David Tracey

leads to debate on human mic repeat-after-me: 1 guy hates the authority it gives speaker. others say it lets everyone be the speaker.

no future markets? markets existed long before capitalism. society w/ a market is fine, but not capitalism where it’s a market w/ a society.

kovel: capitalist accumulation is dying. many frustrations, sorrow ahead…but also much joy. have faith in a new system coming.

eco-socialist expert joel kovel: uses human mike system…in a small room!

eisenstein: zapatista women demand “right to rest.” any takers for that one?

hesther eistenstein from ny: does patriarchy precede capitalism? yes but rare.

lander: need to reconceptualize democracy in ways that aren’t monocultural, authoritative.

edgardo lander from venezuela: capitalism cannot possibly offer alternatives b/c it requires unlimited growth.

belief we can continue down the path we’re going: that’s a utopian concept. pragmatic approach is to change it.

moderator garry leech: there’s political democracy but there’s no economic democracy.