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Ep 301 NAR 16 is the last episode in the Next American Revolution sequence. In it Senator and then President Malcolm King, Governor and then Vice President Celia Curie, Lydia Luxemburg, and Bert Dellinger discuss the beneits and debits of electoral participation and the purpose and featrues of RPS's 2048 campaigns and their major victory in 2048 ushering in the birth of RPS transition. This one time, below is what the AI associated with the platform I upload podcast episodes to, Buzzsprout, offered as its summary of the episode, spit forth upon its listening to the material. I employ it so you can see the kinds of writing AIs now generate.So here it is:"Unlock the secrets to navigating the complex world of electoral politics with our final chapter in the Next American Revolution sequence, "2048 and Beyond." Have you ever wondered whether running for political office can truly bring about transformative change, or does it come at the cost of compromising core values? Join us as we explore the real-life experiences of Malcolm King and the multifaceted challenges he faced, from the pressures of fundraising to the struggle of staying connected to grassroots movements. This episode offers a candid look at the intricate dance between visibility, change, and the risk of self-aggrandizement.Dive into the strategic depths of electoral work with compelling historical and personal anecdotes. Hear untold stories from the early days of Hugo Chavez's presidency to Celia Curie's courageous run for Governor of California. Their journeys highlight the moral tightrope walked by leaders striving to remain true to their principles amidst the temptations of political victories. Lydia's insights as the RPS shadow government president further illuminate how institutional structures can either hinder or help the path to meaningful progress. Discover the critical importance of leveraging popular support while navigating the institutional landscape to achieve far-reaching policy changes.As we examine the nuanced relationship between radical movements and existing institutions, Miguel and Bert provide invaluable perspectives on working within flawed systems without losing sight of transformative goals. Revisit the pivotal moments that led to RPS considering a presidential run, culminating in President Malcolm King's transformative UN speech in 2049. Reflect on the broader struggle between revolutionary change and entrenched power through the lens of Malcolm's fierce debate and his vision for an equitable society. This episode promises to leave you with a deeper understanding of the intricate balance between electoral ambitions and grassroots activism."Support the show
Ep 299 of RevolutionZ, the fourteenth in the Next American Revolution sequence has Andre Goldman, Reverend Stephen Du Bois, Bert Dillinger, and Lydia Luxembourg discuss RPS economic, ecological, and internationalist vision as well as internal and external criticisms of the emerging views and means of resolving such differences. They make a case for fundamental changes, discuss how the views of what to seek arose, how they were presented and received, and their importance for practical endeavors. The question hanging over it all is do their future lessons bear on our current realities?Support the Show.
Episode 287 of RevolutionZ has various interviewees describe to Miguel Guevara their debates and ensuing resolutions that arrived at RPS shared vision evan as they also steadfastly rejected sectarianism and rigid dogma. From Feyerabend's anything goes, to Chomsky's values are essential and enough, to RPS's we also need core institutional goals, to developing the latter for polity, kinship, and community, in this episode Guevara interrogates more of the Next American Revolution's experiences and lessons. Hear what these future revolutionaries thought and felt, what they did and what they chose to not do. Decide is their story plausible or fanciful? Could we follow our own version of their path into a better future? What would you change or retain? Is this fiction to make real? Reality to refine? Or what? Maybe my brief interjections while presenting it will help or irritate. Three more NAR episodes to come. Support the Show.
EP 296 of RevolutionZ and episode twelve of the Oral History of the Next American Revolution sequence reports on RPS's Second Convention's ups and downs and the origin and implementation of a shadow government. Interviewees report how the national convention and subsequent shadow government were planned, assembled, and carried out. The interviewees take you fromorganizing's ethical dilemmas to the psychological and social impacts of activist choices, to the dynamics of new institution startup efforts within a corrupt, oppressive, society. Listen (and/or you can read on ZNet as well if you like) and then you can judge for yourself: Do Miguel's questions, Patti's, Malcom's, Lydia's, Bill's, and Barbara's answers, and even my interjections provide insights and inspiration applicable in our time, in our world? That is certainly their and my aim.Support the Show.
