RevolutionZ
Michael Albert
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Ep 257 Mazin Qumsiyeh On the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Episode 257 of RevolutionZ addresses the unfolding conflict in Gaza and beyond to the West Bank, the roles of Israel, Hamas, and the U.S. including not only the civilian and social impact and choices, but also the mindset and motives of different constituencies and actors as well as the role of writers/speakers and protestors about these matters, including ourselves. Support the show
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Nov 19, 2023
Ep. 256 What Is Solidarity Economy with Guest Emily Kawano
Episode 256 of RevolutionZ features Emily Kawano from Solidarity Economy to discuss Solidarity economy's origins, range, and definition including its guiding values and its approach to ownership, equity, markets, and pluralism, all in pursuit of post capitalist practice in the present.
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Nov 12, 2023
Ep 255 The Media, Culture, and Changing Terrain of Resistance with Cayden Mak
Episode 255 of RevolutionZ has as guest Cayden Mak, the publisher of Convergence Magazine. It addresses media aims, Convergence's concepts of a multiracial democracy and a radically democratic economy, intersectionality, obstacles to left unity, left culture, right wing dangers, and more. Support the show
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Nov 5, 2023
Ep 254 Movement Culture, Union Strategy, novels, and mindsets with Bill Fletcher Jr
Episode 254 of RevolutionZ is a deep dive conversation about history, fiction and non fiction, the internet, tv, movement culture, winning and losing attitudes, labor strategy, and much more with Bill Fletcher Jr. Support the show
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Oct 29, 2023
Ep 253 Who Likes Participatory Planning Pt. 3 Final Complexities
Episode 253 is our third and last in a sequence addressing allocation after markets. With the basics of participatory planning in hand, we consider how to deal with collective goods, externalities, allotting income, and undertaking investments. Support the show
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Oct 22, 2023
Ep 252 Stephen Shalom on Palestine/Israel context, motives, and prospects
Episode 252 of RevoutionZ has as guest Stephen Shalom to assess the current unfolding crisis in Palestine including the history, current context, recent and on-going events, possible motives, and possible prospects for all parties involved including the U.S.Support the show
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Oct 15, 2023
Ep 251 The UAW Strike's Enormous Potentials with Guest, Jeremy Brecher
Episode 251 of RevolutionZ discusses with Jeremy Brecher how the United Auto Workers strike could significantly shift the balance of power and inspire a new wave of labor activism. Brecher, a renowned writer, historian, and activist, provides in-depth insights on the UAW's demands for 40 percent wage increase, improved working conditions, and the eradication of wage tiers to help us understand not just the strike's impact on the auto industry NS Labor more broadly, but t also its implications for other sectors, including climate activism.
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Oct 8, 2023
Ep 250 Who Likes Participatory Planning Part 2
Episode 250 of RevolutionZ is the second of what will be three episodes presenting participatory planning as a proposed replacement for markets and central planning for allocation in a new economy. Ep 250 continues describing participatory planning's features as earlier described in the book No Bosses, as well as offering spontaneous critical or hopefully helpful side comments on the material two years after I wrote it. The material is demanding but to say we want a new economy beyond capitalism but not be able to explain why it would be viable and worthy will not sway people who think there is no alternative. Support the show
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Oct 1, 2023
Ep 249 Who Likes Participatory Planning Part 1
Episode 249 of the podcast titled RevolutionZ is the first of three that will together present and comment on Participatory Planning. Most of the content is from two years ago, the book No Bosses, which presents participatory economics. But interspersed throughout these episodes are also clarifying and critical comments I make, now, as I revisit the content. Three episodes on one component of a post capitalist economic vision? Well, allocation beyond markets and central planning is not simple and has many moving parts so that describing it fully enough to assess will take some time. Indeed, the three episodes aren't week after week but themselves spread out a bit so that if you send comments and questions I can use those to augment subsequent content. Support the show
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Sep 24, 2023
Ep 248 Who Likes Markets Or Central Planning
Episode 248 of RevolutionZ critiques markets and central planning as unfit for a desirable new economy. Support the show
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Sep 17, 2023
Ep 247 - Oliver Anthony, the Right, and the Left
Episode 247 of RevolutionZ controversially consider's Oliver Anthony's song, Rich Men North of Richmond, and especially responses to it. "Time will tell who has fell and whose been left behind."Support the show
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Sep 10, 2023
Ep 246 Who Earns What
Episode 246 of RevolutionZ considers Income norms now and in a post capitalist participatory economy. What determines peoples' incomes, with what incentive affects, and what consequences. Support the show
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Sep 3, 2023
Ep 245 Who Does What
Episode 245 of RevolutionZ considers in depth the division of labor as it is now, called corporate division of labor, and as it is proposed in order to have no bosses, balanced job complexes. It addresses why and how to implement a new division of labor in terms of class, power, income, and mainly the types of tasks employees do. It derives from No Bosses chapter 4 but includes considerable spontaneous commentary.Support the show
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Aug 27, 2023
Ep 244 Cooperation Jackson with Kali Akuno
Episode 244 of RevolutionZ has as our guest, Kali Akuno - the co-founder and director of Cooperation Jackson. He shares with us the story of their network, a web of worker cooperatives and solidarity economy support institutions working together to make economic democracy a reality in Jackson, Mississippi and beyond.Support the show
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Aug 20, 2023
Ep 243 Who Owns What, Who Decides What
As mentioned last episode the platform I use for RevolutionZ has installed an AI facility. It "listens" to the podcast, proposes titles, generates a description, and does some sound balancing, i think. The titles are not crazy, but I ignore them. It also generates a transcription. I suspect before long such facilities will generate translations as well...
This episode is about ownership relations and workplace decision making both in capitalism and, more so, as proposed for a post capitalist economy called participatory economics, and also about a way to think through conceiving and assessing any kind of social vision. It includes material from the book No Bosses, published two years ago, and also current comments on that material generated when I recorded this episode.
The AI generated the following description, included below.. Sadly, it is good enough so I can imagine many podcast creators using this facility either for a draft to edit or for a final copy.
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Bold claim, you sa…
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Aug 13, 2023
Ep 242 Introduction to and Values Guiding No Bosses
Ep 242 of RevolutionZ begins a continuing investigation of what a post capitalist economy can and should be including the introduction to No Bosses and its first chapter on Values, and including current spontaneous ruminations on the substance and wording of those. But...
[My host site for the podcasts has installed an AI to "help" - and the AI generated the following episode description from the audio...which I thought I would keep for your edification, amusement, or horror...]
A promise and a journey. That’s what awaits you as we navigate our human nature, exposing our capacity for both cruelty and kindness. We're going to dismantle internalized complacency and habitual obedience, and rally for resistance and organization. Are we, as a society, ready to take that leap and aim for a new world, free from disease, depravity, and catastrophe? Join us in this quest, as we talk about the importance of unified motion and big change in transcending our current challenges.
