RevolutionZ
317 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsRevolutionZ: Life After Capitalism highlights social vision and strategy. You can join our community and help us grow and diversify via our Patreon Site Page
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Ep 139 Strategy Talking Labor with Richard Goff
August 22, 2021 14:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBEpisode 139 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion of labor organizing and labor views and desires with union organizer Richard Goff including Covid, Trump, labor demands, and class consciousness, etc. Support the Show.
Ep 138 Strategy Navigating the Best and the Worst of Times
August 15, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes - 9.5 MBEpisode 138 of the podcast RevolutionZ is a short rumination, if you will, on the fact that these are very bad days - and yet these are also days showing a lot of promise - and some thoughts on how to navigate successfully through such confused times. Support the Show.
Ep 137 Talking Mideast with Stephen Shalom Part 2
August 08, 2021 15:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBIn Episode 137 of RevolutionZ Stephen Shalom provides an in-depth overview of recent Israel/Palestine relations and prospects. Support the Show.
Ep 136 Vision/Strategy When the Ship Comes In
August 01, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBA Testimonial at a World Social Forum Support the Show.
Ep 135 Talking Mideast with Stephen Shalom Part 1
July 25, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBEpisode 135 of RevolutionZ presents the history and context of current Israel/Palestine relations and prospects. Support the Show.
Ep 134 - Vision/Strategy - Possible Program
July 18, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBEpisode 134 of RevolutionZ proposes radical program for many sides of modern life. Support the Show.
Ep 134 - Vision/Strategy - Possible Program
July 18, 2021 12:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBEpisode 134 of RevolutionZ proposes radical program for many sides of modern life. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
Ep 133 - Vision - Chomsky on No Bosses and Some Q/A
July 11, 2021 20:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBEpisode 133 of RevolutionZ presents Noam Chomsky foreword to the forthcoming book No Bosses: A New Economy for A Better World, plus some Questions and Answers from the books final chapter. Support the Show.
E - 132 Venting Spleen - People and Strategy
July 04, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38 MBVince and Michael discuss social interactions North and South, Urban and Rural, in the movement and outside the movement, and what it all means for attaining a better world. Support the Show.
Ep 131 - Vision.Strategy - No Bosses Foreword From Yanis Varoufakis
June 27, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBEpisode 131 of RevolutionZ considers a foreword and some assessments of the forthcoming book No Bosses: A New Economy for a Better Society. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
Ep 131 - Vision.Strategy - No Bosses Foreword From Yanis Varoufakis
June 27, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBEpisode 131 of RevolutionZ considers a foreword and some assessments of the forthcoming book No Bosses: A New Economy for a Better Society. Support the Show.
Ep 130 Vision/Strategy - Abolition!?
June 20, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBEpisode 130 discusses "demanding abolition" as an organizing focus for movement activism regarding various aspects of social life including prisons, courts, and policy. Support the Show.
Ep 129 Talking Film and Art with Oliver Ressler
June 13, 2021 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBEpisode 129 has as guest Oliver Ressler talking about the context and methods of political film and art. Support the Show.
Ep 128 - Talking with Sean Michael Wilson
June 06, 2021 18:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBEpisode 128 discusses the history, role, character, and processes of graphic novels and comics. Support the Show.
Ep 127 -Venting Spleen 1 - Police and Us
May 31, 2021 02:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBVincent Emanuele and Michael Albert host the first episode of a new sequence titled Venting Spleen, this time addressing guns, police, abolition, and us. Support the Show.
Ep 126 - Vision-Strategy - Talking about DSA with Robert Johnson
May 23, 2021 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBA wide ranging discussion of organizing, mobilizing, and in particular DSA Chapter definition, creation, and work. Support the Show.
Ep 126 - Vision-Strategy - Talking about DSA with Robert Johnson
May 23, 2021 13:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBA wide ranging discussion of organizing, mobilizing, and in particular DSA Chapter definition, creation, and work. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
Ep 125 - Vision Strategy - Taking with Martin Parker about Managerialism
May 16, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBA wide ranging discussion of business, business schools, and the mindset of managers. Support the Show.
