آرمان‌شهر واقعی: جامعهٔ مشارکتی برای قرن بیست و یکم

What If We Had Direct Control Over Our Daily Lives? What If Societyʹs Defining Institutions--those Encompassing Economics, Politics, Kinship, Culture, Community, And Ecology--were Based Not On Competition, Individual Ownership, And Coercion, But On Self-management, Equity, Solidarity, And Diversity? Real Utopia Identifies And Obliterates The Barriers To An Egalitarian, Bottom-up Society, While Convincingly Outlining How To Build It. Instead Of Simply Declaring Another World Is Possible, The Writers In This Collection Engage With What That World Would Look Like, How It Would Function, And How Our Commitment To Just Outcomes Is Related To The Sort Of Institutions We Maintain. Topics Include: Participatory Economics, Political Vision, Education, Architecture, Artists In A Free Society, Environmentalism, Work After Capitalism, And Poly-culturalism. The Catchall Phrase Here Is Participatory Society One That Is Directly Democratic And Seeks Institutional Solutions To Complex Sociological And Economic Questions.-- Publisher Description. The Authors In This Collection Engage With What A Participatory Society Would Look Like, How It Would Function, And How Our Commitments To Just Outcomes Is Related To The Sort Of Institutions We Maintain. Topics Include: Participatory Economics, Political Vision, Education, Architecture, Artists In A Free Society, Environmentalism, Work After Capitalism, And Poly-culturalism.--jacket. Introduction : What Is Real Utopia? / Chris Spannos -- Parecon Today / Chris Spannos Interviews Michael Albert -- Parpolity : A Political System For A Good Society / Stephen R. Shalom -- The Art (and Serendipity) Of Kinship : Ideas About Family, Sexuality, And Caregiving In A Better World / Cynthia Peters -- Polyculturalism And The Good Society / Justin Podur -- Participatory Economics And The Environment / Chris Spannos Interviews Robin Hahnel -- A Call To Artists : Support Parecon / Jerry Fresia -- From Self-managed Movements To Self-managed City / Tom Wetzel -- Technology Of The New Society / Nikos Raptis -- Participatory Planning In Life After Capitalism / Barbara Ehrenreich Interviews Michael Albert -- Education For A Participatory Society / Chris Spannos Interviews Noam Chomsky -- Africa : Life After Colonialism / Mandisi Majavu -- Local Planning : The Kerala Experiment / Richard W. Franke -- Participatory Balkans / Exchanges Between Andrej Grubacic And Michael Albert --^ The Organization Of Sac And Its Companies / Anders Sandström -- Project For A Participatory Society : United Kingdom / Mark Evans Interviewed By U.k. Watch -- Fasinpat (factory Without A Boss) : An Argentine Experience In Self-management / Marie Trigona -- Venezuela's Path / Michael Albert -- Workers' Power And The Russian Revolution / Tom Wetzel -- The Spanish Anarchists, Through A Participatory Lens / Dave Markland -- Winnowing Wheat From Chaff : Social Democracy And Libertarian Socialism In The 20th Century / Robin Hahnel -- The Making Of South End Press And Z / Lydia Sargent -- Parecon And Workers' Self-management : Reflections On Winnipeg's Mondragón Bookstore & Coffee House Collective / Paul Burrows -- The Newstandard : A Parecon Workplace Is Possible / Jessica Azulay -- Vancouver Parecon Collective : Four Years Of Organizing / Marla Renn -- Capes : The Chicago Area Participatory Economics Society / Matt Mcbride, Lloyd Philbrook, Mitchell Szczepanczyk --^ Doing Vision : The Austin Project For A Participatory Society / Marcus Denton -- Praxis Makes Perfect : The New Youth Organizing / Madeline Gardner, Joshua Kahn Russell -- Autonomous Politics And Its Problems : Thinking The Passage From Social To Political / Ezequiel Adamovsky -- U.s. Social Forum : Vision And Strategy Proposal / Z Staff And Marcus Denton -- Which Way For The New Left? : Social Theory, Vision, And Strategy For A Revolutionary Youth And Student Movement / Pat Korte, Brian Kelly -- Did You Just Say Class? / John J. Cronan -- From Here To Parecon : Thoughts On Strategy For Economic Revolution / Brian Dominick -- Building A Pareconish Movement / Michael Albert. Edited By Chris Spannos. