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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ep 209 Talking Media with Tamara Pearson
Episode 209 of RevolutionZ addresses issues of media and politics in the global South. Support the show
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...
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
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
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
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
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