Ep 291 of RevolutionZ discusses RPS organizing in the areas of film and sport. Celia Curie and Peter Cabral respond to Miguel Guevara as they move their focuses from rape to revolution with an oscar and governorship in between and from baseball to, again, revolution, with diverse organizing projects in between. How does support by participants in these fields develop? What resistance to becoming active arise? How are they addressed and overcome? What changes in people and in relations emerge? This episode delves into the dynamics of these two areas of life and their transformation during the development of the movements of the next American revolution. The means is personal stories of work in the areas, organizing the areas, and conflicts in the areas...all presented to further advance Guevara's Oral History of The Next American Revolution.... Support the Show.
Episode 287 of RevolutionZ is the fourth presenting An Oral History of the Next American Revolution. How did informed hope plus strategic activism merge into a new organization, Revolutionary Participatory Society, and inform its first convention? Here is what an AI spit out as its proposed summary of this episode: "Join us on this compelling episode of Revolution Z, where we dissect the elements necessary for sustainable activism through the lenses of pivotal characters like Andre Goldman, Bill Hampton, Senator Malcolm King, and Cynthia Parks. By reflecting on the fleeting revolutionary fervor of Paris 1968 and comparing it to the modern efforts for a Revolutionary Participatory Society (RPS), we uncover how informed hope can propel revolutionary progress. Through historical context and personal stories, we explore how these elements are interwoven with fostering enduring social movements.Hear Bill Hampton recount an unforgettable encounter at a sanctuary for immigrants in San Antonio, Texas, which forever altered his path towards radical activism. What does it take to stand in solidarity in the face of brutality? As Bill shares his experience of linking arms with a congregation against violent police attempts to deport immigrant families, we delve into the deeper implications of compassion and unity in activism. We also spotlight the strategic importance of welcoming marginalized communities into public spaces and reallocating resources from militarization to social welfare, underscoring the power of grassroots organizing and mutual aid.Lastly, embrace the transformative journeys of activists like Cynthia and Miguel, who reveal the psychological and internal barriers that often hinder social change. Through candid dialogues and reflections, we explore the resilience required to overcome personal doubts and fears of failure. From the first RPS convention to the creation of multi-issue organizations, this episode captures the essence of building collective resistance and solidarity. Tune in to discover how profound societal transformation begins with a unified vision and the courage to confront both external and inner adversities." The AI is actually an in-built part of the platform I use to post and distribute RevolutionZ episodes. When I upload a file, like the one for this episode, the AI whirrs a bit and then proposes five possible titles, a description such as this one, a transcript, and I think some other stuff too. Others celebrate this kind of instant "assistance." It makes me a bit ill. So I think soon I will do another episode about AI, to add to those I did some time back, but still think relevant. At any rate, I hope you will give this episode and this whole NAR sequence a chance. It is pure vision and strategy, albeit I hope at least somewhat engagingly and emotively "packaged," and as such, I would think, indeed I would hope, it would warrant critique or support, extension or correction, whichever suits you, but not nothing. I even tried a bit of clickbait in the title, not untrue, and not, say: "Blood flowed, Tears Spilt, Baggage Jettisoned, Next American Revolution Taxis for Take-Off. " but nonetheless a bit more punchy than usual.Support the Show.
Episode 285 of RevolutionZ, the third in the Next American Revolution sequence, has future revolutionaries Senator Malcolm King and Andre Goldman discuss with Miguel Guevara their experience of their world's 2016 electoral campaign and followup. They address Sanders' incredible impact, Clinton's and the Democrat's machinations, the moral, personal, and practical dilemmas of strategic voting, the multifaceted appeal and impact of Trump, the complexities of third-party politics, and more. They reveal some of the precursor thoughts that helped lead to the emergence, growth, and success of Revolutionary Participatory Society or RPS. RevolutionZ host, Michael Albert, channels the interviews by Guevara for your listening and also interjects, as well, some comments, criticisms, and clarifications along the way.Support the Show.