It's a tall or…
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Aug 6, 2023
Ep 241 Chomsky, Varoufakis, and Me
Episode 241 of RevolutionZ titled Chomsky, Varoufakis, and Mr presents prefaces to the book No Bosses by Noam and Yanis and, interspersed in that presentation, my reactions to their observations. Support the show
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Jul 30, 2023
Ep 240 Students Step Up 1
Episode 240 of RevolutionZ is titled Students Step Up 1. It simultaneously calls for Student Activism and considers obstacles and possible paths through them. Directed at Students, it addresses all ages.Support the show
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Jul 23, 2023
Ep 239 Ruminations - Movement Culture and Organizing with Alexandria Shaner
Episode 239 of RevolutionZ explores the innards of activist life and diverse efforts to win real change.Support the show
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Jul 16, 2023
Ep 238 Reform and/or Revolution
Episode 238 of RevolutionZ considers reform and revolution, discussing how activists can avoid reformism and also avoid ultra leftist delusions. Support the show
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Jul 9, 2023
Ep 237Goodbye Philosophy
Episode 237 of RevolutionZ finishes off a two part series assessing and dismissing Richard Rorty's thought or, demystifying some philosophical mystification.Support the show
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Jul 2, 2023
Ep 236 A Brief Disparaging Trip Into Philosophy
Episode 236 of the podcast RevolutionZ is titled A Brief Disparaging Trip In Philosophy. It addresses the political work of the renowned American philosopher Richard Rory, taking issue with his political views. Support the show
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Jun 25, 2023
Ep 235 Normalize This and Then What
Episode 235 of RevolutionZ is a rumination about the dynamics of things getting normalized, which is to say just considered the way things are and must be, and about just how much horrible stuff is deemed normal, and what ought to be deemed normal instead, and the need to act on the pretty much incontestable observations.. Support the show
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Jun 18, 2023
Ep 234 Diverse Utopias with Kristen Ghodsee
Episode 234 of RevolutionZ has as its guest Kristen Ghodsee. We discuss her recent work on examining utopian projects through history and especially closely explore visionary issues of gender, family, and sexuality.Support the show
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Jun 11, 2023
Ep 233 Fund Raising You and Us With Greg Wilpert
Episode 233 of RevolutionZ with Greg Wilpert as guest, discusses the mechanics of fund raising on the left, including appeals, methods, and purposes. Support the show
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Jun 4, 2023
Ep 232 Ruminations with Alexandria Shaner - Time
Episode 232 of RevolutionZ brings back frequent guest.co-host Alexandria Shaner to discus diverse movement issues including in particular Time Activism...Support the show
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May 28, 2023
Ep 231 Degrowth: Excellent and Not So Excellent
Episode 231 of RevolutionZ discusses, situates, and assesses DeGrowth, including some of its history, each of its main virtues, and a few of its debits, and reacts to each.Support the show
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May 21, 2023
Ep 230 Some Differences With My Allies
Episode 230 of RevolutionZ is in the Rumination series and describes some differences about division of labor, remuneration, allocation, and how best to describe their shared vision among advocates of participatory society and particularly participatory economics, of which I am one. It also talks about how best to deal with differences in general and in this case.Support the show
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May 14, 2023
Ep 229 Left Unity 4 Liberation
Episode 229 of RevolutionZ presents 20 Theses for Liberation, a set of ideas bearing on vision and strategy co-authored by 30 writers and five organizations and proposed here for your consideration. Support the show
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May 7, 2023
Ep 228 20 Theses for Liberation and Us
Episode 228 of RevolutionZ presents the essay from 30 co-authors and 5 organizations that seeks to provide a basis for a wide and deep discussion in turn seeking unity on the left. Seven of the theses are about Vision, the rest Strategy. This episode also presents some additional information about people's reactions to the essay.Support the show
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Apr 30, 2023
Ep 227 Discussing Anarchism with Anark
Episode 227 of RevolutionZ explores the underlying logic and commitments of anarchism as formulated by my fellow podcaster Daniel Baryon otherwise known as Anark. Support the show
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Apr 23, 2023
Ep 226 Responding to an Aggressive, Confident, Anarchist Critic
Episode 226 of RevolutionZ takes up the question of our economy's corporate division of labor and the participatory economic alternative, jobs balanced for empowerment effects. It responds to a hypothetical critic, I call Crit, who offers an array of criticisms I have heard over the years. You can judge the result. Support the show
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Apr 16, 2023
Ep 225 AI Revisited with Arash Kolahi
Episode 225 of RevolutionZ has Arassh Kolahi as guest for a deep dive discussion of some of the definitions, issues, and prospects arising due to the emergence of powerful AI offerings. Support the show
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Apr 9, 2023
Ep 224 Greece Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow with Sotiris Mitralexis
Episode 224 of RevolutionZ has as guest Sotiris Metralexis and discusses the Greek experience and current resistance trying to tease out lessons bearing on their and really on everyone's future. Support the show
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Apr 2, 2023
Ep 223 Ruminations with Alexandria Shaner Quitting and Competition...
Episode 223 of RevolutionZ discusses quitting, quitters, competition, and other sundry human phenomena from a personal, a social, and a political point of view.Support the show
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Mar 26, 2023
Ep 222 Time Capsule 2 from My 1969
Episode 222 of RevolutionZ titled Time Capsule 2 from My 1969 continues from episode 221. Each offers something from those "Sixties" days, this time an interview with me by the MIT campus newspaper which reveals something of the times and hopefully may even have implications for the present. Again, no changes have been made--this is just as it wasL the question-prodded ruminations of a then 22 year old campus revolutionary.Support the show
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Mar 19, 2023
Ep 221- A Time Capsule from My 1969
Episode 221 of RevolutionZ presents a Yearbook Essay I wrote to myself and my classmates at what I called "Dachau on the Charles" - it means to convey something of the times, perhaps useful not just as artifact but for these times as well...Support the show
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Mar 12, 2023
Ep 220 Anti Anti Rationalism
Episode 220 of RevolutionZ continues some recent themes by considering tendencies toward anti-rationalism and rejectionism toward science looking for sources, justifications, implications, and solutions. Support the show
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Mar 5, 2023
Ep 219 Chomsky, Zizek, and Us
Episode 219 of RevolutionZ looks at an exchange between Chomsky and Zizek to provide observations about the latter and broader related thoughts and issues. Support the show
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Feb 26, 2023
Ep 218 Artificial Intelligence and Us
Episode 218 of RevolutionZ explores a little of the how's, why's, and possible consequences of artificial intelligence, chatbots and more...Support the show
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Feb 19, 2023
Ep 217 Ruminations Strategy with Alexandria Shaner
Episode 217 is a wide ranging discussion of left culture, outreach, and strategy with Alexandria Shaner. Support the show
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Feb 12, 2023
Ep 216 Strategy The New School Students Rising with Cooper Sperling
Episode 216 of RevolutionZ discusses student/faculty organizing at the New School: Strike, Occupation, and ongoing organizing for a new university structure.Support the show
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Feb 5, 2023
Ep 215 What is a Social Theory, Why Have One
Episode 215 of RevolutionZ discusses the role and components o social theories and how to assess their value. Support the show
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Jan 29, 2023
Ep 214 Post Modernism, Science, and the Sokal Affair
Episode 214 of RevolutionZ addresses current antipathy to science and proclivity for story telling and even outright lying by way of visiting a past event and its fallout. Support the show
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Jan 22, 2023
Ep 213 Ruminations Strategy Nepo Babies and DeGrowth
Episode 213 of RevolutionZ is a ruminations entry, with Alexandria Shaner, that addresses the controversy around Nepo babies a bit, and that then explores various issues around the DeGrowth movement, more substantially.Support the show
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Jan 15, 2023
Ep 212 VisionStrategy 20 Theses on Liberation
Episode 212 of RevolutionZ offers 20 Theses on Liberation, a set of observations/claims meant to provide a draft basis to be considered, debated, and refined, as a potential start toward a shared perspective on attaining a better society.Support the show
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Jan 8, 2023
Ep 211 Strategy Ruminations with Alexandria Shaner
Episode 211 of RevolutionZ discusses alternative media policies including editorial, fund raising, and solidarity, on the one hand, and movement organization and structure on the other. With asides on all manner of sidebar matters...Support the show
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Jan 2, 2023
Ep 210 VisionStrategy Race, Sex, Class and Winning A Better World
Episode4 210 discusses race, sex, and class in their interactions and in particular offers an unfamiliar explanation for what has sometimes been called declining attention to class...Support the show
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Dec 25, 2022
Ep 209 Talking Media with Tamara Pearson
Episode 209 of RevolutionZ addresses issues of media and politics in the global South.Support the show
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Dec 18, 2022
ep 208 Ruminations Hounding Myself
Episode 208 of RevolutionZ is me interviewing me - thus the tile, Hounding Myself. As interviewer I can be a bit more aggressive with myself than other interviewers tend to be. It may not be everyone's delight, but I had assembled some questions I would like to be asked and I decided, well, okay, why not ask myself. Some of it is familiar ground for regular listeners, some not. And I have to apologize. Hours ago, when I was editing it, I discovered that somehow there appears an intermittent periodic low level noise, not unlike some weird kind of drum. I don't know what the hell it was but I decided not to scrub the whole thing. Hopefully it won't be overly distracting. Me and Me are rather loud. Also, this episode one is long, almost two hours. You put me together with me and I guess that's what you get. Support the show
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Dec 11, 2022
Rp 207 - Strategy Discussing Electoral Politics with Eva Putzova
Episode 207 of RevolutionZ is a revealing discussion of the dynamics of electoral campaigns and office with Eva Putzova.Support the show
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Dec 4, 2022
Ep 206 - Ruminations - Writings and Writing
Episode 206 of RevolutionZ discusses various writings as well as lessons bearing on the task of writing to abet change...and writing in general. Support the show
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Nov 27, 2022
Ep 205 Strategy Attitude and Dear Hope
Episode 205 of RevolutionZ deals with our current times and how we mentally and emotionally might usefully endure and address them. It includes an open letter to young people, and an entreaty to all...Support the show
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Nov 20, 2022
Ep 204 Rumination - Facebook and Us
Episode 204 is a deep dive into the impact of social media among other modern conveniences on our lives. Not for the squeamish...Support the show
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Nov 13, 2022
Ep 203 Vision/Strategy The Value of Ideas Intellectual Agendas
Episode 203 of RevolutionZ discusses intellectual pursuits the participatory economic vision might/ought to inspire. Support the show
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Nov 6, 2022
Ep 202 Ruminations 15 Rock and Roll and Us
Episode 202 of RevolutionZ ruminates while reading aloud lyrics of various songs. Emotional for me, I hope entertaining or edifying or inspiring for you...Support the show
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Oct 31, 2022
Ep 201 - Responding to the Right with Nathan Robinson
Episode 201 of RevolutionZ has Nathan Robinson as guest to discuss responding to the right, publishing, and more...Support the show
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Oct 23, 2022
Ep 200 No Bosses - Origins, History, Prospects
Episode 200 of the podcast titled RevolutionZ answers questions about how participatory economics emerged, its history, and what prospects it has in coming years.Support the show
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Oct 16, 2022
Ep 199 Joseph Ramsey Talking About the Judicial System
Episode 199 of Revolution has a a guest Joseph Ramsey to discuss imprisonment and judicial movements and activism. Support the show
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Oct 9, 2022
Ep 198 Ruminations 14 with Alexandria Shaner
Chess scandal, basketball scandal, physics scandal, Kurt Vonnegut and our tumultuous times.Support the show
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Oct 2, 2022
Ep 197 - Vision Strategy No Bosses Winning a New Economy
Episode 197 of the podcast titled RevolutionZ is the next to last presenting the book No Bosses and addresses Winning a New Economy.Support the show
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Sep 25, 2022
Ep 196 Vision No Bosses Parecon and Kinship, Polity...
