Current Projects:

Concerned with the lack of political courage and radical vision in today’s music, I turned to songwriting as a form of activism. Free to the public, this work is intended not only as a vehicle for protest, but also as an organizing tool.

My current project is the DEF with the REVOLUTION rEMIX pROJECT, a 14 song hip hop album offering a basic introduction to an alternative economic vision called Participatory Economics, or ParEcon for short.

I’m challenging Producers, MCs, Beatboxers, and Remix Artists to repackage the album’s lyrics in tracks and flows so nice, people will have no choice but to bob their heads and listen. Artists get a chance to show off their vocal and production skills in remixes, and I get hotter versions of the songs to spread the word about ParEcon.

You can get in where you fit in, but get in.

projectQUESTION:

With unprecedented challenges facing us today, our world is in need of radical change.  There are numerous books offering achievable solutions.  There are visionaries in every field.  Unfortunately, many of us are not used to thinking in such radical terms.  The questions necessary to even grasp these solutions are absent from everyday life.

We will never change the world until we can question the world.  From literature and interviews to music and satire, the goal of this site is to examine and break down many of the obstacles that keep us from asking the very questions that may lead us to real change.

You may or may not agree with the content of this website, but hopefully you will agree that it is important these questions be asked.  If there are questions we cannot ask, our sense of democracy is a fraud.

Me:

My name is Lonnie Ray Atkinson.  I am a concerned citizen.  I have not always been one.  I am trying to make up for cowardice, apathy, and previous wrongs by contributing to the dialogue. I try to approach questions concerning economics, politics, and social justice with the recognition that I could have been anyone. My goal is not to preach to the choir, but rather to remind everyone that they are in the choir.  In no way do I believe that I have all the answers (if I did, you’d be reading this on projectanswer.org), nor am I trying to become anyone’s leader or hero.  My only authority is the authority to question, same as yours.

Although you may find some of my work to be controversial, I will try to direct the majority of my criticism toward specific philosophies and the roles they offer us rather than the individual followers of such philosophies.  As I was not always of the mind I am now, I understand the appeal of competing ideologies.  I wish not to dismiss you, but to appeal to your intellect and sense of humanity.

I hope you will return the favor.