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This second edition contains a new introduction by Ishmael Reed, a new preface by the author that discusses cooperatives in the Great Recession of 2008 and their future in the 21st century, and a new chapter on the role co-ops played in the food revolution of the 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003e\"It is indeed inspiring, in the face of all the misguided praise of 'the market', to be reminded by John Curl's new book of the noble history of cooperative work in the United States.\"\u003c\/em\u003e” Howard Zinn, author of \u003cem\u003eA People’s History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This new edition is greatly welcome, because we need a cooperative movement and spirit more than ever before. Curl surveys all, and explains much. New generations of readers will find this a fascinating account, and aging co-opers like myself will understand better what we did, what we tried to do, where we succeeded and where we failed. Get this book and read it, Curl will do you good.” Paul Buhle, coeditor of the \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia of the American Left\u003c\/em\u003e, founding editor of \u003cem\u003eRadical America \u003c\/em\u003e(SDS).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Curl has been a member of Heartwood Cooperative Woodshop in Berkeley for over thirty years, and has belonged to numerous other cooperatives and collectives. His historical writings include the \u003cem\u003eHistory of Work Cooperation in America \u003c\/em\u003e(1980) and \u003cem\u003eMemories of Drop City\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), his memoir of the 1960s commune movement. He is a translator and biographer of Inca, Maya and Aztec poets in \u003cem\u003eAncient American Poets \u003c\/em\u003e(2006). His seven books of poetry include \u003cem\u003eScorched Birth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eColumbus in the Bay of Pigs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDecade: the 1990s\u003c\/em\u003e. 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Sakai\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Saddle-stitched pamphlet\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 1-894946-31-6\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 25 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Kersplebedeb Publishing\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kersplebedeb Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175032238173,"sku":"1894946316","price":1.68,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/large_303_crisis3_0.jpg?v=1654986915"},{"product_id":"capital-and-its-discontents-conversations-with-radical-thinkers-in-a-time-of-tumult","title":"Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult","description":"\u003cp\u003eCapitalism is stumbling, empire is faltering, and the planet is thawing. Yet many people are still grasping to understand these multiple crises and to find a way forward to a just future. Into the breach come the essential insights of \u003cem\u003eCapital and Its Discontents\u003c\/em\u003e, which cut through the gristle to get to the heart of the matter about the nature of capitalism and imperialism, capitalism’s vulnerabilities at this conjuncture—and what can we do to hasten its demise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough a series of incisive conversations with some of the most eminent thinkers and political economists on the Left—including David Harvey, Ellen Meiksins Wood, \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6Ijg5OTMifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/mike-davis\" title=\"Mike Davis\"\u003eMike Davis\u003c\/a\u003e, Leo Panitch, Tariq Ali, and Noam Chomsky—\u003cem\u003eCapital and Its Discontents\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the dynamic contradictions undergirding capitalism and the potential for its dethroning. The book challenges conventional wisdom on the Left about the nature of globalization, neoliberalism and imperialism, as well as the agrarian question in the Global South. It probes deeply into the roots of the global economic meltdown, the role of debt and privatization in dampening social revolt, and considers capitalism’s dynamic ability to find ever new sources of accumulation—whether through imperial or ecological plunder or the commodification of previously unpaid female labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Left luminaries in \u003cem\u003eCapital and Its Discontents\u003c\/em\u003e look at potential avenues out of the mess—as well as wrong turns and needless detours—drawing lessons from the history of post-colonial states in the Global South, struggles against imperialism past and present, the eternal pendulum swing of radicalism, the corrosive legacy of postmodernism, and the potentialities of the radical humanist tradition. At a moment when capitalism as a system is more reviled than ever, here is an indispensable toolbox of ideas for action by some of the most brilliant thinkers of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFull list of Interviewees\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eNoam Chomsky is one of the world’s leading intellectuals, the father of modern linguistics, and an outspoken media and foreign policy critic. He is Institute Professor emeritus of linguistics at MIT and the author of numerous books and DVDs including \u003cem\u003eCrisis and Hope: Theirs and Ours\u003c\/em\u003e published by PM Press.