GST Original Articles
By R. Burke / 22 July 2018
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The basic problem we have with parecon as advocated by Michael Albert is that we think he proposes blueprints for society without attempting to provide anything empirical to back up his claims. Whenever a criticism is raised, Albert’s response is to assert the beauty and elegance of his model, or to claim he has already considered this or that objection, so why are we being so critical? Of course, since the model is not functioning in the actual world, there is no evidence to falsify it, and... Read more
By Don Fitz / 12 July 2018
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It’s more than doors between government and the businesses that they supposedly regulate that go round and round. One of the other swinging doors is between the Democratic and Republican Parties.
A second door
Perhaps the best known case is when Al Gore ran for president in 2000, he picked Joe Lieberman as his running mate. Then, in 2008, Lieberman showed up at the Republican national convention to endorse John McCain for president. Between those two campaigns, John Kerry,... Read more
By Kim Scipes / 05 July 2018
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“Practical Utopia: Strategies for a Desirable Society by Michael Albert: A Review Essay”
Oakland: PM Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-62963-381-7
By Kim Scipes
This is an important book. It’s important because it asks questions that rarely if ever get asked, and it tries to provide coherent answers to them. However, whether you agree or not with Michael Albert’s answers, engaging with this book will help each of us further think out what we want to see in the future. For as Noam Chomsky... Read more
By Don Fitz / 19 June 2018
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As discontent increases with overly expensive and totally inadequate US health care, it is time to look closely at the beginnings of the modern Cuban medical system. Like the US, Cuba had unintegrated, overlapping medical institutions that failed the poor, especially black, population of the island. Though several European countries have developed health care systems about 40% cheaper than the US, Cuba was able to craft health care which became more than 80% less costly than the US with a... Read more
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By Revolution Newspaper / 26 July 2018
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On its border with Mexico, America is ripping children from their parents’ arms.
In Yemen, for the last three years the U.S. and its allies have bombed, starved, and sickened millions of children, forcing tens of thousands of parents to watch them die before their eyes. Now these criminals are deliberately cutting off the meager food aid in Yemen that has been keeping millions of hungry, sick,... Read more
By Douglas Rushkoff / 24 July 2018
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Silicon Valley’s elite are hatching plans to escape disaster – and when it comes, they’ll leave the rest of us behind
By Harvey Wasserman / 24 July 2018
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Harvey Wasserman analyzes Trump's call for a space Force
By Carly Cassella, / 24 July 2018
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Are there mental-health consequences of climate change?
By Angel Prado and Cira Pascual Marquina / 24 July 2018
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On May 31st, Venezuelanalysis interviewed Angel Prado, a key organizer of El Maizal Commune[1]. The conversation followed hard on the heels of an attempt to jail him and two other local organizers. The conversation sheds light on the current Chavista campesino struggle in Venezuela.
Most Venezuelanalysis readers know about El Maizal, both as an expression of communal popular power and... Read more
By Stefania Maurizi / 23 July 2018
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Silenced and cut off from the outside world, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the last six years with no access to sunlight, fresh air, or proper medical treatment. Furthermore, last March President Lenin Moreno’s Ecuadorian government cut his access to the internet, phone calls and even visitors and journalists. For a man who has already... Read more
By George Lakey / 22 July 2018
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Living RevolutionUnions have been down before, history shows how they can come backEmbed from Getty ImagesThe Janus decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday was another blow to the labor movement. It creates a financial incentive for public sector... Read more