We are delighted to invite you to a public seminar with Michael Albert ‘On Being a Scholar Activist’ on Monday October 8th from 3-5pm in SE0014, Maynooth University School of Education Building.
Michael Albert has been politically active since the mid 1960s, in the civil rights movement, Vietnam War protests and alternatives to capitalism, including Students for a Democratic Society, Zcommunications and PARECON. He co-founded South End Press in 1977 and later co-founded Z Magazine and zcomm.org/zmag. With Robin Hahnel, he has developed their ideas around participatory economics. Participatory economics entails social ownership of productive property, self-managed democratic workplaces and neighbourhood councils. It is based on the key values of Self-Management, Justice, Solidarity, Diversity, Efficiency and Sustainability. He has published, campaigned and communicated his work globally.
During this workshop, Michael will discuss his work in the context of being a scholar-activist.
This public seminar is co-hosted by The Centre for Research in Adult Learning and Education, Department of Adult and Community Education; Department of Geography and FEASTA, the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability.