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The Elephant in the Room is a Guerilla: Campaigning with H.F. Valentine
by Alexandria Shaner Audacity. We look back and praise it. We write essays about it. Politicians coopt it into their slogans. We yearn...
Aug 18, 20228 min read

You’ve Got My Vote, H.F. Valentine
by Bridget Meehan “Don’t Think Of A Republican – How I Won A Republican Primary As A Lefty Progressive And You Can Too”, written by...
Jul 26, 20223 min read


Why isn’t the participatory economy model more popular?
By Mitchell Szczepanczyk “[W]hen we wonder what to put in [place of capitalism], we are extremely perplexed”, so said the noted economist...
Jul 11, 20221 min read


The Activist’s Antidote: A Conversation about Depression, Hopelessness, & Burnout
By Alexandria Shaner, originally published on ZNet We are social creatures – we like to be heard. Yet, an enduring tragedy of modern...
Jun 21, 202213 min read


The Labour Movement Crisis, the Climate Crisis, and the Green New Deal
by Mark Evans and Bridget Meehan, originally published in ZNet. Today, May Day—otherwise known as International Workers’ Day—is a good...
May 3, 20226 min read


Participatory budgeting is democracy in action
Source: https://www.dailycamera.com/2021/12/21/opinion-doug-hamilton-participatory-budgeting-is-democracy-in-action/ By Doug Hamilton...
Mar 11, 20223 min read


War in Ukraine: Some Questions And Answers
Source: https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/war-in-ukraine-some-questions-and-answers/ By Eugene Nulman Does Putin want to occupy Ukraine? The...
Mar 1, 202215 min read


The Future of State Politics: Transcending the Marxist / Anarchist Divide
Source: https://collective20.org/index.php/the-future-of-state-politics/ “The anarchists are not so naïve as to dream that all the...
Feb 28, 20226 min read

Matt Grinder Interviews Stephen Shalom on Parpolity
The following is an interview between Stephen Shalom and Matt Grinder of the Vancouver Participatory Economics Collective. It is copied...
Feb 11, 202227 min read

Lucas Alden Reviews "No Bosses"
This review of "No Bosses" is from Lucas Alden, published first on mέta: The world at a crossroads. A world abound in interrelated...
Jan 12, 202210 min read

More Praise for"No Bosses"
Michael Albert's "No Bosses" was a staff pick at mέta: Life in 2021. Rampant debilitating denial for the many next to vile enrichment of...
Jan 12, 20222 min read

A review of Michael Albert’s ‘No Bosses’ by Bertrand Bob Guevara
This review, posted in mέta, is a review with a difference written by Bertrand Bob Guevara (i.e. from the perspectives of Bertrand...
Jan 12, 20226 min read

Postcapitalist Work: Balanced Jobs and Equitable Remuneration
Written by Michael Albert, this paper discusses a post-capitalist vision for an alternative way to organise workplaces, work and...
Jan 12, 20221 min read

Participatory Planning
Written by Professor Professor Robin Hahnel, this paper discusses production and consumption in a post-capitalist society, and how those...
Jan 12, 20221 min read

Postcapitalist Allocation: Participatory Planning
Written by Michael Albert, this paper focuses on allocation in a post-capitalist society. We are told that there are only two options for...
Jan 12, 20221 min read

Decision-Making in a Good Society: The Case for Nested Councils
Written by Professor Stephen R. Shalom, this paper focuses on how democratic decision-making would happen in a post-capitalist society...
Jan 12, 20221 min read


Cancel Hierarchy
By Alexandria Shaner Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/11/26/cancel-hierarchy/ Cancel Culture is an agent provocateur who has...
Dec 6, 20215 min read


The Defense of Parecon - A Response to 6 Critiques
Originally published here This article, written by Real Utopia member, Nicolai Pulley, provides considered responses to 6 critiques of...
Oct 18, 202124 min read


Eco-localism: A Constructive Critique
Source: https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/eco-localism-a-constructive-critique-by-robin-hahnel/ In the aftermath of the collapse of...
Jul 5, 202113 min read

Getting There: An interview with Michael Albert, one of the authors of "Occupy Strategy"
Source: https://newpol.org/getting-there/ Occupy Strategy is the third volume of Fanfare for the Future, a trilogy that seeks to make the...
Jul 1, 202127 min read
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