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eTariq Ali is an historian, novelist, and filmmaker, and the author of many books. 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He is an editor of the \u003cem\u003eNew Left Review \u003c\/em\u003eand received a MacArthur Fellowship Award and the Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eEllen Meiksins Wood, for many years Professor of Political Science at York University, Toronto, is the author of a number of books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Origin of Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCitizens to Lords: A Social History of Western Political Thought from Antiquity to the Middle Ages\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eDavid Harvey is the Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a pioneering radical geographer. He has written numerous books and is among the 20 most cited authors in the humanities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eLeo Panitch teaches Political Economy at YorkUniversity in Toronto and is co-editor of the \u003cem\u003eSocialist Register\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eIn and Out of Crisis: The Global Financial Meltdown and Left Alternatives\u003c\/em\u003e, published by PM Press.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eDoug Henwood is editor of \u003cem\u003eLeft Business Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eAfter the New Economy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWall Street: How It Works and for Whom\u003c\/em\u003e, and a contributing editor to \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eA South African native, Gillian Hart is Professor of Geography at UC Berkeley and the author of \u003cem\u003eDisabling Globalization: Places of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eJohn Bellamy Foster is the editor of the independent socialist magazine \u003cem\u003eMonthly Review\u003c\/em\u003e and Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon in Eugene. He is the co-author, among other works, of \u003cem\u003eThe Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eUrsula Huws is the editor of the international interdisciplinary journal \u003cem\u003eWork Organisation, Labour and Globalisation\u003c\/em\u003e, and the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Making of a Cybertariat: Virtual Work in a Real World\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eDavid McNally is Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto and the author of many books, including \u003cem\u003eGlobal Slump: The Economics and Politics of Crisis and Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e, published by PM Press.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eJason W Moore is a Research Fellow at the Department of Human Geography at Lund University, Sweden.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eVivek Chibber is Professor of Sociology at New York University and the author of \u003cem\u003eLocked in Place: State-Building and Late Industrialization in India\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003eJohn Sanbonmatsu teaches Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Postmodern Prince: Critical Theory, Left Strategy, and the Making of a New Political Subject\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n \u003cli\u003e\n\u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjEzNzMyIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/andrej-grubacic\" title=\"Andrej Grubacic\"\u003eAndrej Grubacic\u003c\/a\u003e is a dissident from the Balkans. A radical historian and sociologist, he is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eWobblies and Zapatistas\u003c\/em\u003e and author of \u003cem\u003eDon't Mourn, Balkanize!\u003c\/em\u003e (both on PM Press)\u003cem\u003e.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These conversations illuminate the current world situation in ways that are very useful for those hoping to orient themselves and find a way forward to effective individual and collective action. Highly recommended.\" —Kim Stanley Robinson, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of the Mars Trilogy and \u003cem\u003eThe Years of Rice and Salt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this fine set of interviews, an A-list of radical political economists demonstrate why their skills are indispensable to understanding today’s multiple economic and ecological crises.” —Raj Patel, author of \u003cem\u003eStuffed and Starved\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Value of Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCapital and Its Discontents\u003c\/em\u003e presents the thought of many of the most astute analysts of contemporary political economic and cultural developments in accessible interview form. Sasha Lilley's wide-ranging and probing questions prompt her interviewees to address the intersecting crises of our time and to outline frameworks for understanding and responding to them. This collection of interviews introduces the reader to much of the best thinking about social issues on the US left today.” —Barbara Epstein, UC Santa Cruz\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading this wonderful book feels like having a face to face discussion with each author. These brilliant radical thinkers from many parts of the world generously and lucidly share their knowledge and insights on capitalism, empire, and resistance.” —Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, historian and author of \u003cem\u003eRed Dirt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOutlaw Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an extremely important book. It is the most detailed, comprehensive, and best study yet published on the most recent capitalist crisis and its discontents. Sasha Lilley sets each interview in its context, writing with style, scholarship and wit about ideas and philosophies.