Planet Parecon

About Planet Parecon

Planet Parecon is a blog aggregator about Parecon and Parsoc.  That means, we collect blogs about Participatory Economics and Participatory Society, and put all the blog posts together onto a single webpage.  Planet Parecon is a place for activists to share what's on their mind, to riff off of each other's ideas, and learn from each other's experiences and wisdom.  You can post in-depth articles about why you think parecon is great, half-formed ideas for activism, report-backs on a lecture you gave or heard, or a story about a funny thing your kid did or happened to you at work.  It's not (only) a place for polished articles, nor is it a forum or mailing list with back-and-forth discussion.  It's more like a brainstorm, where you can see what's on the mind of other parecon activists and what's going on in PPS's  around the world at any given time.

If you want to learn more about Parecon, check out the links along the sidebar. 

How to join

To have your blog aggregated at Planet Parecon, send Dan an email with the URL of your blog and a little information about yourself.  There are a few basic rules:

• The blog must be about Parecon or another aspect of Participatory Society.  Not every post has to be on-topic, but the general gist of the blog should be.  If you only post about Parecon occasionally, we might be able to create a technological solution to only include those posts.

• You must be an activist for Parecon.  The planet isn't meant as a place to discuss (just) Parecon, but rather to discuss Parecon activism, and learn from what's on the mind and in the lives of other Parecon activists.  As such, we only include blogs from people who are contributing to Parecon activism.  If you are new to the parecon world, there are many ways you to get involved in parecon activism, from attending the Z school to forming your own PPS or starting a pareconish business.  When you've been involved in Parecon activism for a while, shoot me an e-mail and I can include you too. 

• You must be an individual.  Official blogs from PPS groups isn't really the feel we're going for; we want to hear what's on the minds of all the individual activists. 

• You must be constructive.  Criticism is welcome here, as long as it is constructive, not personal or demeaning. Also, criticism should only be a minority of your posts. We want to hear your ideas on how to be a good activist for Parecon or Parsoc, not just why you think other people are wrong.

How to help

Planet doesn't take much effort to run, so we don't really need much help.  On the other hand, if you have ideas for how to improve it, shoot an e-mail on over to Dan. 

Credits

Planet is hosted through the generosity of Agaric Design and especially Benjamin Melan�on, an awesome person who gives a damn.  The site could not run if not for the Planet software, which is generously distributed as free software, by awesome people.

Subscriptions

• Dan's blog
• Marcus' blog

Last updated:
October 23, 2008 08:00 PM
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Projects for a Participatory Society:

• Global
• Intro to Parecon
• International Project for a Participatory Society
• Parecon at MySpace
• Parecon at Z Media
• Local
• London
  
• Vancouver
• Chicago
• United Kingdom
• Africa
• Australia
• Greece (greek)