Episode 284 of RevolutionZ presents chapter two (of fourteen) of An Oral History of the Next American Revolution. It relates personal precursors of revolutionary participatory society through the life experiences of interviewees Alexandra Voline, Andre Goldman, and Senator Malcolm King who discuss with their interviewer, Miguel Guevara, all from their own world their personal trajectories into activism including the first major march, the early gun and militarism boycotts, overcoming early resistance and doubt, achieving early momentum, and much much more on the road to forming and working toward Revolutionary Participatory Society in the U.S. And yes, that is a whole lot which is why this episode is by far the longest so far at four minutes under two hours. (See the long list of topics below -- to get them, I skimmed the earlier article on ZNet, excerpt two of the serialization and grabbed here and there. It could have gone on and on...lives are big things and so is revolution....)Support the Show.
Episode 283 of RevolutionZ, An Oral History of A Next American Revolution is the first epsode of what hopes to be a Sequence of 14 episodes based on excerpts from a book in progress in which Miguel Guevara interviews 18 revolutionaries from from a future parallel earth that is shifted 28 years forward from our own earth. The text excerpts will be published earlier in each week that each audio episode appears. The audio RevolutionZ episodes include the text material plus spontaneous reactions to it including questions, criticisms, elaborations, and clarifications that I deliver on my first hearing the material. This week has a foreword to the book by your RevolutionZ host, an introduction by Miguel Guevara the book's co-author, plus the book's first chapter which features a look forward to just after inauguration day 2048, plus many host interjections. What is the point of such a strange and risky project? To provide for discussion, evaluation, and refinement a realistic account of a possible next American Revolution's aims, methods, .and lessons as discerned by a set of its very prominent and effective participants. Support the Show.
We will celebrated May Day with a service devoted to April's subject for “Lives of the Spirit,” the spiritual activist Grace Lee Boggs. A seminal figure in the urban agriculture movement, a lifelong community organizer, and a philosopher, she believed that social transformation did not come from one big revolution. Instead, it would arrive through many small ones. How might her revolutionary thought inform our own practice?
This episode finds David co-hosting with producer, Elisabeth (who is also actively auditioning for the role of third Imagine This Podcast host). They begin by reflecting on pivotal arts teachers and the impact they had in their lives, their favorite Thornton Wilder plays, and the concept of not having a backup plan in life, lest we end up following the path of least resistance or finding a moment to “exit stage left”. Beginning around 12:00, Sarah reflects on a pivotal art experience at Turner Hall Ballroom in high school and the “art hangover”—and sense of possibility it instilled in her. The group discuss how artists coalesce human experiences as the “antenna” of society. Throughout her artistic journey, Sarah learned to shift her practice out of the confines of the traditional art world, and to create without preconceived notions of how her artwork and creative process will manifest. Sarah is wary of archival artworks, believing that things like paintings that last forever are “not where joy lives,” but rather, joy comes from the spark of communal discovery. Sarah draws a comparison between public art-making and teaching, both of which she sees as avenues of conducting conversations. Throughout the conversation, Sarah shares philosophical insights about artmaking. Instead of creating art as an experience for herself, Sarah wishes to instill in viewers, students, and neighbors experiences of connection, learning, and reflection and empower them to embrace their role in culture-building. She values how the practices of being a good neighbor and being an artist run parallel-- both of which she draws upon in her work at the Newline Community Café. Follow https://www.sarahgailluther.com/ (Sarah Gail Luther): At https://www.newline.cafe/ (Newline Café) and https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/dog-days (get your dog drawn at Dog) https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/dog-days (Days at Lynden) 416 Ephemera https://www.mamkpace.com/ (Performing Arts Curriculum Experience) “https://www.thorntonwilder.com/the-long-christmas-dinner (The Long Christmas Dinner)” “https://www.thorntonwilder.com/the-skin-of-our-teeth (The Skin of our Teeth)” “https://www.thorntonwilder.com/blog/2019/2/28/pullman-car-hiawatha-is-a-metaphorical-train-ride (Pullman Car Hiawatha)” https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS558 (Thornton Wilder: A Wisconsinite,) and a fellow Obie https://www.sfusd.edu/school/ruth-asawa-san-francisco-school-arts (Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts) http://www.andrewswant.com/ (Andrew Swant) “https://www.powells.com/book/the-next-american-revolution-9780520272590 (The Next American Revolution)” by Grace Lee Boggs