\" —Andrej Grubacic, radical sociologist and social critic, co-author of \u003cem\u003eWobblies and Zapatistas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\nSasha Lilley is a writer and radio broadcaster. She is the co-founder and host of the critically acclaimed program of radical ideas, \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Grain\u003c\/em\u003e. As program director of KPFA Radio, the flagship station of the Pacifica Network, she headed up such award-winning national broadcasts as \u003cem\u003eWinter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan\u003c\/em\u003e. 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He was a Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at Carleton University between 1972 and 1984. He was a Professor of Political Science at York University since 1984. He was the Chair of the Department of Political Science at York from 1988-1994. He was the General Co-editor of State and Economic Life series, U. of T. Press, from 1979 to 1995 and is the Co-founder and a Board Member of Studies in Political Economy. He was also the author of numerous articles and books dealing with political science including The End of Parliamentary Socialism (1997). He was a member of the Movement for an Independent and Socialist Canada, 1973-1975, the Ottawa Committee for Labour Action, 1975-1984, the Canadian Political Science Association, the Committee of Socialist Studies, the Marxist Institute and the Royal Society of Canada. He was an ardent supporter of the Socialist Project.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Once again, Panitch, Gindin, and Albo show that they have few rivals and no betters in analyzing the relations between politics and economics. … At once sobering and inspiring, this is one of the few pieces of writing … that’s essential to understanding the sources and uses of crisis. Splendid and essential.” - Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer, author of After the New Economy and Wall Street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e  Surveying the Crisis: Is Neoliberalism Over?\u003cbr\u003e  Neoliberalism, Finance, and Crises\u003cbr\u003e  Finance, Regulation, and the American State\u003cbr\u003e  Crisis Management from Bush to Obama\u003cbr\u003e  From Finance to Industry: The Crisis in Auto\u003cbr\u003e  Labor’s Impasse and the Left\u003cbr\u003e  Another Way out of the Crisis? 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He argues that this privileged layer has evolved into a mass middle class with multiple functions in the imperialist system, including attacking and misdirecting the struggles of the global proletariat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSubjects addressed in this accessible and easy-to-read primer include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003echanges in the international division of labor and in the structure of income inequality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003epolitical and economic aspects of class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003egender and nation as determinants and expressions of class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ethe nature of privilege and parasitism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ethe worker elite’s relationship to intellectuals, trade unions, the proletariat, and the bourgeoisie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003estrategic implications for revolutionaries of the worker elite’s current hegemony over the proletariat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Bromma concludes, \"Class struggle is going on every day inside the working class. 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Wayne Price’s political insights also offer a framework through which anarchists can understand and use Marx, while remaining anarchists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is an insightful primer that sidesteps the typical anarchist vs. Marxist debates. Price presents Marx’s theory as an as-yet-unsurpassed explanation of contemporary capitalism, one that will aid in the task of overcoming the market and ushering in an era of collective, participatory control of the economy, inspired by anarchist political and ethical traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWayne Price is a long-time writer, theorist, and activist on the Left. He has been involved in a series of revolutionary libertarian-socialist organizations and has been active in dissident caucuses in teacher unions, human rights organizing, and the antiwar movement, from the Vietnam war to today. Price’s adherence to class-struggle anarchism has been complemented by a deep appreciation for Marx's critique of capitalism. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Abolition of the State: Anarchist \u0026amp; Marxist Perspectives\u003c\/em\u003e (2007) and \u003cem\u003eAnarchism \u0026amp; Socialism: Reformism or Revolution?