Episode 196 of RevolutionZ discusses the interface between participatory economics and visions for kinship, polity, community, and ecology.Support the show
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Sep 18, 2022
Ep 195 - Vision No Bosses Who Allocates What 3
Episode 195 of RevolutionZ Is the third and last on participatory planning covering issues of allocation and income, externalities, collective consumption and some other matters. Support the show
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Sep 11, 2022
Ep 194 Ruminations 13 with Alexandria Shaner
Episode 194 of RevolutionZ Ruminates on one quotation each from Rosa Luxembourg, Karl Marx, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X diversely addressing issues of social change and revolutionary practice.Support the show
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Sep 4, 2022
Ep 193 Vision No Bosses Who Allocates What 2
Episode 193 of RevolutionZ continues the process of presenting the book No Bosses, this time pursuing further takes on what is participatory planning. Support the show
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Aug 28, 2022
Ep 192 Ruminations 13 with Alexandria Shaner
Episode 192 of RevolutionZ is another in the series of Rumination episodes. This time, however, we have two ruminators - not just Michael Albert but also Alexandria Shaner.Lots of ground is covered, all bearing on winning social change.Support the show
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Aug 21, 2022
Ep 191 No Bosses Participatory Planning 1
Episode 191 of RevolutionZ is the first of three episodes that will present and comment on the post capitalist allocation system called Participatory Planning.Support the show
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Aug 14, 2022
Ep 190 No Bosses Who Likes Markets and Central Planning
Episode 190 of Revolution Z considers Markets and Central Planning as possible modes of allocation for post capitalism, that is for the No Bosses vision called participatory economics. It rejects both and in doing so paves the way for presenting participatory planning in coming episodes.Support the show
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Aug 7, 2022
Ep 189 Ruminations 12 Socialism, Marxism, Idenity, Trans, and Fads...
Episode 189 of RevolutionZ is the twelfth in the series called Ruminations which takes up whatever issues, thoughts, concerns popup in the course of the session. Unscripted, this goes where spontaneous thoughts lead...Support the show
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Jul 31, 2022
Ep 188 No Bosses Vision Who earns What
Episode 188 of RevolutionZ discusses income in a post capitalist economy called participatory economics or, if you prefer, participatory socialism.Support the show
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Jul 24, 2022
Ep 187 Vision No Bosses Who Does What
Episode 187 of RevolutionZ Continues the sequence presenting the book No Bosses, this time discussing division of labor and class relations. Support the show
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Jul 17, 2022
Ep 186 Strategy Talking with Catherine Liu
Episode 186 of RevolutionZ features Catherine Liu talking about the PMC, professional managerial class, now and in history. Support the show
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Jul 10, 2022
Ep 185 Ruminations 11 Human Nature, Limits to Growth, Jana 6, Supreme Court, Revolution...
Episode 185 of RevolutionZ is the eleventh in the Ruminations Series. It spontaneously addresses a range of issues, questions of growth, human nature, law or justice, Jan 6, the Supreme Court, the right and the left, and revolution...Support the show
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Jul 2, 2022
Ep 184 Vision No Bosses Assessing Who Decides What
Episode 184 of RevolutionZ continues the presentation of No Bosses Chapters as Episodes. The focus this time is Decision Making. Support the show
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Jun 26, 2022
Ep 183 Vision Talking Digital Socialism with James Muldoon
Episode 183 of RevolutionZ has James Muldoon author of the book Platform Socialism, discussing digital platforms and social media now and in the future. Support the show
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Jun 20, 2022
Ep 182 Vision No Bosses Accessing Who Owns What
Episode 182 of RevolutionZ discusses "the property problem": how do we understand property, particularly workplaces, resources, and tools beyond capitalism, and if we opt against private ownership of such productive assets, what are the consequences and what else must we than do to have that choice be worthy and viable. Support the show
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Jun 12, 2022
Ep 181 Vision No Bosses 1 Accessing Values for a Better World
Episode 181 starts a new Sequence presenting the book, No Bosses, plus commentary on it. This time - values to guide post capitalist economic vision. Support the show
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Jun 6, 2022
Ep 180 Talking Digital Politics with Michael Kwet
Episode 180 of RevolutionZ is a wide and deep discussion of digital and technological trends and possibilities. Support the show
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May 29, 2022
Ep 179 Strategy Talking with Max Elbaum about DSA, Left Culture, and Organizing
Episode 179 of RevolutionZ offers a wide ranging discussion with Max Elbaum spurred by his recent article Democracy, Strategy, Modes of Struggle: The High-Stakes Strife in DSA.
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May 22, 2022
Ep 178 Ruminations 10 = Reacting to Individual and Collective Calamity
Episode 178 of RevolutionZ, the tenth in our Spontaneous Ruminations sequence introspects personal crisis and considers social crisis and explores their commonalities and differences.Support the show
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May 16, 2022
Ep 177 - Strategy Addressing Fallacies of Cancel Culture
Episode 177 of RevolutionZ delivers presents 21 fallacies of cancel culture. It hopes to add to and further on-going discussion of the many involved issues. Support the show
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May 8, 2022
Episode 176 Strategy Hear Arundhati Roy's Words
Rpidofr 176 of the Podcast titled RevolutionZ conveys a speech of Arundhati Roy, read by the host, Michael Albert.Support the show
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May 1, 2022
Ep 175 Electoral Strategy with Lonnie Atkinson
Episode `175 Discusses a highly innovative approach to primary campaign strategy and organizing more broadly.Support the show
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Apr 24, 2022
EP 174 Transition 5 Being Strategic
Episode 174 is a broad discussion of being Strategic regarding various aspects of winning social change.Support the show
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Apr 17, 2022
Ep173 VisionStrategy - VaroufakisAlbert 5-7
Episode 173 of RevolutionZ presents three more entries in the on-going discussion of economic vision by Yanis Varoufakis and Michael Albert, including some comments just for the podcast.Support the show
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Apr 10, 2022
Ep 172 Ruminations 9 A Lot On My Mind
Selfies, war, Catch 22s, organizing, enemies, mobilize, organizing, and more...Support the show
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Apr 3, 2022
Ep 171 Transition 4 Plus Some Ruminating...
