Z Communications
Z Communications is a left-wing activist-oriented media group founded in 1986 by Michael Albert and Lydia Sargent. It is, in broad terms, ideologically libertarian socialist, anticapitalist, and heavily influenced by participatory economics, although much of its content is focused on critical commentary of foreign affairs. Its publications include "Z Magazine", "ZNet", and "Z Video". 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, "Z Net" (also known as "ZNet" 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 has 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, Edward S. Herman, Mike Kuhlenbeck, John Ross and Kevin Zeese. Articles written by Chomsky have been republished in the "New Statesman". Criticism. In a 2005 interview with Joshua Frank, Ward Churchill discussed issues he had with "Z Magazine". Churchill claimed 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 criticized the site's defence of  the book "The Politics of Genocide" by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson, which he said had been called a work of genocide denial by scholars he had consulted like as Martin Shaw.