In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Vanessa Veselka, the author of “Zazen”, to tell a story of activism, police violence, and white guilt in a not so distant dystopian America. Vanessa Veselka has been at various times, a teenage runaway, a sex-worker, a musician, a union organizer, and a student of paleontology. Her work appears in GQ, Bitch, The Atlantic, Tin House, Zyzzyva and Best American Essays. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Rashida Tlaib, Danny Glover, and Maya Soetoro-Ng for a conversation on how we combat anti-Asian racism. The national wave of anti-Asian violence and attacks has sparked an upsurge in activism and critical conversations about cross-racial solidarity. Join us as we discuss these issues in tribute to James and Grace Lee Boggs on the anniversary of the death of Vincent Chin. Speakers: Danny Glover is an award-winning actor, producer and humanitarian with a performance career that spans more than 30 years. Off-screen, Glover has gained respect for his wide-reaching community activism and philanthropic efforts. Internationally, Glover has served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Program, focusing on issues of poverty, disease and economic development in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. He currently serves as UNICEF Ambassador. Rashida Tlaib is a well-known progressive warrior and, in her own words, “a mother working for justice for all.” Rashida made history in 2008 by becoming the first Muslim woman to ever serve in the Michigan Legislature. She is beloved by residents for the transformative constituent services she provided, and for successfully fighting the billionaires and corporations that tried to pollute her district. She is currently the Congresswoman for Michigan's 13th Congressional District, which includes the city of Detroit and many surrounding communities. Maya Soetoro-Ng serves as a consultant to the Obama Foundation, working closely with their international team to develop programming in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to her work with the Obama Foundation, she was the Director of the Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa where, in addition to leading outreach and development initiatives, she also taught Leadership for Social Change, History of Peace Movements, Peace Education, and Conflict Management for Educators. Maya has published a number of book contributions as well as a picture book entitled Ladder to the Moon and is currently under contract to write a Young Adult novel entitled Yellowwood. Maya sits on many voluntary boards and is the co-founder of the nonprofit Ceeds of Peace, which creates peacebuilding action plan workshops for educators, families and community leaders and is the co-founder of the Institute for Climate and Peace which advances effective and inclusive processes to build peaceful and climate-conscious futures for the wellbeing of all. Scott Kurashige (moderator) is professor and chair in the Department of Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies at TCU, president of the James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation, and past-president of the American Studies Association. He is the author of The Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles and co-wrote the The Next American Revolution with Grace Lee Boggs. ---------------------------------------------------- This event is sponsored by the James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation and Haymarket Books. Watch the live event recording: https://youtu.be/pu_N1hfn0j0 Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow us on Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/haymarketbooks
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5) Violent protests in Louisville after Breonna Taylor grand jury verdict; 4) Pentagon says no US troops in Afghanistan by spring; 3) Bus-sized asteroid narrowly misses Earth; 2) President Trump signs Born Alive Executive Order; 1) Princeton University denies that its “systemic racism” discriminates against minorities.