Episode 171 of RevolutionZ presents a short draft chapter on the Logic of Transition and then addresses issues of writing and group formation and preparation as well.Support the show
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Mar 27, 2022
Ep 170 Ruminations 8 War and More
Episode 170 of RevolutionZ takes up various issues including war motives, censorship, nature vs. nurture, and more...Support the show
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Mar 21, 2022
Ep 169 VisionStrategy Transition 3 Where To
Episode 169 of RevolutionZ is the third in the Transition Sequence. It addresses the where to of Transition...Support the show
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Mar 13, 2022
Episode 168 VisionStrategy VarousfakisAlbert 1 - 4
Episode 168 of RevolutionZ presents the first four installments of an on-going exploration conducted by Yanis Varoufakis and Michael Albert, plus some spontaneous additional commentary. Support the show
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Mar 7, 2022
Ep 167 VisionStrategy Transition 2 Where From
Episode 167 of RevolutionZ Continues the sequence exploring Transition to a new economy, It briefly addresses where we are transitioning from...Support the show
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Feb 28, 2022
Ep 166 Ruminations 7 - Consumption and Moral Judgements
Episode 166 of RevolutionZ offers an exploratory discussion of good and bad consumption (and by analogy views) and judgements about each...Support the show
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Feb 20, 2022
Ep 165 VisionStrategy Transition 1 Plus
Episode 165 of RevolutionZ initiates a new sequence dealing with transition to a new economy - and appends brief comments on The Joe Rogan Experience and current Inflation.Support the show
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Feb 13, 2022
Ep 164 VisionStrategy Parecon, Ecology, and Anarchism
Episode 164 of RevolutionZ is a bit, addressing participatory economic, ecology, and anarchism, and their interrelations.Support the show
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Feb 6, 2022
Ep 163 VisionStrategy Race, Sex, Class and Effective Struggle
Episode 163 of RevolutionZ takes a look back and a look forward regarding a persistent clash of views...Support the show
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Jan 30, 2022
Ep 162 VisionStrategy Addressing DSA
Episode 162 is a discussion of various topics of vision and strategy directed at organizations and their views, and especially DSA.Support the show
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Jan 23, 2022
Ep 161 VisionStrategy Ruminations 6 Reductionism and Us
Episode 161 of RevolutionZ address the logic and issues accoiciated with class reductionism, race reductionism, and other reductionism and proposes a way to get the benefits and discard the debits. Support the show
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Jan 16, 2022
Ep 160 VisionStrategy Marxism Today and Tomorrow
Episode 160 is a provocative but hopefully very accessible discussion of aspects of Marxism as it has been, as it is, and as it could become.Support the show
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Jan 9, 2022
Ep 159 VisionStrategy Talking with Robert McChesney
Episode 159 of RevolutionZ is a discussion with Robert McChesney about media history and politics and a project to resurrect local media throughout the U.S.Support the show
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Jan 2, 2022
VisionStrategy Argentine Self Management
Episode 158 of RevolutionZ offers a first hand account of Argentine workplace takeovers and their social relations and lessons.Support the show
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Dec 26, 2021
Ep 157 Rum 5 Arrogance, violence, hypocrisy, and more
Episode 157 of RevolutionZ is a rumination on various personal and social phenomena including anti tax sentiments, violence, arrogance, and hypocrisySupport the show
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Dec 19, 2021
Ep 156 - Talking About Anarchism with Anders Sandstrom
Episode 156 of RevolutionZ talks about what is accounting, what is capitalist accounting, what is anarchist accounting, and relations of it all to participatory economics.Support the show
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Dec 13, 2021
Ep 155 Vision/Strategy - Talking with Sotiris Mitralexis
Episode 155 with Sotiris Mitralexis of the European "think tank" Meta focuses on post capitalism and ranges over Greek politics, issues of vision and consciousness raising, online communications, art in politics, and more.Support the show
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Dec 5, 2021
Ep 154 Talking with Jason Myles
A discussion with the musician and host of the podcast This Is Revolution of Afro Pessimism, BLM, the state of society, and left culture...Support the show
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Nov 28, 2021
Ep - 153 Strategy Talking About Left Culture and Practice with Loretta Ross
Episode 153 discusses cancel culture from the perspective of those calling out, those called out, and those viewing it all, safe spaces, reproductive justice, and much else as wellSupport the show
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Nov 21, 2021
Ep 152 Vision/Strategy Talking Anarchism with Alex Prichard
Episode 152 discusses anarchistic approach to group and project formation, and to alliances or coalitions, among other issues of principle and strategy. Support the show
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Nov 14, 2021
Ep 151 VisionStrategy Talking with Alexandria Shaner and Bridget Meehan
Episode 151 of RevolutionZ discusses a new international project/organization from the Caribbean to Ireland and beyond. Support the show
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Nov 6, 2021
Rp 150 Ruminations 4 Bertrand Bob Guevara and Us
Episode 150 of RevolutionZ offers a very unusual review full of easter eggs and channeled words, lots of emotion, lots of desire.Support the show
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Oct 31, 2021
Ep 149 Talking with Matic Primc
Episode 149 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion of citizen's assemblies, cooperatives, and participatory budgeting in Slovenia, with general observations and lessons applicable in all communities. Support the show
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Oct 24, 2021
Ep 148 Ruminations 3 Catastrophism, Abolition, Leadership
Episode 148 of RevolutionZ is the third free flowing ruminations entry, this time touching on many topics including catastrophism, abolitionism, leadership, and membership.Support the show
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Oct 17, 2021
Ep 147 - VisionStrategy - Origins, History, Prospects
Episode 147 Of RevolutionZ offers up the final chapter of the new bookNo Bosses, available November 1. It discusses the history of the ideas, the existence of differences among advocates, the difficulty and prospects of the vision among other matters. Support the show
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Oct 10, 2021
Ep 146 Talking with David Rovics
Episode 146 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion of the music business, touring, etc., and also current left culture and prospects.Support the show
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Oct 3, 2021
Ep 145 - Vision/Strategy Talking with Jo Littler about Meritocracy
Episode 145 of the podcast RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion with the British sociologist Jo Littler of the birth, history, and implications of the approach to social organization called meritocracy. Support the show
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Sep 26, 2021
Ep 144 Vision/Strategy Talking with Padraig Connelly
A wide ranging discussion of teacher organizing, students, parents, and education with lessons bearing on organizing per se.Support the show
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Sep 19, 2021
Ep 143 Vision/Strategy Ruminations 2
Episode 143 of RevolutionZ is the second in the Seque3nce titled Ruminations in which we address movement effectiveness, publishing and writing, a little No Bosses, and a book recommendation dealing with CRISPR, etc..Support the show
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Sep 12, 2021
Ep 142 No Bosses Introduction
Episode 142 of RevolutionZ, after some preliminaries, presents the introduction of the new book, No Bosses, A New Economy for A Better World. Support the show
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Sep 5, 2021
Ep 141 Strategy - Talking with Jeremy Brecher
Episode 141 of RevolutionZ explores issues of generating and maintaining effective social movements with Jeremy Brecher.Support the show
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Aug 29, 2021
Ep 140 Strategy Ruminations 1
Episode 140--without a week off--is a bit of an experiment. It adopts a new approach to content and style, one I am not sure will be effective. It will be, if liked, the first of a new sequence called Ruminations. Let me know if you want to see a Ruminations 2...Support the show
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Aug 22, 2021
Ep 139 Strategy Talking Labor with Richard Goff
Episode 139 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion of labor organizing and labor views and desires with union organizer Richard Goff including Covid, Trump, labor demands, and class consciousness, etc. Support the show
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Aug 15, 2021
Ep 138 Strategy Navigating the Best and the Worst of Times
Episode 138 of the podcast RevolutionZ is a short rumination, if you will, on the fact that these are very bad days - and yet these are also days showing a lot of promise - and some thoughts on how to navigate successfully through such confused times. Support the show
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Aug 8, 2021
Ep 137 Talking Mideast with Stephen Shalom Part 2
In Episode 137 of RevolutionZ Stephen Shalom provides an in-depth overview of recent Israel/Palestine relations and prospects.Support the show
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Aug 1, 2021
Ep 136 Vision/Strategy When the Ship Comes In
A Testimonial at a World Social ForumSupport the show
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Jul 25, 2021
Ep 135 Talking Mideast with Stephen Shalom Part 1
Episode 135 of RevolutionZ presents the history and context of current Israel/Palestine relations and prospects. Support the show
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Jul 18, 2021
Ep 134 - Vision/Strategy - Possible Program
Episode 134 of RevolutionZ proposes radical program for many sides of modern life.Support the show
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Jul 11, 2021
Ep 133 - Vision - Chomsky on No Bosses and Some Q/A
Episode 133 of RevolutionZ presents Noam Chomsky foreword to the forthcoming book No Bosses: A New Economy for A Better World, plus some Questions and Answers from the books final chapter. Support the show
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Jul 4, 2021
E - 132 Venting Spleen - People and Strategy
Vince and Michael discuss social interactions North and South, Urban and Rural, in the movement and outside the movement, and what it all means for attaining a better world. Support the show
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Jun 27, 2021
Ep 131 - Vision.Strategy - No Bosses Foreword From Yanis Varoufakis
Episode 131 of RevolutionZ considers a foreword and some assessments of the forthcoming book No Bosses: A New Economy for a Better Society.Support the show
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Jun 20, 2021
Ep 130 Vision/Strategy - Abolition!?
