Michael Albert (activist)

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Michael Albert (born April 8, 1947 ) is an American author and political activist in the anarchist - socialist self-government movement.

life and work

Michael Albert lives in Boston . Together with Robin Hahnel , Michael Albert developed a vision for an economic order that he calls Participatory Economics ( Parecon ). Albert postulates a society that is neither controlled by markets nor by central planning and knows neither competition nor control . Instead, this society is based on participatory planning and division. While there is no ownership of the means of production, money remains as a means of payment. The basic principle of Parecon: Everyone should have a say in decisions to the extent that they are affected by them.

Michael Albert is the editor of the internet platform ZNet and co-editor and co-founder of the political web magazine Z-Magazine (Z-Mag). He is the founder of South End Press and the author of a wide variety of books and articles. He is also a member of the interim committee of the International Organization for a Participatory Society .

Fonts

  • Thought Dreams. , Workers Ring Press
  • Thinking Forward. , Workers Ring Press
  • Looking forward. Participatory Economics in the 21st Century. (with Robin Hahnel ), South End Press, Boston 1991
  • Political Economy of Participatory Economics. (with Robin Hahnel ) Princeton University Press, 1991
  • Moving Forward. Program for a Participatory Economy. AK Press , 1997
  • Parecon. Life After Capitalism. Verso Books, London 2004, ISBN 1-84467-505-X
  • Parecon. Life after capitalism. Nevertheless publisher , Frankfurt / M. 2005, ISBN 3-931786-33-1
  • Remembering Tomorrow: From SDS to Life After Capitalism - A Memoir. Seven Stories Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-583-22742-8
  • From capitalism to participatory economy . In: Federico Campagna, Emanuele Campiglio (ed.): What we fight for. Manifesto of the Radical Collective (=  LAIKA theory ). tape 25 . Laika-Verlag , Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-942281-51-5 ( information from the publisher [accessed on September 30, 2018]).
  • The feasible utopia. Strategies for a society of the future . 1st edition. Unrast Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89771-252-2 ( information from the publisher [accessed on September 30, 2018] English: Practical Utopia. Strategies for a Desirable Society . Oakland 2017. Translated by Michael Schiffmann).

Web links

Commons : Michael Albert  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International Organization for a Participatory Society - Provisional Committee , accessed April 8, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Albert, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and political activist
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1947