Michael Albert is an American economist, speaker, writer, and political critic. Since the late 1970s, he has published books, articles, and other contributions on a wide array of subjects. He is known for helping to develop the socioeconomic theory of participatory economics. In 1965, Albert was studying physics at MIT, where Albert met long-time friend and collaborator, Noam Chomsky. Albert publicly objected to the US military's funding of the university. This, along with the civil rights movement, led Albert to become politically active. He became a member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and opposed the Vietnam War. He was expelled from MIT, in January 1970, for disruptive behavior, although he claimed the charges were 'cooked-up'. Albert founded South End Press in 1977 along with Lydia Sargent and Juliet Schor, among others. In 1987, Albert founded Zeta Magazine with Sargent. The magazine focused on libertarian and anarchist socialist thought. It was renamed Z Magazine in 1989. In 1990–91, Albert and Robin Hahnel worked on outlining their ideas around participatory economics. They published 'Looking Forward' and 'The Political Economy of Participatory Economics,' with the latter including an economic model of the system. By 1995, the organization Z Magazine had branched out providing online content and media training. Along with the magazine the ventures are collectively known as Z Communications. In 2003, 'Parecon: Life After Capitalism' was published further outlining participatory economics in a more accessible, less academic format. The book was translated into 20 languages. Albert was a founding member of the International Organization for a Participatory Society, in 2012. Sean Michael Wilson created a comic book based on Albert and his ideas in 2013. His latest book, 'Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society,' was published in 2017. Albert is the co-founder of 'C20,' a group of activists, scholars, and writers from around the world who write under the pseudonym, 'Collective 20.' Become a Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PARCMEDIA Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Vince_EmanueleFollow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1713FranklinSt/Follow Us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parcmedia/?... #PARCMedia is a news and media project founded by two USMC veterans, Sergio Kochergin & Vince Emanuele. They give a working-class take on issues surrounding politics, ecology, community organizing, war, culture, and philosophy.
Episode 47 of RevolutionZ is the conclusion of The Next American Revolution sequence. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
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 (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
Chris examines the possibility of a freer America. Download
An inspiration to many activists, community organizers, and revolutionaries for decades upon decades and beyond, Grace Lee Boggs was a feminist, organizer, philosopher, and author, committed to Civil Rights and Black Power activism and organizing in Detroit, MI. Monica sat down with activist Sarah Lu to talk about The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the 21st Century, co-written with Scott Kurashige. In this deeply humanistic book, Boggs shows us how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities. Special and brief appearance from Debbie Southorn.
Don Jackson talks with AK5A about regional economic development, its strategies and problems as well as a brief discussion the history of about automation. Don is a Research Manager at a small economic development firm in Austin, Texas, he holds TWO masters degrees from the the University of Texas in Community and Regional Planning and Sustainable Design. Works Cited: - Alperovitz, Gar. Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution (YouTube, 2013)(Video). - Alperovitz, Gar. What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution. (Chelsea Green Publishing, 2013). - Imbroscio, David. Urban America Reconsidered: Alternatives for Governance and Policy.(Cornell University Press, 2010). - Teresa Lynch and Adam Kamins, “Creating Equity: Does Regionalism Have an Answer for Urban Poverty? Can It?”. (Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, 2012)(PDF). Automation/Record-Replay Machine: - Nobel, David. Forces of Production. (Knopf, 1984). Organizational Links: - Community-Wealth.org - Institute for Local Self Reliance
Clearing the FOG with co-hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese
Gar Alperovitz, author of “America Beyond Capitalism” and “What Then Must We Do: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution” speaks about the growing economic democracy movement in the US and how that is bringing evolutionary reconstruction to transition to the new economy.
Guest Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland, speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book "What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk About the Next American Revolution".
From Amazon: Product Description In The Next American Revolution, Charles R. Hooper empowers the citizens of America with the information needed to demand congressional reform. Each individual American has the right and the power to legally, safely, and effectively take back their Congress. The four constitutional mechanisms available to the people to improve their government--speech, assembly, petition, and elections--have apparently stopped working. Fortunately, the Founding Fathers left their descendants with a never used, yet very real and effective fifth constitutional power. Americans can momentarily lay aside their differences and focus their combined powers toward one common cause--a revolution calling for a convention of the states specifically and solely for the purpose of restoring a people's legislature. The author explains why this is the peoples' best (and last) hope of seriously reforming the legislative branch of government. To learn more about the author or the book please visit: http://www.amazon.com/Next-American-Revolution-Demand-Congressional/dp/0984387684/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1297305467&sr=8-9