<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Michael Albert</strong> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sysop@zmag.org">sysop@zmag.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, May 27, 2019 at 1:49 PM<br>Subject: Please Help Michael Albert's new Podcast, RevolutionZ<br>To: Anthony Arnove <<a href="mailto:arnove@mac.com">arnove@mac.com</a>>, Ben Bagdikian <<a href="mailto:benmar@uclink4.berkeley.edu">benmar@uclink4.berkeley.edu</a>>, Mark Becker <<a href="mailto:marc@yachana.org">marc@yachana.org</a>>, Martin Prieto Beaulieu <<a href="mailto:martin@beaulieu.se">martin@beaulieu.se</a>>, David Barsamian <<a href="mailto:barsamian@riseup.net">barsamian@riseup.net</a>>, Normand Baillargeon <<a href="mailto:baillargeon.normand@uqam.ca">baillargeon.normand@uqam.ca</a>>, Ramzy Baroud <<a href="mailto:ramzybaroud@hotmail.com">ramzybaroud@hotmail.com</a>>, Marcos Arruda <<a href="mailto:marruda@pacs.org.br">marruda@pacs.org.br</a>>, Maximilien Arvelaiz <<a href="mailto:maxarvelaiz@gmail.com">maxarvelaiz@gmail.com</a>>, Rolf Auer <<a href="mailto:rolfauer@yahoo.ca">rolfauer@yahoo.ca</a>>, Adam Arvidsson <<a href="mailto:adam.arvidsson@unimi.it">adam.arvidsson@unimi.it</a>>, James Asfa <<a href="mailto:james.asfa@googlemail.com">james.asfa@googlemail.com</a>>, Mutlu Arslan <<a href="mailto:mutluarslan1@yahoo.com">mutluarslan1@yahoo.com</a>>, Walden Bello <<a href="mailto:waldenbello@yahoo.com">waldenbello@yahoo.com</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:aydin.ordek@politics.ankara.edu.tr">aydin.ordek@politics.ankara.edu.tr</a>>, Ozlem Aslan <<a href="mailto:aslozlem@gmail.com">aslozlem@gmail.com</a>>, Senia Barragan <<a href="mailto:ybarragan86@gmail.com">ybarragan86@gmail.com</a>>, Michael Albert <<a href="mailto:sysop@zmag.org">sysop@zmag.org</a>><br>Cc: Dean Baker <<a href="mailto:dean.baker1@verizon.net">dean.baker1@verizon.net</a>>, Benat Belfast <<a href="mailto:kortatu5@hotmail.com">kortatu5@hotmail.com</a>>, Nedda Argulo <<a href="mailto:neddangulo@yahoo.com">neddangulo@yahoo.com</a>>, Sergio Baierle <<a href="mailto:baierle@gmail.com">baierle@gmail.com</a>>,  <<a href="mailto:bdriscoll@eyeboston.com">bdriscoll@eyeboston.com</a>>, Sumanta Banerjee <<a href="mailto:suman5ban@yahoo.com">suman5ban@yahoo.com</a>>, Stanley Aronowitz <<a href="mailto:saronowitz@igc.org">saronowitz@igc.org</a>>, Bob Barr <<a href="mailto:barrph@class.org">barrph@class.org</a>>, Jessica Azulay <<a href="mailto:jessica@disconnection.org">jessica@disconnection.org</a>>, Radhika Balakra <<a href="mailto:rbalakra@igc.org">rbalakra@igc.org</a>>, Michel Bauwens <<a href="mailto:michelsub2004@gmail.com">michelsub2004@gmail.com</a>>, Omar Barghouti <<a href="mailto:omar.barghouti@gmail.com">omar.barghouti@gmail.com</a>>, David Bacon <<a href="mailto:dbacon@igc.apc.org">dbacon@igc.apc.org</a>>, Sysop at <a href="http://zmag.org">zmag.org</a> <<a href="mailto:Sysop@zmag.org">Sysop@zmag.org</a>>, <a href="mailto:balkanozapatista@gmail.com">balkanozapatista@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:balkanozapatista@gmail.com">balkanozapatista@gmail.com</a>>, Rosalyn Baxandal <<a href="mailto:ROSYBAX@aol.com">ROSYBAX@aol.com</a>>, George Bachrach <<a href="mailto:gbachrac@sharegroup.com">gbachrac@sharegroup.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Hello,</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">I am writing everyone in my address book, almost exactly 1,000 people, because I am initiating a Podcast called <a href="https://zcomm.org/revolutionz/" target="_blank"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">RevolutionZ: Life After Capitalis</font><font style="letter-spacing:1.3px;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">m</font></a>. I figure since I have your email address, you at least know my history and views so who better to turn to?</font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">In the words of Lennon and McCartney:</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="m_-3169119185341785495Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">    </span>Help me if you can, I'm feeling down</font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="m_-3169119185341785495Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>And I do appreciate you being 'round</font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="m_-3169119185341785495Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>Help me get my feet back on the ground</font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><span class="m_-3169119185341785495Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Won't you please, please help me?</font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">A podcast is a leap for me. My nephew recommended that I do one a few years ago and I barely knew what he was talking about. Since then, things have changed for me and podcasting.