Episode 130 discusses "demanding abolition" as an organizing focus for movement activism regarding various aspects of social life including prisons, courts, and policy.Support the show
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Jun 13, 2021
Ep 129 Talking Film and Art with Oliver Ressler
Episode 129 has as guest Oliver Ressler talking about the context and methods of political film and art.Support the show
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Jun 6, 2021
Ep 128 - Talking with Sean Michael Wilson
Episode 128 discusses the history, role, character, and processes of graphic novels and comics.Support the show
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May 30, 2021
Ep 127 -Venting Spleen 1 - Police and Us
Vincent Emanuele and Michael Albert host the first episode of a new sequence titled Venting Spleen, this time addressing guns, police, abolition, and us.Support the show
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May 23, 2021
Ep 126 - Vision-Strategy - Talking about DSA with Robert Johnson
A wide ranging discussion of organizing, mobilizing, and in particular DSA Chapter definition, creation, and work. Support the show
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May 16, 2021
Ep 125 - Vision Strategy - Taking with Martin Parker about Managerialism
A wide ranging discussion of business, business schools, and the mindset of managers. Support the show
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May 9, 2021
Ep 124 - Vision - Talking With Yanis Varousfakis 3
Episode 124 of RevolutionZ has as its guest Yanis Varoufakis, for his third visit. This time he discusses his views on features of a desirable post capitalist economy.
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May 2, 2021
Ep 123 - Vision/Strategy - Imagine Then Act
Episode 123 offers Ten Claims bearing on social struggle for social change.Support the show
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Apr 25, 2021
Ep 122 - Cancel Cancel Culture with Vince Emanuele
Episode 122 of RevolutionZ addresses the complicated and vexing issue of "cancel culture" as it manifests inside progressive and left projects and movements. It talks about what it is, what it seeks, and what its effects are on those rendering criticisms, on those criticized, and on those watching from without.Support the show
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Apr 18, 2021
Ep 121 - Vision/Strategy - Talking with Yanis Varoufakis 2
The second session of likely three with Yanis Varoufakis discusses questions of organization and priorities in electoral, governing, and organizing based on his personal experiences in Greece and Europe. Support the show
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Apr 11, 2021
Ep 120 - Vision/Strategy - 15 Theses on Liberation
Episode 120 of RevolutionZ is a kind of abbreviated summary of much that has gone before, boiled down to 15 theses bearing on the problem of liberating ourselves and society from the horrendous structures that currently oppress and delimit. Support the show
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Apr 4, 2021
Ep 119 - Vision/Strategy - Talking With Yanis Varoufakis
Episode 119 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion with Yanis Varoufakis ranging from lessons from Greece and Europe, to addressing obstacles to left success, to the motives and methods of his new novel titled Other Now.Support the show
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Mar 28, 2021
Ep 118 - Vision/Strategy - Talking About Writing With Justin Podur
Episode 118 of RevolutionZ talks about writing fiction, writing lessons, writing to write...and more.Support the show
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Mar 21, 2021
Ep 117 - Vision/Strategy - Replying to Anarchist Critics 3
Episode 117 of RevolutionZ concludes a three episode exploration of issues some anarchists have with participatory economics. Support the show
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Mar 14, 2021
Ep 116 - Vision/Strategy - Talking With Raj Patel About Food
Episode 116 is a wide ranging discussion of food relations and policies in history and currently in the world and what they tell us about capitalism.Support the show
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Mar 7, 2021
Ep 115 - Vision/Strategy - Replying to Anarchist Critics 2
Episode 115 of RevolutionZ continues what we started last episode by addressing additional criticisms of economic vision offered by various anarchists.Support the show
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Feb 28, 2021
Ep 114 - Vision/Strategy - Replying to Anarchist Critics 1
Episode 114 of RevolutionZ addresses a range of criticisms various Anarchists have raised with participatory vision, over the years. It is the first of three episodes that will address and expand upon anarchist concerns. Support the show
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Feb 22, 2021
Ep 113 - Vision - Talking With Jerry Fresia about Art and Economy
Episode 113 of RevolutionZ has a return visit from Artist Jerry Fresia for an extensive discussion of artistic activity--non instrumental and expressive work--in our current society and in a future better society. Support the show
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Feb 14, 2021
Ep 112 - Q/A - Talking with Jack Rasmus about Well Street and Us
Episode 112 of RevolutionZ has Jack Rasmus as guest explaining how the stock market operates and in particular the recent imbroglio over the short selling and price jacking of a company called GameStop, and the operations and effects of financial markets writ larger.Support the show
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Feb 7, 2021
Ep 111 - Strategy - Autonomy within Solidarity and Large Movements or Small Collectives
A discussion of two key issues for social change activist strategy. Preserving autonomy while fostering creativity, and, working with small collectives - we used to call them affinity groups decades ago - while assembling and acting with large movements. Support the show
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Jan 31, 2021
Ep 110 - Strategy - Democratic Centralism, Violence, and thinking about thinking about Strategy
Episode 110 of RevolutionZ addresses some aspects of social change - violence, organization - and more, to really discuss the logic of choosing among options - thinking about tactics and strategy. Support the show
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Jan 25, 2021
Ep 109 - Strategy - The Old Folks Home at the College
Being revolutionary then and now, young and old - and young. Recognize the title?Support the show
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Jan 17, 2021
Ep 108 - Strategy - Some Key Strategic Issues
Episode 108 discusses various factors that contribute to movements failing or succeeding, short and long term.Support the show
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Jan 11, 2021
Ep 107 - QA Vision/Strategy - Participatory Socialism Query and Reply
A Discussion of the origins and trajectory of the economic vision called participatory economy, including features and why it isn't more widely known and shared...Support the show
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Jan 3, 2021
Ep 106 - QA-Strategy - Answering Vincent
Vincent Emanuele queries Albert on personal experiences, strategy, vision...Support the show
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Dec 27, 2020
Ep 105 - Q.A-VisionStrategy - Reasoned Persistence, or Delusional Pigheadedness?
Episode 105 has questions provided by Andrej Grubacic and answers by Michael Albert, with a focus on a novel Michael wrote, and a screenplay, and thoughts about each...Support the show
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Dec 20, 2020
Ep 104 - Strategy - Can We Win? Or Will We Defeat Ourselves?
Episode 104 addresses a psychological tendency operative throughout society, but here addressed as it obstructs social progress not only outside the left, but also especially inside the left. Support the show
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Dec 13, 2020
Ep 103 - C20/Strategy - Voters Motives and Left Agendas
Episode 103 of RevolutionZ discusses the motives of voters in the 2020 Presidential election and the implications our view of such motives has for current organizing agendas.Support the show
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Dec 6, 2020
Ep 102 -C20/Strategy - What Next?