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 12 Introduction: WHAT IS REAL UTOPIA? by Chris Spannos......Page 14 PART I: Defining Spheres of a Participatory Society......Page 24 1. PARECON TODAY Chris Spannos interviews Michael Albert......Page 25 2. PARPOLITY: A POLITICAL SYSTEM FOR A GOOD SOCIETY by Stephen R. Shalom......Page 36 3. THE ART (AND SERENDIPITY) OF KINSHIP: IDEAS ABOUT FAMILY, SEXUALITY, AND CAREGIVING IN A BETTER WORLD by Cynthia Peters......Page 43 4. POLYCULTURALISM AND THE GOOD SOCIETY by Justin Podur......Page 60 5. PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Chris Spannos interviews Robin Hahnel......Page 67 PART II: Revolutionizing Everyday Life......Page 86 6. A CALL TO ARTISTS: SUPPORT PARECON by Jerry Fresia......Page 87 7. FROM SELF-MANAGED MOVEMENTS TO SELF-MANAGED CITY by Tom Wetzel......Page 94 8. TECHNOLOGY OF THE NEW SOCIETY by Nikos Raptis......Page 99 9. PARTICIPATORY PLANNING IN LIFE AFTER CAPITALISM Barbara Ehrenreich interviews Michael Albert......Page 106 10. EDUCATION FOR A PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY Chris Spannos interviews Noam Chomsky......Page 117 PART III: Assessing Parecon Internationally......Page 122 11. AFRICA: LIFE AFTER COLONIALISM by Mandisi Majavu......Page 123 12. LOCAL PLANNING: THE KERALA EXPERIMENT Richard W. Franke......Page 141 13. PARTICIPATORY BALKANS Exchanges between Andrej Grubacic and Michael Albert......Page 147 14. THE ORGANIZATION OF SAC AND ITS COMPANIES by Anders Sandstrom......Page 156 15. PROJECT FOR A PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY - UNITED KINGDOM Mark Evans interviewed by U.K. Watch......Page 162 16. FASINPAT (FACTORY WITHOUT A BOSS): AN ARGENTINE EXPERIENCE IN SELF-MANAGEMENT by Marie Trigona......Page 166 17. VENEZUELA'S PATH by Michael Albert......Page 180 PART IV: Looking Backward, Looking Forward: History's Lessons for the Future......Page 192 18. WORKERS' POWER AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION by Tom Wetzel......Page 193 19. THE SPANISH ANARCHISTS, THROUGH A PARTICIPATORY LENS by Dave Markland......Page 205 20. WINNOWING WHEAT FROM CHAFF: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTARIAN SOCIALISM IN THE 20th CENTURY Robin Hahnel......Page 215 PART V: Theory and Practice: Institutions and Movement Building......Page 274 21. THE MAKING OF SOUTH END PRESS AND Z by Lydia Sargent......Page 275 22. PARECON AND WORKERS' SELF-MANAGEMENT: REFLECTIONS ON WINNIPEG'S MONDRAGON BOOKSTORE & COFFEE HOUSE COLLECTIVE BY Paul Burrows......Page 286 23. THE NEWSTANDARD: A PARECON WORKPLACE IS POSSIBLE BY Jessica Azulay......Page 317 24. VANCOUVER PARECON COLLECTIVE: FOUR YEARS OF ORGANIZING BY Marla Renn......Page 324 25. CAPES: THE CHICAGO AREA PARTICIPATORY ECONOMICS SOCIETY by Matt McBride, Lloyd Philbrook, and Mitchell Szczepanczyk......Page 334 26. DOING VISION: THE AUSTIN PROJECT FOR A PARTICIPATORY SOCIETY BY Marcus Denton......Page 341 PART VI: Moving Toward a Participatory Society......Page 348 27. PRAXIS MAKES PERFECT: THE NEW YOUTH ORGANIZING by Madeline Gardner and Joshua Kahn Russell......Page 349 28. AUTONOMOUS POLITICS AND ITS PROBLEMS: THINKING THE PASSAGE FROM SOCIAL TO POLITICAL by Ezequiel Adamovsky......Page 357 29. U.S. SOCIAL FORUM: VISION AND STRATEGY PROPOSAL by Z Staff and Marcus Denton......Page 374 30. WHICH WAY FOR THE NEW LEFT?: SOCIAL THEORY, VISION, AND STRATEGY FOR A REVOLUTIONARY YOUTH AND STUDENT MOVEMENT by Pat Korte and Brian Kelly......Page 375 31. DID YOU JUST SAY CLASS? by John J. Cronan Jr.......Page 384 32. FROM HERE TO PARECON: THOUGHTS ON STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC REVOLUTION by Brian Dominick......Page 391 33. BUILDING A PARECONISH MOVEMENT by Michael Albert......Page 407 CONTRIBUTOR BIOS......Page 417 INDEX......Page 420 What if we had direct control over our daily lives? What if societys defining institutionsthose encompassing economics, politics, kinship, culture, community, and ecologywere based not on competition, individual ownership, and coercion, but on self-management, equity, solidarity, and diversity? Real Utopia identifies and obliterates the barriers to an egalitarian, bottom-up society, while convincingly outlining how to build it. Instead of simply declaring another world is possible, the writers in this collection engage with what that world would look like, how it would function, and how our commitment to just outcomes is related to the sort of institutions we maintain. Topics participatory economics, political vision, education, architecture, artists in a free society, environmentalism, work after capitalism, and poly-culturalism. The catchall phrase here is participatory societyone that is directly democratic and seeks institutional solutions to complex sociological and economic questions. Contributors Michael Albert, Barbara Ehrenreich, Steve Shalom, Robin Hahnel, Maria Trigona, Justin Podur, Tom Wetzel, Cynthia Peters, Andrej Grubacic, and Mandisi Majavu, among others. Chris Spannos is an activist, organizer, and anti-capitalist. He is a full-time staff member of the internationally acclaimed ZNet, a website dedicated to social change, hosting works by many of todays leading social commentators, organizers, activists, and analysts, with 300,000 users weekly. He resides in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.