\u003c\/em\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor: Wayne Price\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781939202017\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 200 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: AK Press\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"AK Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175153643613,"sku":"9781939202017","price":20.93,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/valueofradicaltheory.jpg?v=1654987701"},{"product_id":"divided-world-divided-class-global-political-economy-and-the-stratification-of-labour-under-capitalism-second-edition","title":"Divided World Divided Class: Global Political Economy and the Stratification of Labour Under Capitalism, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePurchase of this book comes with free download of the ebook files (MOBI \u0026amp; EPUB). If you only want the ebook, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/divided-world-divided-class-global-political-economy-and-the-stratification-of-labour-under-capitalism-second-edition-copy\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDivided World Divided Class\u003c\/em\u003e charts the history of the ‘labour aristocracy’ in the capitalist world system, from its roots in colonialism to its birth and eventual maturation into a full-fledged middle class in the age of imperialism. It argues that pervasive national, racial and cultural chauvinism in the core capitalist countries is not primarily attributable to ‘false class consciousness’, ideological indoctrination or ignorance as much left and liberal thinking assumes. Rather, these and related forms of bigotry are concentrated expressions of the major social strata of the core capitalist nations’ shared economic interest in the exploitation and repression of dependent nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book demonstrates not only how redistribution of income derived from super-exploitation has allowed for the amelioration of class conflict in the wealthy capitalist countries, it also shows that the exorbitant ‘super-wage’ paid to workers there has meant the disappearance of a domestic vehicle for socialism, an exploited working class. Rather, in its place is a deeply conservative metropolitan workforce committed to maintaining, and even extending, its privileged position through imperialism. The book is intended as a major contribution to debates on the international class structure and socialist strategy for the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis second edition includes new material such as data on growing inequality between the richest and poorest countries; data illustrating rising real wages in Imperial Britain; explication of the concepts of value, monopoly capital and unequal exchange and their ramifications for the global class structure; discussion of social imperialism on the left; responses to critiques surrounding the thesis of mass embourgeoisement through imperialism; as well as further information on a range of subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Dr. Cope presents a thought provoking study of the political economy of the world system by focusing on the concept of a global labour aristocracy. Within the world system, which has also been described as a global apartheid system by some, enormous differences exist between workers’ wages and living conditions, depending on where the workers are located. The author details how a global labour aristocracy in core countries benefits at the expense of workers in periphery countries. The mechanisms supporting such a situation are identified as exploitation, imperialism and racism. The book is a valuable contribution to globalization critique.” — Gernot Köhler, Professor (retired) of Computer Studies at the Department of Computing and Information Management, Sheridan College, Ontario, Canada and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Global Wage System: A Study of International Wage Differences\u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eGlobal Economics: An Introductory Course\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“How can we link the division between the poor and the rich people in one and any country and the division between the rich and poor nations together into an analytical framework? The answer lies in the concept of ‘the embourgeoisement of the working people’ of the rich core countries and the fact that colonialism and national chauvinism have gone hand in hand so as to breed a ‘labour aristocracy’. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about fairness. Zak Cope brings together brilliantly the concepts of nation, race and class analytically under the umbrella of capitalism, by situating racism in the class structure and by locating class in the context of the global economy.” — Mobo Gao, Chair of Chinese Studies and Director of the Confucius Institute at the Centre for Asian Studies, University of Adelaide, and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Battle for China’s Past: Mao and the Cultural Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is a surprising book. At a time when confusion about Globalization surrounds us, Zak Cope pulls us towards what is fundamental. He outlines the 19th \u0026amp; 20th century recasting of the diverse human world into rigid forms of oppressed colonized societies and oppressor colonizing societies. A world divide still heavily determining our lives. Working rigorously in a marxist-leninist vein, the author focuses on how imperialism led to a giant metropolis where even the main working class itself is heavily socially bribed and loyal to capitalist oppression. Much