Episode 102 of RevolutionZ is adapted from a piece by Collective20. It addresses what to do following the U.S. election regarding program, constituencies, attitude, etc. Collective20, remember, is a group writing under the encompassing name. It includes among others Noam Chomsky, Media Benjamin, Cynthia Peters, and myself, and I was the initial author of the piece here presented. Support the show
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Nov 29, 2020
Ep 101 - Q/A - Talking About Chomsky
This is Episode 101 of the podcast titled RevolutionZ. It is a new entry in the Question and Answer stream of episodes and this time the questions and answers are about a person, our guest in episode 100, Noam Chomsky. The questions are ones I, Michael Albert, have been asked about Noam over the years, which I try to answer as best I can in an audio exchange of this sort. Support the show
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Nov 22, 2020
Ep 100 - Strategy - Where Are We At With Noam Chomsky
Episode 100 of RevolutionZ explores with Noam Chomsky his take on the election and on left priorities in light of the election.Support the show
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Nov 15, 2020
Ep 99 - Strategy: Left Culture and Movement Prospects
Episode 99 of RevolutionZ explores the character of left habits, beliefs, values - left culture - and their impact on left outreach and stability. Support the show
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Nov 8, 2020
Ep 98 - 10 Claims for Winning A New Economy
Episode 98 of the podcast RevolutionZ proposes 10 claims bearing on the task of winning a participatory socialist economy. Support the show
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Nov 1, 2020
Ep 97 - Strategy - Being Radical
What does it mean to "be radical"? What does it entail? Thoughts? And Actions?Support the show
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Oct 25, 2020
Ep 96 - Strategy - Organizing and Violence with Kathy Kelly
Episode 96 of RevolutionZ has for its guest Kathy Kelly. She answers questions about her organizing experiences, and about U.S. foreign policy effects and causes, and then we discuss issues of movement violence and non violence in our very troubled times.Support the show
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Oct 18, 2020
Ep - 95 - Strategy: Combatting Coup Possibilities with Jeremy Brecher
Episode 95 takes seriously the possibility of Trump trying to remain in office despite losing in 2020 and discusses efforts and means of combatting such a coup attempt. Support the show
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Oct 11, 2020
Ep 94 - Strategy - Political Film Making With Amirani
A wide ranging discussion of Amirani's film making and the broader issues of political film, Hollywood, and activist possibilities. Support the show
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Oct 4, 2020
Ep 93 - Vision/Strategy: Thinking About Socialism
Episode 93 of the podcast RevolutionZ discusses three different socialisms, their basis, their features, and the implications for our own future.Support the show
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Sep 28, 2020
EP 92 - Strategy: Dealing with Differences
Episode 92 of RevolutionZ, titled Dealing with Differences, does just that. It discusses some of the kinds of differences that arise among people engaged in activism and suggests some possible approaches to dealing with them. Support the show
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Sep 20, 2020
Ep 91 - VisionStrategy - A Rock and a Hard Place
Episode 91 of RevolutionZ addresses the issue of Reform and/or Revolution, using various examples to try to arrive at a useful way of addressing such issues. Support the show
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Sep 14, 2020
Ep 90 - C20/Vision.Strategy: Freedom, Responsibility, and Alienation
Episode 90 of RevolutionZ asks and tries to help answer what is freedom, what responsibilities accompany freedom, and what is alienation, and what does any of this imply for efforts to win a better world. Support the show
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Sep 7, 2020
Ep 89 - Vision/Strategy - A Class Between Labor and Capital
The PMC, the coordinator class, whatever we call it, what is the relevance of a class between Labor and Capita: What's the Substance and Why Does It MatterSupport the show
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Aug 30, 2020
EP 88 - C20/Strategy: Raise Social costs and an Eviction Crisis
Episode 88 of RevolutionZ discusses the logic of dissent and activism and the on-coming eviction crisis.Support the show
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Aug 23, 2020
Ep 87 - Strategy: Reform, Revolution, and Theory
Reform vs revolution; Revolution vs. reform, real question, false question, and what do our concepts have to do with it?Support the show
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Aug 16, 2020
Ep 86 - Strategy: Dump Trump then Combat Biden
Episode 86 of RevolutionZ explores the debate over 2020 presidential election strategy trying to present and address the opposed views and find a grounds for unity.Support the show
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Aug 9, 2020
Ep 85 - Vision/Strategy: Society and Mental Illness with Sandy Carter
Episode 85 of RevolutionZ is about how current society does handle and how it ought to handle mental illness - for that matter it is about what is and what isn't mental illness, as well. And, of course, about mental illness in a participatory society. Support the show
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Aug 2, 2020
Ep 84 - C20 - Vision/Strategy: Tomorrow's World Today
Episode 84 of RevolutionZ features Collective 20 addressing features of a desired new world and of methods of attaining it. Support the show
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Jul 26, 2020
Ep 83 - C20/Strategy: It's the Stupid Economy
Episode 83 of the Podcast RevolutionZ presents and looks at the recent essay from the new writer Collective20 (a a group of 24 writers working and publishing together). The essay considers the rush to reopen economies. Support the show
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Jul 22, 2020
Ep 82 - Strategy: What's a Writer To Do
Episode 82 of RevolutionZ take a look at what people write for whom, and discusses what might be effective approaches to writing and publishing - and by extension, reading - in these complicated times. Support the show
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Jul 12, 2020
Ep 81 - Q/A: Talking About Writing
Episode 81 of RevolutionZ is a Question and Answer session about writing articles, books, etc. Why do it, what to do, how to do, etc. Support the show
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Jul 5, 2020
Ep 80 - C20: Gearing Up Or Dying Down
Episode 80 of RevolutionZ examines a contribution of Collective 20 - making it the first entry in the C20 Sequence. The C20 article focuses on why movements often grow greatly but then, instead of continuing to grow, decline - and on what might be done to prevent such decline. Support the show
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Jun 28, 2020
Ep 79 - Vision/Strategy: Police, Crime, and Justice
Episode 79 of RevolutionZ seeks to provide ideas bearing on a judicial system for a good society, including regarding what is wrong now, and steps to take toward the better future. Support the show
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Jun 21, 2020
Ep 78 - Strategy: Talking with Medea Benjamin
Episode 78 discusses Medea Benjamin and Code Pink and its approaches to activism and organizing - and also the new project Collective 20 of which Medea is a member.Support the show
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Jun 14, 2020
Ep 77 - Q/A: Motives and Methods of Media Projects
Episode 77 answers a series of questions put by users about various media projects. Support the show
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Jun 7, 2020
Ep 76 - Strategy: Discussing the Progressive International with David Adler
In Episode 76 David Adler a central figure in the new Progressive International answers questions about how it was born, its logic, its components, and its hopes.Support the show
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May 31, 2020
Ep 75 - Strategy: Talking About Labor With Jeremy Brecher
Episode 75 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion of labor history and radicalism in our time and into the future.Support the show
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May 24, 2020
Ep 74 - Election: SDSers, DSAers, Greens, and 2020
Episode 74 continues the discussion begun with Howie Hawkins, but this time addressing diverse related election issues. Support the show
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May 17, 2020
Ep 73 - Strategy/Election: Election 2020 with Howie Hawkins
Episode 73 of RevolutionZ has as guest Howie Hawkins the likely Greeen Party Candidate for President in 2020. The discussions starts with general Green priorities but quickly gets into issues of the upcoming election with the host and guest defending very different views.Support the show
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May 10, 2020
Ep 72 - Strategy: Ireland and Activism with Bridget Meehan
Episode 72 explores issues of organizing and activism while also explaining much about the Irish experience. Support the show
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May 3, 2020
Ep 71 - Q/A: Corona, Election & Podcasting
Episode 71, the first in a new Sequence, offers Questions and Answers, this time the host, Michael Albert, answers some submitted questions about the virus crisis, some about the election, and a bunch about podcasting.Support the show
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Apr 26, 2020
Ep 70 - Vision: Athletics with Sandy Carter
A Discussion of what athletics might look like in a participatory future, including attention to competition itself. Support the show
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Apr 19, 2020
Ep 69 - Strategy: A Life of Activism with Leslie Cagan
Leslie Cagan discusses the many dimensions of activism using her experiences in a lifetime of planning and participating in events, demonstrations, etc.Support the show
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Apr 12, 2020
Ep 68 - Vision: Athletics
Episode 68 discusses sports and athletics in a participatory future society, features and implications. Support the show
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Apr 5, 2020
Ep 67 - Strategy: Corona Activism With Vincent Emanuelle
Episode 67 of the podcast RevolutionZ, Corona Activism with Vincent Emanuelle, is an extensive and original discussion of facets of organizing particularly in the time of social distancing, but bearing on all times, as well. Support the show
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Mar 29, 2020
Ep 66 - Vision/Strategy: Education with Peter Bohmer
Episode 66 further explores issues of education now and in a better participatory future.Our guest is Peter Bohmer.Support the show
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Mar 22, 2020
Ep 65 - Vision/Strategy: Journalism with Greg Wilpert
Episode 65 continues the discussion of Journalism for a better society by examining various case studies in the present. Support the show
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Mar 15, 2020
Ep 64 - Vision: Education
Episode 64 of RevolutionZ discuses what education might be like in a participatory socialist future - and what is it like now - contrasting the two. Support the show
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Mar 8, 2020
Ep 63 - Vision: Participatory Journalism
Episode 63 of RevolutionZ discusses journalism now and in a future participatory socialist society.Support the show
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Mar 1, 2020
Ep 62 - Vision: Participatory Health
For Episode 62 of RevolutionZ our focus is health and healthcare, both now, in capitalism, and more so, in a future participatory socialist society. Support the show
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Feb 26, 2020
Ep 61 - Election 5 With Norman Solomon
For Episode 61 of RevolutionZ our guest is Norman Solomon and out focus is Election 2020 and, more specifically the Sanders campaign - meaning and prospects.Support the show
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Feb 23, 2020
Ep 60 - Vision/Strategy: Talking with Chomsky 1
Episode 60 of RevolutionZ features Noam Chomsky discussing aims, methods, and election 2020 - Part 2 to follow...
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Feb 16, 2020
Ep 59 - Vision - Writing with Justin Podur
Episode 59 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion of writing and publishing with Justin Podur. Support the show
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Feb 12, 2020
Ep 58 - Election 4: Debate and Vituperation
Episode 58 of RevolutionZ is a critical discussion of leftist debate and confrontation, and debate and confrontation in general, stemming from the Open Letter to Greens discussions.Support the show
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Feb 9, 2020
Ep 57 - Vision: Visual Art With Jerry Fresia
Episode 57 of RevolutionZ continues our discussions of the arts in a future society. Our guest is the visual artist Jerry Fresia.Support the show
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Feb 2, 2020
Ep 56 - Vision: Science and Technology
Episode 56 of the podcast RevolutionZ explores the practices and products of Science and Technology in capitalism and in participatory socialism.Support the show
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Jan 26, 2020
Ep 55 - Vision: Music and art with Sandy Carter
Episode 55 of RevolutionZ takes off from the prior onion Vision for Art, to discuss the issues with Sandy Carter, emphasizing experiences in the music industry.Support the show
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Jan 18, 2020
Ep 54 - Vision: Music, Art, Film...