Ep 124 - Vision - Talking With Yanis Varousfakis 3
May 09, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBEpisode 124 of RevolutionZ has as its guest Yanis Varoufakis, for his third visit. This time he discusses his views on features of a desirable post capitalist economy. Support the Show.
Ep 123 - Vision/Strategy - Imagine Then Act
May 02, 2021 13:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBEpisode 123 offers Ten Claims bearing on social struggle for social change. Support the Show.
Ep 122 - Cancel Cancel Culture with Vince Emanuele
April 25, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBEpisode 122 of RevolutionZ addresses the complicated and vexing issue of "cancel culture" as it manifests inside progressive and left projects and movements. It talks about what it is, what it seeks, and what its effects are on those rendering criticisms, on those criticized, and on those watching from without. Support the Show.
Ep 121 - Vision/Strategy - Talking with Yanis Varoufakis 2
April 18, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBThe second session of likely three with Yanis Varoufakis discusses questions of organization and priorities in electoral, governing, and organizing based on his personal experiences in Greece and Europe. Support the Show.
Ep 120 - Vision/Strategy - 15 Theses on Liberation
April 11, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode 120 of RevolutionZ is a kind of abbreviated summary of much that has gone before, boiled down to 15 theses bearing on the problem of liberating ourselves and society from the horrendous structures that currently oppress and delimit. Support the show
Ep 120 - Vision/Strategy - 15 Theses on Liberation
April 11, 2021 14:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBEpisode 120 of RevolutionZ is a kind of abbreviated summary of much that has gone before, boiled down to 15 theses bearing on the problem of liberating ourselves and society from the horrendous structures that currently oppress and delimit. Support the Show.
Ep 119 - Vision/Strategy - Talking With Yanis Varoufakis
April 04, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBEpisode 119 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion with Yanis Varoufakis ranging from lessons from Greece and Europe, to addressing obstacles to left success, to the motives and methods of his new novel titled Other Now. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
Ep 119 - Vision/Strategy - Talking With Yanis Varoufakis
April 04, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBEpisode 119 of RevolutionZ is a wide ranging discussion with Yanis Varoufakis ranging from lessons from Greece and Europe, to addressing obstacles to left success, to the motives and methods of his new novel titled Other Now. Support the Show.
Ep 118 - Vision/Strategy - Talking About Writing With Justin Podur
March 28, 2021 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBEpisode 118 of RevolutionZ talks about writing fiction, writing lessons, writing to write...and more. Support the Show.
Ep 117 - Vision/Strategy - Replying to Anarchist Critics 3
March 21, 2021 15:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBEpisode 117 of RevolutionZ concludes a three episode exploration of issues some anarchists have with participatory economics. Support the Show.
Ep 116 - Vision/Strategy - Talking With Raj Patel About Food
March 14, 2021 20:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBEpisode 116 is a wide ranging discussion of food relations and policies in history and currently in the world and what they tell us about capitalism. Support the Show.
Ep 115 - Vision/Strategy - Replying to Anarchist Critics 2
March 07, 2021 17:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBEpisode 115 of RevolutionZ continues what we started last episode by addressing additional criticisms of economic vision offered by various anarchists. Support the show
Ep 114 - Vision/Strategy - Replying to Anarchist Critics 1
February 28, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBEpisode 114 of RevolutionZ addresses a range of criticisms various Anarchists have raised with participatory vision, over the years. It is the first of three episodes that will address and expand upon anarchist concerns. Support the Show.
Ep 113 - Vision - Talking With Jerry Fresia about Art and Economy
February 22, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBEpisode 113 of RevolutionZ has a return visit from Artist Jerry Fresia for an extensive discussion of artistic activity--non instrumental and expressive work--in our current society and in a future better society. Support the Show.
Ep 113 - Vision - Talking With Jerry Fresia about Art and Economy
February 22, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBEpisode 113 of RevolutionZ has a return visit from Artist Jerry Fresia for an extensive discussion of artistic activity--non instrumental and expressive work--in our current society and in a future better society. Support the show
Ep 112 - Q/A - Talking with Jack Rasmus about Well Street and Us
February 14, 2021 21:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBEpisode 112 of RevolutionZ has Jack Rasmus as guest explaining how the stock market operates and in particular the recent imbroglio over the short selling and price jacking of a company called GameStop, and the operations and effects of financial markets writ larger. Support the Show.
