Real Utopia: Participatory Society for the 21st Century

TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12
Introduction:
WHAT IS REAL UTOPIA?
by Chris Spannos......Page 14
PART I:
Defining Spheres of a Participatory Society......Page 24
1.
PARECON TODAY
Chris Spannos interviews Michael Albert......Page 25
2.
PARPOLITY: A POLITICAL SYSTEM FOR A GOOD SOCIETY by Stephen R. Shalom......Page 36
3. THE ART (AND SERENDIPITY) OF KINSHIP: IDEAS ABOUT FAMILY, SEXUALITY, AND CAREGIVING IN A BETTER WORLD by Cynthia Peters......Page 43
4. POLYCULTURALISM AND THE GOOD SOCIETY by Justin Podur......Page 60
5. PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Chris Spannos interviews Robin Hahnel......Page 67
PART II: Revolutionizing Everyday Life......Page 86
6.
A CALL TO ARTISTS: SUPPORT PARECON
by Jerry Fresia......Page 87
7.
FROM SELF-MANAGED MOVEMENTS TO
SELF-MANAGED CITY
by Tom Wetzel......Page 94
8.
TECHNOLOGY OF THE NEW SOCIETY by Nikos Raptis......Page 99
9.
PARTICIPATORY PLANNING IN
LIFE AFTER CAPITALISM
Barbara Ehrenreich interviews Michael Albert......Page 106
10.
EDUCATION FOR A PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY
Chris Spannos interviews Noam Chomsky......Page 117
PART III: Assessing Parecon Internationally......Page 122
11.
AFRICA: LIFE AFTER COLONIALISM
by Mandisi Majavu......Page 123
12.
LOCAL PLANNING: THE KERALA EXPERIMENT
Richard W. Franke......Page 141
13.
PARTICIPATORY BALKANS
Exchanges between Andrej Grubacic and Michael Albert......Page 147
14.
THE ORGANIZATION OF SAC AND ITS COMPANIES
by Anders Sandstrom......Page 156
15.
PROJECT FOR A PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY - UNITED
KINGDOM
Mark Evans interviewed by U.K. Watch......Page 162
16.
FASINPAT (FACTORY WITHOUT A BOSS):
AN ARGENTINE EXPERIENCE IN SELF-MANAGEMENT
by Marie Trigona......Page 166
17.
VENEZUELA'S PATH
by Michael Albert......Page 180
PART IV: Looking Backward, Looking Forward: History's Lessons for the Future......Page 192
18.
WORKERS' POWER AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
by Tom Wetzel......Page 193
19.
THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS, THROUGH
A PARTICIPATORY LENS
by Dave Markland......Page 205
20.
WINNOWING WHEAT FROM CHAFF:
SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTARIAN
SOCIALISM IN THE 20th CENTURY
Robin Hahnel......Page 215
PART V: Theory and Practice: Institutions and Movement Building......Page 274
21.
THE MAKING OF SOUTH END PRESS AND Z by Lydia Sargent......Page 275
22.
PARECON AND WORKERS' SELF-MANAGEMENT:
REFLECTIONS ON WINNIPEG'S MONDRAGON
BOOKSTORE & COFFEE HOUSE COLLECTIVE
BY Paul Burrows......Page 286
23.
THE NEWSTANDARD:
A PARECON WORKPLACE IS POSSIBLE
BY Jessica Azulay......Page 317
24.
VANCOUVER PARECON COLLECTIVE:
FOUR YEARS OF ORGANIZING
BY Marla Renn......Page 324
25. CAPES: THE CHICAGO AREA PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS SOCIETY
by Matt McBride, Lloyd Philbrook, and Mitchell Szczepanczyk......Page 334
26. DOING VISION: THE AUSTIN PROJECT FOR A PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY BY Marcus Denton......Page 341
PART VI: Moving Toward a Participatory Society......Page 348
27.
PRAXIS MAKES PERFECT:
THE NEW YOUTH ORGANIZING
by Madeline Gardner and Joshua Kahn Russell......Page 349
28. AUTONOMOUS POLITICS AND ITS PROBLEMS: THINKING THE PASSAGE FROM SOCIAL TO POLITICAL by Ezequiel Adamovsky......Page 357
29.
U.S. SOCIAL FORUM:
VISION AND STRATEGY PROPOSAL
by Z Staff and Marcus Denton......Page 374
30. WHICH WAY FOR THE NEW LEFT?: SOCIAL THEORY, VISION, AND STRATEGY FOR A REVOLUTIONARY YOUTH AND STUDENT MOVEMENT by Pat Korte and Brian Kelly......Page 375
31.
DID YOU JUST SAY CLASS?
by John J. Cronan Jr.......Page 384
32. FROM HERE TO PARECON: THOUGHTS ON STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC REVOLUTION by Brian Dominick......Page 391
33. BUILDING A PARECONISH MOVEMENT by Michael Albert......Page 407
CONTRIBUTOR BIOS......Page 417
INDEX......Page 420