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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
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
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
Episode 217 is a wide ranging discussion of left culture, outreach, and strategy with Alexandria Shaner. Support the show
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
Episode 215 of RevolutionZ discusses the role and components o social theories and how to assess their value. Support the show
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
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
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
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
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
Episode 209 of RevolutionZ addresses issues of media and politics in the global South. Support the show
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...
Episode 207 of RevolutionZ is a revealing discussion of the dynamics of electoral campaigns and office with Eva Putzova. Support the show