is laid aside in his analysis, in order to concentrate on only what he considers the most basic structure of all in world capitalist society. This is writing both controversial and foundational at one and the same time.” — J. Sakai, author of \u003cem\u003eSettlers: Mythology of the White Proletariat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Divided World Divided Class is valuable to a wide audience, especially those unfamiliar with the history of imperialism, the unequal exchange paradigm, and its impact on class structure. It should be a wake-up call to advocates for the exploited classes of the global South as they attempt to develop a twenty-first-century praxis, and as they engage with advocates for workers in the global North—without denying activists in the global North a role in helping to change the world in favor of the exploited peoples of the world. It reaffirms, with an impressive breadth and depth of evidence and argument, that the Northern workers must help fight for democratic sovereignty in the global South—even if it appears to be against their material interests to do so.\" — Professor Timothy Kerswell, University of Macau, Department of Government and Public Administration\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eKersplebedeb Statement on Zak Cope's About Face (Aug. 16 2024)\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTLDR: Zak Cope has renounced his former anti-imperialist views and has embraced “the West,” zionism, and the legacies and ongoing realities of colonialism and imperialism. Kersplebedeb Publishing stands by Zak’s previous work and is saddened to see him now embracing the structures of oppression, exploitation, and genocide which he previously had stood against.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLONGER VERSION:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe at Kersplebedeb Publishing were surprised to learn (to say the least) that Zak Cope, author of \u003cem\u003eDivided World Divided Class: Global Political Economy and the Stratification of Labour Under Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e—which we published two editions of in 2012 and 2015, respectively—has had a dramatic change of opinion on seemingly every aspect of political economy in the last year (he implies that it was sparked by the events of October 7, 2023). In the \u003cem\u003ePalgrave Handbook of Contemporary Geopolitics \u003c\/em\u003e(2024), which Cope edited and to which he contributed two chapters, he describes his “personal and intellectual commitment to free markets, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law and the conservative and classical liberal values that uphold the same.” He declares his support for “the people of... Israel in their just struggle to overcome the imperialist and totalitarian forces bent on their destruction.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite this description of the opponents of the zionist state as “imperialist,” it is not clear whether Cope—who has been mainly known as a prominent theorist of anti-imperialism and defender of the theory of a global labour aristocracy—now thinks imperialism does not exist or just that it is a good thing. He compares foreign direct investment from the Global North into the Global South to “people who spend less than they earn... loan[ing] to those who spend more than they earn.” He denies that there is anything morally problematic in this relationship, arguing to the contrary that “free trade can and has led to historically unprecedented reductions in poverty rates worldwide.” He states that “Europe’s industrialization and economic take-off was largely endogenous, driven by technological innovation, entrepreneurship, liberal institutions, and scientific culture,” while “Colonialism and the slave trade played a relatively minor role.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCope now espouses right-wing shibboleths, such as the historically ignorant view that Nazi Germany was socialist (!) or that a domination of the social sciences by Marxism and postcolonialism (“the academic study of the cultural, political, and economic legacies of colonialism and imperialism,” as he defines it) has “seriously curtailed academic freedom.” He derisively refers to the concept of “European, Western, and ‘White’ oppression, exploitation, and racism,” a use of scare quotes implying that he views the entire concept of whiteness as being of questionable analytic utility, at a minimum. (Elsewhere, he uses scare quotes on “First World” and “Third World,” as well as “core” and “periphery.”) He approvingly cites Thatcher’s aphorism about socialism being broken by its dependence on an exhaustible supply of “other people’s money.” He rejects the labour theory of value and calls “counter[ing] anti-capitalism with reasoned, fact-based, and historically grounded argument... one of the most urgent cultural and political challenges of our time.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a footnote, he “retract[s]” \u003cem\u003eDivided World \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Wealth of Some Nations \u003c\/em\u003e(which he published with Pluto Press in 2019) for the reason that they are “based on Marxist views that are outright false or misleadingly one-sided.