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Specifically, the book tackles the question: Who exactly are the anti-capitalists and what do they want? Simon Tormey examines the ideas of the various components that make up the movement: the anarchists and Marxists, the greens and environmentalists, the anti-corporate activists and autonomists, among many others. He looks in detail at how the movement operates its reliance on a unique combination of word-of-mouth, the internet, and communications technology. The examples he draws on include the efforts of the Zapatistas, who helped the indigenous peoples of the Chiapas region of Mexico to establish an autonomous zone beyond the clutches of the Mexican state.
List of contents
Introduction: 'Beginning' anti-capitalism
1. The hows and whys of the thing called 'capitalism'
2. Why 'Seattle'? 1968, the 'end of history' and the birth of contemporary anti-capitalism
3. A 'movement of movements' (i): 'reformism' or 'globalisation with a human face'
4. A 'movement of movements' (ii): renegades, radicals and revolutionaries
5. The future(s) of anti-capitalism: problems and perspectives
Glossary of key terms, thinkers and movements
Contemporary anti-capitalism: a timeline
Index
About the author
Author Simon Tormey is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham, England.
Summary
Introducing the anti-capitalist movement, a movement that has quickly established itself in the global arena, staging protests at meetings of international organisations.
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"A useful account of the failure of hyper-capitalism, and of those who oppose it."
