An anti-capitalist manifesto
By: Alex Callinicos
Publisher: Distributed in the USA by Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
Subjects: Capitalism; Radical economics; Globalization; Protest movements
Description: "Alex Callinicos analyses the development of the movement, distinguishes between the different political forces within it, and explores the strategic dilemmas - notably over violence and the nation-state - that it increasingly confronts. He argues that the movement is directed against capitalism itself. The logic of competitive accumulation that drives this system is not only increasing global inequality and economic instability, but threatens ecological catastrophe and appalling conflict. To meet the challenge of global capitalism the new protest movement requires, according to Callinicos, a creative synthesis of its own inclusive and dynamic style and the best of the classical Marxist tradition."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-170) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: An unscheduled event; title: The revival of social critique; title: Naming the movement; title: Another unscheduled event; title: Capitalism against the planet; title: So what's the problem?; title: Financial follies; title: The perpetual motion machine; title: Accumulation and catastrophe; title: The sword of Leviathan; title: Varieties and strategies; title: Varieties of anti-capitalism; title: Reform or revolution?; title: Imagining other worlds; title: Anti-capitalist values; title: A note on diversity; title: What's wrong with the market?; title: Why we need planning; title: A transitional programme