RevolutionZ

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Ep 25 - Vision/Guest 1: Participatory Polity 2 with Stephen Shalom Sep 29, 2019

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Stephen Shalom discusses institutional vision for the legislative and judicial functions of the polity which he calls participatory polity, or parpolity, for short.

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Ep 24 - Vision: Participatory Polity 1 Sep 22, 2019

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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?

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Ep 23 - Election 2: To Participate or Not To Participate Sep 16, 2019

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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.

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Ep 22 - Vision/Strategy 6: Dear DSA Sep 08, 2019

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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.

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Ep 21 - What Now 1: Seize the Time Sep 01, 2019

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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.

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Ep 20 - Strategy 5: Some basic strategic implications Aug 25, 2019

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What does favoring participatory socialism imply about strategy in the large...organizing, organization, etc.

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Episode 19 - Vision: Evaluating Participatory Socialism Aug 18, 2019

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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?

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Ep 18 - Vision: Disputing Participatory Socialism 3 Aug 11, 2019

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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.

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EP 17 - Vision: Disputing Participatory Socialism 2 Aug 03, 2019

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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.

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Ep 16 - Election 1: Overview Entering Election Season Aug 01, 2019

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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.

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