Episode 54 of RevolutionZ addresses artistic work - painting, film, music, writing - as it might be in a desirable society - a participatory socialist society. Support the show
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Jan 12, 2020
Ep 53 - Strategy 11 - Organizing with Vincent Emanuele
In Episode 53 of RevolutionZ, Vincent Emanuele is guest to provide a close look at the dynamics of creating alternative institutions and organizing lasting commitmentsSupport the show
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Jan 5, 2020
Ep 52 - Election 3: Dear Howie Hawkins, Green Sense and Nonsense
An Open Letter To Howie Hawkins a Green Party Candidate for President in 2020, critically discussing Green Party Campaigning Policy for 2020Support the show
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Dec 29, 2019
EP 51 - Vision/Strategy: Ecology with Brian Tokar
Ep 51 of RevolutionZ further explores issues of ecological vision and takes up issues of ecological strategy, both with Brian Tokar.Support the show
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Dec 26, 2019
Bonus Session: A Listener Review of RevolutionZ
James Wilson, a regular listener of the Podcast RevolutionZ, sent in a review of it he wrote. It is a full length essay - and I thought I would offer it up as a bonus session. I am curious if folks agree with his assessment, or ....Support the show
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Dec 22, 2019
Ep 50 - Vision: Internationalism with Peter Bohmer
For Episode 50 of RevolutionZ our guest is Peter Bohmer and our topic is internationalism as a better way for the world...Support the show
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Dec 15, 2019
Ep 49 - Vision - Ecology or Extinction
Episode 49 of RevolutionZ takes up the issue of ecological sustainability - survival - in the context of vision for a new society. How might a desirable society best address ecology? Support the show
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Dec 8, 2019
Ep 48- Strategy 10: Transition to Participatory Socialism with Greg Wilpert
In Episode 48 of RevolutionZ, Greg Wilpert brings to bear his extensive knowledge of Latin American and East European anti capitalists experiments to discern lessons for seeking a better future. Support the show
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Dec 5, 2019
Brief RevolutionZ Update
A brief update on RevolutionZ's past and future...Support the show
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Dec 3, 2019
Ep 47 - NAR 12: This is the End
Episode 47 of RevolutionZ is the conclusion of The Next American Revolution sequence. Support the show
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Dec 1, 2019
EP 46 - Vision: International Relations
Episode 46 of RevolutionZ addresses international relations - how should counties engage and what institutions currently prevent doing so - and what new institutions in the future would facilitate doing so? Answers discuss capitalism and participatory socialism, contrasting their effects. Support the show
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Nov 28, 2019
EP 45 NAR 11 - Education Vision and Struggle and Running for President
Episode 45 of RevolutionZ continues the effort to convey the dialogue and visuals proposed for a movie titled Next American Revolution. This segment, the next to last, addresses education struggles and vision, and the issues involved in deciding to run for President. Support the show
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Nov 26, 2019
EP 44 NAR 10- Community and Economic Vision - 11/22/19, 11.29 AM
Episode 44 of RevolutionZ offers the tenth session presenting the screenplay and hoped to be movie title Next American Revolution. The dialogue and visuals this time address community and economic vision.Support the show
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Nov 24, 2019
Ep 43 - Vision/Strategy 9: Participatory Community 3 with Bill Fletcher
Episode 43 continues exploration of race/community vision with Bill Fletcher discussing aims and means, movements lessons and experiences.Support the show
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Nov 21, 2019
Ep 42 - NAR 9 - Political and Gender vision and more
Episode 42 of RevolutionZ is the ninth focused on verbally conveying proposed dialogue and visuals of the hoped for movie, Next American Revolution. The focus is political and gender vision, and more. Support the show
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Nov 19, 2019
Ep 41 - NAR 8: Race, organizing, and revolutionary blocs
The 41st episode of RevolutionZ is the eighth installment of the proposed movie Next American Revolution. It deals with RPS organizing, race and anti racism, the movement organizational form called blocs, and more. Support the show
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Nov 17, 2019
Ep 40 - Vision- Community / Culture 2 with Justin Podur
For Episode 40 of RevolutionZ, our guest Justin Podur explores diverse sometimes controversial issues of community/race vision and strategy.Support the show
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Nov 14, 2019
Ep 39 - NAR7: Some RPS Basics, Economics, and Prison
Episode 39, the 7th presenting the screenplay Next American Revolution, discusses some RPS features, some class issues and conflicts, and prison organizing.Support the show
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Nov 12, 2019
Ep 38 - NAR 6: Hollywood Activism
The 38th episode of RevolutionZ is the sixth to present a part of the hoped for movie, Next American Revolution. In this segment we learn of various Hollywood organizing, among other events. Support the show
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Nov 10, 2019
Ep 37 - Vision- Community and Culture 1
A discussion of Community and Culture vision for a participatory socialist society.Support the show
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Nov 10, 2019
How Goes It: A RevolutionZ / NAR News Update
An update on the status and coming features of RevolutionZ and of the screenplay Next American Revolution including the first exchange with Hollywood about the latter....Support the show
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Nov 7, 2019
Ep 36 - NAR 5: Class, Economics, Health, and RPS
This is episode 36 of RevolutionZ - but the fifth presenting the screenplay Next American Revolution in audio format. If considers some economic and health struggles with special emphasis on class issues and the formation of RPS.Support the show
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Nov 5, 2019
Ep 35 - NAR 4: Housing, Health Care, and RPS
Episode 35 of RevolutionZ continues the attempt to present the hoped for movie - Next American Revolution - verbally, capturing the dialog and describing the visuals. The focus is on some elements of RPS politics and organizing. Support the show
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Nov 3, 2019
Ep 34 - Vision: Parpolity 3 with Stephen Shalom
Stephen Shalom returns to discuss political vision further, including issues of electoral politics.Support the show
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Oct 31, 2019
Ep 33 - NAR 3- Immigration, police, housing, and more....
The 33rd episode of RevolutionZ is the third episode devoted to verbally conveying the audio and visual content of the proposed movie, The Next American Revolution. Support the show
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Oct 29, 2019
Ep 32 - NAR 2- Some Early Struggle and Organizing
Episode 32 is the third verbally presenting the hoped for movie, Next American Revolution. Itdescribes some early organizing, including at Amazonia and an oil refinery in Olympia.Support the show
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Oct 27, 2019
Ep 31 - Vision: Participatory Kinship 2 with Cynthia Peters
This episode further explores issues of gender and sexuality in a new society. The guest is Cynthia Peters, long time grass roots activist and author of kinship vision.Support the show
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Oct 24, 2019
Ep 30 - NAR 1: A Glance Ahead and Some Early Days
The first episode of likely twelve that will in sum verbally detail, scene by scene, a movie I hope to see made, titled Next American Revolution. Support the show
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Oct 22, 2019
Ep 29 - NAR 0 Introduction
A short episode introduction the idea and some background of a new sequence of episodes. NAR stands for Next American Revolution. The 0 indicates this is just setting the scene. The sequence will present verbally, as best I can, the Screenplay Next American Revolution, or, actually, the film I hope to see emerge from it. It is a bit of an experiment...Support the show
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Oct 20, 2019
Ep 28 - Strategy 8: Power priorities and Government
Ep 28 of RevolutionZ discusses activist issues of power, influence, and relating to government.Support the show
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Oct 13, 2019
Ep 27 - Vision: Participatory Kinship
Episode 27 of RevolutionZ discusses what new kinship relations - family, nurturance, sexuality, etc. - might look like in a new participatory society. What institutional changes can achieve feminist goals?Support the show
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Oct 6, 2019
Ep 26 - Strategy 7: Conspiracy Theory or Not
Episode 26 considers Conspiracy Theorizing and its implications when it is applicable, and when it is not applicable.Support the show
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Sep 29, 2019
Ep 25 - Vision/Guest 1: Participatory Polity 2 with Stephen Shalom
Stephen Shalom discusses institutional vision for the legislative and judicial functions of the polity which he calls participatory polity, or parpolity, for short. Support the show
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Sep 22, 2019
Ep 24 - Vision: Participatory Polity 1
RevolutionZ Episode 24 takes up the issue of polity or government - how might a participatory society deal with issues of legislation, implementation, and adjudication consistently with desired values including self management and justice?Support the show
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Sep 16, 2019
Ep 23 - Election 2: To Participate or Not To Participate
This episode discusses the 2020 election and the third Democratic Party candidates debate. It agrees with and enlarges upon familiar left criticisms of U.S. presidential elections, yet simultaneously argues the importance and potentials of this coming election.Support the show
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Sep 8, 2019
Ep 22 - Vision/Strategy 6: Dear DSA
This episode is an open letter to the Democratic Socialists of America urging collective attention to some basic areas of concern regarding what socialism is and how to attain it.Support the show
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Sep 1, 2019
Ep 21 - What Now 1: Seize the Time
Discusses what comes next for RevolutionZ, and, at greater length, what might come next for people who have heard the 21 Episodes, or at least some. What Now regarding the visionary features discussed in the episodes. Support the show
