Michael Albert

Michael Albert

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War Times

In January 2002, a group of San Francisco leftists, mainly involved with STORM or Committees of Correspondence, founded a national anti-Iraq War newspaper War Times.

Endorsers of the project included Michael Albert - co-editor of ZNet

Supporting Bolivian revolution

In September 2007 a statement was circulated by the blog Bolivia Rising in support of the revolutionary government of Bolivia;

The democratically elected government of Bolivia's first indigenous president Evo Morales Ayma, which is heading a process of democratic change, is Washington's immediate target in Latin America today. Bolivia is in Washington's sight, not only because it is viewed as the weakest link of the growing axis of hope in the region, but because of its role as a catalyst for inspiring the struggles of indigenous peoples, regionally and internationally, for real social justice...

Now is the time for all intellectuals, union militants, solidarity activists, political parties and progressive minded individuals who believe in real justice and equality to raise their voices in defense of the Bolivian government and its people. No to US interference in Bolivia!

Signatories included;

• Australia - Federico Fuentes, Kiraz Janicke, John Percy, Rohan Pearce, Adrian Fuentes
• Peru - Hugo Blanco
• Chile - Marta Harnecker, Maria Eliana Astaburuaga
• Mexico - John Ross
• Bolivia - Georg Ann Potter
• Canada - Michael Lebowitz, Derrick O'Keefe, Sid Shniad, John Riddell, Roger Annis Susan Spronk, Nelson Rubio, Canadian Dimension editorial collective, Vancouver Bolivia committee, Vancouver Socialist Forum, Judy Rebick
• US - Gregory Wilpert, Michael Albert, Benjamin Dangl, Martin Hart-Landsberg, Michael Parenti, Walter Lippmann, George Ciccariello-Maher, Al Campbell, Kirkpatrick Sale, Chesa Boudin, Greg Grandin, Thomas Mertes, Ronald Christ, Chellis Glendinning
• Cuba - Camila Pineiro Harnecker
• Nicaragua - Felipe Stuart Cournoyer
• UK - Pablo Navarrete, Alfredo Saad Filho, Andrew J. Silvera, Janet Duckworth
• France - Susan George
• Sweden -Left Party of Sweden
• Norway - Marta Sanchez
• New Zealand - Grant Morgan, Vaughan Gunson, Mike Treen
• South Africa - Ighsaan Schroeder

United for Peace and Justice Affiliation

In July 2007 Michael Albert representing Z Magazine and ZNET was affiliated to United for Peace and Justice.

UFPJ rally

On October 27th 2007, United for Peace and Justice held an Anti-war National Mobilization, near Orlando, Florida at Lake Eola.

Speakers Included:

• Michael Albert - activist, author of "Remembering Tomorrow: From SDS to Life After Capitalism" & founder of Z-Magazine
• Lucas Benitez - Coalition of Immokalee Workers
• Debra Booth - AFL-CIO & Central Florida Labor Council
• Congresswoman Corrine Brown
• Scott Camil - Veterans for Peace
• Michael Canney - Green Party of Florida, Co-Chair
• Matt De Vlieger - Students for a Democratic Society @ UCF (M.C. of the day)
• Denise Diaz - Central Florida Jobs with Justice
• Senator Mike Gravel - Anti-war Candidate for President '08
• Clifton Hicks - Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW)
• Jesse Kern - Veterans for Peace (Korean War Veteran)and Communist Party USA supporter.
• Omar Masri - Speaker from UFPJ Steering Committee
• Peg McIntire (97yo) - Grandparents for Peace, St. Augustine
• David Rucker - Metropolitan Democratic Black Caucus & former President of the Orange County NAACP
• Bruce Wright - St. Pete for Peace
• Lydia Vickers - CodePink

Left Forum 2008

Real Utopia: Participatory Society For the 21st Century:

This panel engages visions for what a future participatory society may look like while looking at real world examples in the US, Asia and Latin America, and the strategy and activism needed to take us there.

• Michael Albert, Znet, "Participatory Society for the 21st Century"
• Jessica Azulay, WebRoot Solutions, "Parecon in Practice"
• Brian Dominick, WebRoot Solutions, ìOrganizing for a Participatory Societyî
• Richard W. Franke, Montclair State University, New Jersey, "Kerala. India"
• Chris Spannos, ZNet
• Marie Trigona, ZMag, "Argentina"
• Gregory Wilpert, Venezuelanalysis.com, "Socialism for the 21st Century/Venezuela"
• Moderator: Meaghan Linick-Loughley, New York Organization for a Participatory Society, Students for a Democratic Society, Z Communications

Open letter to Andy Stern

On May 1 2008, Michael Albert, co-founder of South End Press and Z Magazine signed an open letter to SEIU president Andy Stern in protest at SEIU moves force its local United Healthcare Workers into trusteeship.

"We are writing to express our deep concern about SEIU's threatened trusteeship over its third largest local, United Healthcare Workers (UHW). We believe that there must always be room within organized labor for legitimate and principled dissent, if our movement is to survive and grow. Putting UHW under trusteeship would send a very troubling message and be viewed, by many, as a sign that internal democracy is not valued or tolerated within SEIU. In our view, this would have negative consequences for the workers directly affected, the SEIU itself, and the labor movement as a whole. We strongly urge you to avoid such a tragedy."

Campaign for Peace and Democracy

Albert is listed as an endorser of the Campaign for Peace and Democracy, as of March 15, 2010.

External links

• Campaign for Peace and Democracy website

References

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