 1." It is to help conceptualize the theory guiding the course.

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Book interview...
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For the handful of folks who are in Vancouver B.C., this announcement is for you...

Last March I wrote a commentary about Canadian hypocrisy in human rights and free speech, in particular about a trial brought on by Canada's largest print media conglomerate Canwest to silence...

In structure and content, fledgling Z Education Online is a radical school that aims to 'realize a new world'...

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One week ago today U.S. State Department officials announced successful achievement of their goal to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees into the U.S. before the fiscal year end on September 30th...

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Today I discovered this blog post about the book I've edited that has recently come out, Real Utopia, which is an odd blog post, considering the blogger has many negative opinions and judgments...

Last week, Michael Albert's Z Education Online course “Parecon/Parsoc 2” seminar focused on issues surrounding the creation of an International Organization for a Participatory Society (IOPS)....

As part of the opening session of the Z Education Online courses I'm facilitating the course “Participatory Society 1” which is based on a book I've recently edited for AK Press Real Utopia:...

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This is a very rough draft essay prepared as an introduction only for the Z Education Online course...

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UTOPIAS HAVE A LONG, mixed history in Left movements. Sometimes they have propelled our imagination toward what better worlds might look like. Other times they have trumpeted heaven on earth, a...

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The book is a collective effort to spell out vision and strategy for a feasible and desirable transformation of society's defining institutions. It explores how to get there along with concrete...

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ZFilm Review
This is one of the lesser known popularized films on the Spanish Civil War.
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ZFilm Review
This is one of the lesser known popularized films on the Spanish Civil War.
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Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 years. When his mother is dying he considers visiting her secretly in his Spanish home town. But his...

Commentary
Serious Leftists think that the 1968 uprisings in France and the rest of the world have more to do with historical circumstance and the international context which made conditions ripe for...
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New York Anarchist Bookfair...
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The Sunday edition of the New York Times ran a very candid cover story about a carefully orchestrated Pentagon propaganda campaign masquerading as objective journalism in the form of military...

Below is a reply to Stephen Gowans who, in his blog from March 24, paraphrases me inaccurately based on my reply to an email he sent me.

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Parecon and anarchism...

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Book panel at the Left Forum, March 2008.

Commentary
How ironic is it when a national entity priding itself that its foreign policy is based on humanitarian motives and diplomatic benevolence consistently denies the rights of a people internationally...
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For Palestinians and a friend…