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Aug 25, 2019
Ep 20 - Strategy 5: Some basic strategic implications
What does favoring participatory socialism imply about strategy in the large...organizing, organization, etc. Support the show
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Aug 18, 2019
Episode 19 - Vision: Evaluating Participatory Socialism
How does Participatory Socialism or Participatory Economics fare against the ethical values and economic standards by which we earlier rejected capitalism and market and centrally planned "socialism." Does it deliver equity, diversity, solidarity, self management, sustainability, and classlessness, and even if so, does it have offsetting flaws?Support the show
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Aug 11, 2019
Ep 18 - Vision: Disputing Participatory Socialism 3
Decades back Noam Chomsky did an extensive interview on his view of a good society. Episode 18 of RevolutionZ presents and responds to Chomsky's views, some of which are consistent with Participatory Socialism, as presented in past episodes, some of which are contrary. Support the show
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Aug 3, 2019
EP 17 - Vision: Disputing Participatory Socialism 2
Via an interview of Michael Albert years back, Barbara Ehrenreich provides thoughtful criticisms of Participatory Socialism that Albert responds too. The main focus is allocation and in particular issues of partial use of markets, time, and also gender, plus a little history.Support the show
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Aug 1, 2019
Ep 16 - Election 1: Overview Entering Election Season
The first episode in what will be a series devoted to the 2020 American Presidential election is the 16th episode of the podcast RevolutionZ. An overview of the logic of electoral activity for the left, some issues held over from 2016, and some feelings and advisories about 2020.Support the show
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Jul 28, 2019
Ep 15 - Vision: Disputing Participatory Socialism 1
Here we address various criticisms of the economic vision developed thus far in the podcast RevolutionZ. It is a longer episode, a somewhat deeper going episode, and a somewhat denser episode, than others so far. And yet, it is only the first of two on the topic. Participatory Socialism has its detractors...who need to be seriously addressed.Support the show
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Jul 21, 2019
Ep 14 - Vision: Participatory Planning
Ep 14 of the Podcast RevolutionZ is titled Participatory Planning. It describes a proposed alternative to markets and central planning for economic allocation. It claims this approach depends on and benefits the equitable remuneration, self managing councils, and balanced job complexes proposed in prior episodes, while getting the allocation job done and facilitating classlessness.Support the show
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Jul 17, 2019
Ep 13 - Strategy 4: Reforms, Reformism, and Seeds of the Future
When activists consider how to win social change the issue of reforms always arises and is often quite contentious. Likewise for reformism. And sometimes there is discussion of the idea of planting the seeds of the future in the present. This episode of RevolutionZ talks about all three, hoping to arrive at some useful observations. Support the show
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Jul 14, 2019
Ep 12 - Vision: Central Planning, Markets, Or What?
Can a good economy have central planning, markets, or any combination of the two, and also have self management, solidarity, equity, classlessness. We find that the answer is no. We must find a different approach for allocation. Support the show
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Jul 11, 2019
Update 2: RevolutionZ So Far
A brief account of the experience of Starting and Conducting RevolutionZ so far...Support the show
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Jul 9, 2019
Ep 11 - Vision_Strategy 3: Class Rule or Classlessness
Having last episode introduced the idea of a coordinator class between labor and capital, this episode takes up the implications this has for how workers view coordinators and vice versa. It talks more about the new class's agendas, and how movements can serve working people instead of provoking class rule by coordinators. Along the way it talks, as well, about Trump's working class support and about past "socialist" experiences and their coordinator facets.Support the show
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Jul 3, 2019
Ep 10 - Strategy 2: The Size of Movements
How many people, with what level of awareness and commitment do movements need to win? What obstacles are there to reaching out? More, once people are near or in movements, why do they often tend to leave? Episode 10 of RevolutionZ addresses these and other related matters.Support the show
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Jun 30, 2019
Ep 9 - Vision: Disputing Balanced Jobs
Episode 8 advocated balancing jobs so their empowerment effects on workers would be equalized instead of 20% monopolizing the empowering tasks and 80% being relegated disempowering tasks - with the former group/class then dominating the latter. This Episode addresses criticisms of balancing jobs.Support the show
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Jun 24, 2019
A Brief Introduction to RevolutionZ
A brief introduction to the podcast *RevolutionZ* from the host, Michael Albert. I report my opening mindset, hopes, and tentativeness with the technology. I describe my intended content, proposed episode structure, and current plans for starting, proceeding, and steadily improving and growing, from one episode a week to two and then three, - from my lone presentation episodes, to episodes with guests, to episodes answering questions posed by users - and from just audio, to audio and video.
Just starting on this new project, I seek advice and help, as well.
To offer advice email michael.albert@zmag.org
To provide help, please visit my *Patreon Page.*Support the show
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Jun 23, 2019
Ep 8 Vision: Who Does What
Our eighth episode discusses what quality of work different folks now do, and should do - what tasks now compose and should compose jobs, and what the division of labor is now and should be, if we are to have justice, equity, self-management, and even classlessness.Support the show
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Jun 16, 2019
Ep 7 - Vision: Who Decides What
Our seventh episode discusses who should have how much say in decisions, and means by which they can. It is therefore all about the logic and (some) mechanisms of self management, particularly in workplaces.
If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions for *RevolutionZ*, please email Sysop@zmag.org
To support *RevolutionZ*, please visit our *Patreon Page*.Support the show
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Jun 16, 2019
Ep 6 - Strategy 1: Why Strategy?
This Episode starts a new sequence, emphasizing strategy. This first entry in the Strategy sequence talks about why strategy is essential and considers some very basic insights about its components and use.
If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions for *RevolutionZ*, please email Sysop@zmag.org
To support *RevolutionZ*, please visit our *Patreon Page*.Support the show
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Jun 9, 2019
Ep 5 - Vision: The Property Problem
Jeff Bezos owns Amazon. You own your shoes and shirt. Each is private property. We are told they are alike, except Bezos helps more people. So what is the property problem, and what is it’s solution for a good economy. Episode 5 proposes answers.
If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions for *RevolutionZ*, please email Sysop@zmag.org
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Jun 9, 2019
Update - RevolutionZ So Far, and Soon
This is a brief recounting of the experience to date, and of where it will hopefully soon be going. It is also a bit of an experiment. Other Episodes to far have been scripted. This update is not. Let me know, if you have time, if you have a preference....
If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions for *RevolutionZ*, please email Sysop@zmag.org
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Jun 3, 2019
Ep 4 - Vision: Defending Equity
In this episode I discuss major criticisms of the equity approach to providing income. A case is made that if the rest of a future economy can operate compatibly, giving income only for duration, intensity, and onerousness of socially valued work is an approach consistent with our values.
If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions for *RevolutionZ*, please email Sysop@zmag.org
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May 22, 2019
Ep 3 - Vision: Meritocracy and Income
This third Episode of *RevolutionZ* takes up the question - what should people earn for their labors. How does it work now? How should it work in a good economy.
If someone asks: “I get that you want a higher minimum wage, I get that you support people striking for better pay, but what do you think really ought to happen regarding people's earnings,” can we answer?
This episode tries to do so.
If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions for *RevolutionZ*, please email michael.albert@zmag.org
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May 20, 2019
Ep 2- Vision: Ethics Matters
Episode 2 of *RevolutionZ* discusses values and their application to judging and envisioning societies. It argues the merits of settling on five values useful for motivating and guiding new vision: Equity, Self Management, Solidarity, Diversity, and Sustainability. It explores each value, and applies them to assessing current society. Doing so indicates the need for a new society and for new vision and strategy on the road to that new society.
This being only our second episode, I am still learning how to talk into a lonely microphone without seeing any audience, learning how to edit the recording, and learning even how to write these notes. If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions, please send to michael.albert@zmag.org
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May 19, 2019
Ep 1 - Why Vision / Why Strategy
This first episode of *RevolutionZ* discusses the widely unacknowledged but nonetheless universally pressing need for activist, long-term, shared vision and strategy to provide hope, to orient and inform current actions, and to ensure that we wind up where we wish to arrive and not elsewhere.
This first episode therefore explains why *RevolutionZ* emphasizes vision and strategy. It motivates episodes to come and, truth be told, it also begins my journey of moving from no experience with podcasting toward becoming steadily more adept at providing quality delivery and content.
If you have reactions, questions, or especially advice and suggestions for that journey, please send to michael.albert@zmag.org
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