https://znetwork.org/author/zstaff/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:30:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/zstaff/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/thank-you-z-community-2024-annual-report/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/thank-you-z-community-2024-annual-report/#respond Fri, 19 Sep 2025 17:28:21 +0000 As we did last year, the ZStaff is publishing our annual financial and progress report. This is both for transparency and so that all donors and contributors can see what their efforts have achieved. We also hope it will inspire new community members to get more involved and to consider deeper engagement and/or material support. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/thank-you-z-community-2024-annual-report/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-anniversary-an-affirmation-action/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-anniversary-an-affirmation-action/#respond Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:40:26 +0000 Dear Z Community, November 15th marks the two year anniversary of the relaunch of ZNetwork.org. As we did two years ago, we’d like to begin by recognizing and thanking everyone who has worked on and contributed to South End Press, Z Magazine, ZNet, & ZMI over the decades. Today’s ZNetwork.org was born from a legacy [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/an-anniversary-an-affirmation-action/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/zs-mission-going-beyond-critique/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/zs-mission-going-beyond-critique/#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2024 17:00:05 +0000 Dear Z Community, At the beginning of our August fundraising drive, we proposed a 4-step action pathway – not just to seek much needed material support for sustaining ZNetwork.org, but to offer an outline of how Z fits into a larger model for pursuing fundamental social change. And, let’s face it, because if there has [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/zs-mission-going-beyond-critique/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/get-up-stand-up/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/get-up-stand-up/#respond Fri, 02 Aug 2024 17:20:00 +0000 Dear Z Community, This August, during Z’s fundraising drive, we are asking you to take action with us. It’s time to get up and stand up, not just in opposition to all the horrors unfolding around us, but to stand up FOR something in unity and strength. To provide a forum and tools for diverse activists to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/get-up-stand-up/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gaza-solidarity-encampments-interactive-map/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gaza-solidarity-encampments-interactive-map/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 14:43:34 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1266331 Interactive Map Instructions:]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/gaza-solidarity-encampments-interactive-map/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uprising/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uprising/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:08:58 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265486 Dear Z Community, Things are HAPPENING! (Check out our resource list at the bottom of this message.) Unions have been kicking some major boss-butt up and down the South, including a historic victory for Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Today, climate activists in NYC have shut down the entrance to Citibank, demanding they stop their [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/uprising/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/power-profit-bullsht/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/power-profit-bullsht/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:56:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1263076 Dear Z Community, Everyone who is a regular reader of Z has experienced the feeling of disbelief and exasperation when trying to explain a contentious issue to a friend who only consumes mainstream media.  It is well understood that media not only informs but actually creates social reality. After all, we only know about that [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/power-profit-bullsht/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sumoud-the-will-to-resist/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sumoud-the-will-to-resist/#respond Mon, 01 Jan 2024 05:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1260062 Dear Z Community, As 2023 comes to a close, we’d like to thank you – this is a truly incredible community of people committed to social change.  Thanks to your support and engagement, Z’s spirit of resistance has been reborn. We formally relaunched one year ago and remain focused on continued improvements so that Z can better serve [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/sumoud-the-will-to-resist/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/giving-tuesday-giving-two-ways/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/giving-tuesday-giving-two-ways/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 19:50:04 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1258233 Dear Z Community, Most of us on the ZStaff are new to the fundraising world, so for us it’s our first Giving Tuesday.  What is Giving Tuesday? It’s the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving (US) and an international day of “giving back” by contributing to a non-profit.  We likely share your combination of reactions… on one hand, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/giving-tuesday-giving-two-ways/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/welcome-to-the-launch-of-znetwork-org/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/welcome-to-the-launch-of-znetwork-org/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:20:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1231827   A Letter From Michael Albert Dear Z Community, I have worked on Z Magazine and ZNet, and before that on South End Press, for about forty-five years. I am excited and pleased, albeit also a bit sad, to have reached a point in my life that says, stay close but move on. 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