</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Without going into details, family health issues have left me seeking a way to be supportive, generate badly needed income, and simultaneously stay politically productive. Meanwhile, podcasting has become incredibly popular, technically manageable, able to generate income, and politically relevant.  </font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">RevolutionZ starts with one audio episode a week. With sufficient help, I will add a second and third each week, and also video. </font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">In the first episode each week I will address something topical, cultural, or activist, and quickly move the discussion from analysis to vision and strategy. In the second, a guest will discuss his or her areas of expertise. In the third, I and the week’s guest will address supporter-submitted questions and comments. </font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Generating useful content is seriously daunting, but as in most media endeavors, the biggest hurdle will be creating sufficient early momentum to justify first visitors following and supporting the podcast. I hope you will give me a leg up on that hardest hurdle.</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Will you click one or more of the links below, listen to some of the material, and even send me some advice on improving RevolutionZ? Will you use the links to follow the podcast? Will you pledge a monthly donation by becoming a patron via the website <a href="https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ" target="_blank"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Patreo</font><font style="letter-spacing:1.3px;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">n</font></a>?</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">While gearing up to do RevolutionZ, I am also seeking to sell the house I am writing this letter from to garner revenues for the health needs mentioned above. To do the podcast is of course a political project, but this time it also seeks income to help address serious personal needs. In short, I can’t do RevolutionZ without a reasonable living situation, time, peace of mind, and resources for costs, all of which now require “a little help from my friends.”</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">So I am asking you to please consider making a monthly pledge by becoming a patron and following RevolutionZ, I would profoundly appreciate it. Flip a coin. Heads you become a Patron, Tails you don’t. RevolutionZ is fully funded! I am stable. Don’t bother with the coin, just become a Patron. RevolutionZ has funds to grow and diversify, I am comfortable. That’s the situation. </font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Please do let me know at <a href="mailto:sysop@zmag.org" target="_blank"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">sysop@zmag.org</font></a> your reactions to the idea of RevolutionZ and I thank you in advance for any support you can provide.</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">You can access and then relate to RevolutionZ by various paths:</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Use <a href="https://www.patreon.com/revolutionZ" target="_blank"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">RevolutionZ’s Patreon Pag</font><font style="letter-spacing:1.3px;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">e</font></a> where you can pledge some much needed material aid and enjoy related benefits.</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Use <a href="http://revolutionz.buzzsprout.com/" target="_blank"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">RevolutionZ’s Server Host Pag</font><font style="letter-spacing:1.3px;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">e</font></a> which includes episodes and transcripts of episodes.</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Use <a href="https://zcomm.org/revolutionz/" target="_blank"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">RevolutionZ’s Own ZNet Hosted Websit</font><font style="letter-spacing:1.3px;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">e</font></a> that has instructions for all modes of access and includes transcripts.</font></div><div style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:17px"><font style="font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures"></font><br></div><div style="margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;font-variant-ligatures:no-common-ligatures">Use <a href="https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/330161.rss" target=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