ZNetwork

History

Zeta Magazine was founded by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent in 1987, both of whom had previously co-founded South End Press. It was renamed Z Magazine in 1989.

Founded in 1994, Z Media Institute provides classes and other sessions in how to start and produce alternative media, how to better understand media, and how to develop organising skills. The institute has hosted Stephen Shalom presentations on parpolity a number of times.

Founded in 1995, ZNet (also known as ZNet, ZNetwork and Z Communications) is a website with contributors that include Noam Chomsky, Eduardo Galeano, Boris Kagarlitsky, Edward Said, Chris Spannos and Kevin Zeese. John Pilger described it as one of the best news sources online. Rene Milan of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies called the site a rich source of information about participism.

Publications and authors

Z Magazine is published in print and on-line monthly.

Contributors to the magazine have included Patrick Bond Noam Chomsky,, Ward Churchill, Alexander Cockburn, Edward S. Herman, bell hooks, Mike Kuhlenbeck, Staughton Lynd, John Ross, Juliet Schor, Holly Sklar, Cornel West, Kevin Zeese and Howard Zinn. Articles written by Chomsky have been republished in the New Statesman.

Reception

In a 2005 interview with Joshua Frank, Ward Churchill discussed issues he had with Z Magazine. Churchill said an article he worked on was not published for two years and was misattributed. He also felt Albert and Sargent had greater influence than others involved with the publication.

In 2012, George Monbiot wrote a critical article about the book * The Politics of Genocide* by Edward Herman and David Peterson. Znet published a response to Monbiot from Herman and Peterson. Monbiot said he asked Michael Albert to publish Martin Shaw's review of Herman and Peterson's book on Znet to balance the comments from Herman and Peterson. Albert refused.

References

References

1. "About Z".
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3. Monbiot, George. (May 21, 2012). "My fight may be hopeless, but it is as necessary as ever". The Guardian.
4. (17 March 2015). "Workers getting burned by McDonald's greed". Peoples World.
5. Joshua D. Atkinson, ''Alternative Media and Politics of Resistance: A Communication Perspective'' ([[Peter Lang (publishing company). Peter Lang]], 2010), {{ISBN
6. "Chomsky's Bio Info". Z Net.
7. ""Good News," Iraq & Beyond, Part 1". Z Net.
8. "(DV) Frank: An Interview with Professor Ward Churchill (Part One)".
9. (1 April 2007). "Straightening Our Hair". Z Magazine.
10. (27 September 2014). "Krugman, Putin and the New York Times". Dissent Voice.
11. "The Vision Thing".
12. (24 July 2006). "Ten Questions for Movement Building". [[Monthly Review]].
13. "John Pilger prefers the web to TV news - it's more honest online". New Statesman.
14. "Judge the US by deeds, not words". New Statesman.
15. "Is this really a grand Nato victory?". New Statesman.
16. "The Politics Of A Good Society". New Left Project.
17. (August 2025). "Insurrection Debated". Adbusters.
18. "Kevin Zeese's". Z Communication.
19. "U.S.A.: Mobilizing Against Halliburton, the "Poster Child for War Profiteering"". CorpWatch.
20. "» South Africa's junk credit rating was avoided, but at the cost of junk analysis".
21. (February 12, 1989). "Z magazine". Z Magazine.
22. (1987). "Zeta magazine". Institute for Social and Cultural Change.