Ep 111 - Strategy - Autonomy within Solidarity and Large Movements or Small Collectives
February 07, 2021 18:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBA discussion of two key issues for social change activist strategy. Preserving autonomy while fostering creativity, and, working with small collectives - we used to call them affinity groups decades ago - while assembling and acting with large movements. Support the Show.
Ep 110 - Strategy - Democratic Centralism, Violence, and thinking about thinking about Strategy
January 31, 2021 18:00 - 36 minutes - 25.3 MBEpisode 110 of RevolutionZ addresses some aspects of social change - violence, organization - and more, to really discuss the logic of choosing among options - thinking about tactics and strategy. Support the Show.
Ep 109 - Strategy - The Old Folks Home at the College
January 25, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBBeing revolutionary then and now, young and old - and young. Recognize the title? Support the Show.
Ep 108 - Strategy - Some Key Strategic Issues
January 17, 2021 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBEpisode 108 discusses various factors that contribute to movements failing or succeeding, short and long term. Support the Show.
Ep 107 - QA Vision/Strategy - Participatory Socialism Query and Reply
January 11, 2021 13:00 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MBA Discussion of the origins and trajectory of the economic vision called participatory economy, including features and why it isn't more widely known and shared... Support the Show.
Ep 106 - QA-Strategy - Answering Vincent
January 03, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBVincent Emanuele queries Albert on personal experiences, strategy, vision... Support the Show.
Ep 106 - QA-Strategy - Answering Vincent
January 03, 2021 22:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBVincent Emanuele queries Albert on personal experiences, strategy, vision... Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ)
Ep 105 - Q.A-VisionStrategy - Reasoned Persistence, or Delusional Pigheadedness?
December 27, 2020 18:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBEpisode 105 has questions provided by Andrej Grubacic and answers by Michael Albert, with a focus on a novel Michael wrote, and a screenplay, and thoughts about each... Support the Show.
Ep 104 - Strategy - Can We Win? Or Will We Defeat Ourselves?
December 20, 2020 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBEpisode 104 addresses a psychological tendency operative throughout society, but here addressed as it obstructs social progress not only outside the left, but also especially inside the left. Support the Show.
Ep 103 - C20/Strategy - Voters Motives and Left Agendas
December 13, 2020 15:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBEpisode 103 of RevolutionZ discusses the motives of voters in the 2020 Presidential election and the implications our view of such motives has for current organizing agendas. Support the Show.
Ep 102 -C20/Strategy - What Next?
December 06, 2020 18:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBEpisode 102 of RevolutionZ is adapted from a piece by Collective20. It addresses what to do following the U.S. election regarding program, constituencies, attitude, etc. Collective20, remember, is a group writing under the encompassing name. It includes among others Noam Chomsky, Media Benjamin, Cynthia Peters, and myself, and I was the initial author of the piece here presented. Support the Show.
Ep 101 - Q/A - Talking About Chomsky
November 29, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBThis is Episode 101 of the podcast titled RevolutionZ. It is a new entry in the Question and Answer stream of episodes and this time the questions and answers are about a person, our guest in episode 100, Noam Chomsky. The questions are ones I, Michael Albert, have been asked about Noam over the years, which I try to answer as best I can in an audio exchange of this sort. Support the Show.
Ep 100 - Strategy - Where Are We At With Noam Chomsky
November 22, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBEpisode 100 of RevolutionZ explores with Noam Chomsky his take on the election and on left priorities in light of the election. Support the Show.
Ep 99 - Strategy: Left Culture and Movement Prospects
November 15, 2020 17:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode 99 of RevolutionZ explores the character of left habits, beliefs, values - left culture - and their impact on left outreach and stability. Support the Show.
Ep 98 - 10 Claims for Winning A New Economy
November 08, 2020 18:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBEpisode 98 of the podcast RevolutionZ proposes 10 claims bearing on the task of winning a participatory socialist economy. Support the Show.
Ep 97 - Strategy - Being Radical
November 01, 2020 22:00 - 24 minutes - 16.9 MBWhat does it mean to "be radical"? What does it entail? Thoughts? And Actions? Support the Show.