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe share Cope’s desire to make a clear distinction between his past work and his output today and going forward—barring a second 180° degree rotation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCope’s argument in \u003cem\u003eDivided World Divided Class\u003c\/em\u003e and similar writings was nothing more nor less than an assertion of the humanity of the people of the Third World (or Global South) and an attempt to explain their dehumanization in the realm of ideas (racism and national chauvinism) by reviewing their position in the realm of economics, as those who produce most of the world's enormous wealth yet receive scarcely any of its benefit. If there was a weakness to his approach, it was his reliance on a lot of numbers and statistics and math (themselves often the mystifying product of bourgeois economics) to show what could be illustrated much more simply and clearly in more concrete terms. But so it goes with “immanent critique”—our thought at the time was (and is now) that given the use of bourgeois economics to muddy the waters in order to hide the reality of imperialist exploitation, that there was value in using it to clarify and demystify.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCope’s new position—which comes as an utter shock to us, and which we find difficult to believe he can himself take seriously—does indeed amount to a complete reversal of this: a dehumanization of the global majority and an obfuscation and denial of the racism and national chauvinism to which they are subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZak, wtf?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNote to Readers: Kersplebedeb is making the ebook version of Divided World Divided Class, which we still consider to be a valuable contribution to understanding the world we live in, available free of charge via the leftwingbooks.net website: \u003ca href=\"www.leftwingbooks.net\/\/divided-world-divided-class-ebook\"\u003ewww.leftwingbooks.net\/\/divided-world-divided-class-ebook\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kersplebedeb Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175193981021,"sku":"9781894946681","price":20.96,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/coverDWDC2.jpg?v=1654987826"},{"product_id":"the-global-perspective-reflections-on-imperialism-and-resistance","title":"The Global Perspective: Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the 1970s and 80s, Torkil Lauesen was a member of a clandestine communist cell which carried out a series of robberies in Denmark, netting very large sums which were then sent on to various national liberation movements in the Third World. Following their capture in 1989, Torkil would spend six years in prison. In 2016, Lauesen’s book \u003cem\u003eDet Globale Perspektiv\u003c\/em\u003e was released in Denmark. In it, he explains how he sees the world political situation today, and his thoughts about the future. In 2018, Kersplebedeb Publishing is pleased to release the English language edition of this book, translated by \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkwMDQifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/gabriel-kuhn\" title=\"Gabriel Kuhn\"\u003eGabriel Kuhn\u003c\/a\u003e, and with a Preface by Dr. Zak Cope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs Lauesen details, we today live in a world of massive and unprecedented inequality. Never before has humanity been so starkly divided between the “haves” and the “have nots”. Never before has the global situation been accelerating so quickly. The Third World national liberation movements of the 20th century very much triggered the liberatory movements that did manage to emerge in the First World, and seemed for an all-too-brief moment to point to an escape hatch from history’s downward spiral ... but for many today that all seems like ancient history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Global Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e bridges the gap between Third Worldist theory, and the question of “What Is To Be Done?” in a First World context. It is an important contribution towards developing an effective political practice based on the realities of the global situation, avoiding the pitfalls of sugarcoating the situation with the First World populations, or of falling into pessimistic quietism. It bridges the gap not only between generations, but also between theory and practice. As Lauesen says, “It is a book written by an activist, for activists. Global capitalism is heading into a deep structural crisis in the coming decades, so the objective conditions for radical change will be present, for better or for worse. The outcome will depend on us, the subjective forces.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The central concerns of Lauesen’s book are the misery of the global masses and the global class structures that keep that misery in place, as well as the question: What can be done about it?” — Gernot Köhler, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Global Wage System: A Study of International Wage Differences\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGlobal Economics: An Introductory Course\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“There are autobiographies by radicals and there are analyses of imperialism. If you want both in one, this book is for you.” — Klaus Viehmann, auhor of \u003cem\u003ePrison Round Trip\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“With \u003cem\u003eThe Global Perspective\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjM0NTM5In0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/torkil-lauesen\" title=\"Torkil Lauesen\"\u003eTorkil Lauesen\u003c\/a\u003e is re-vitalizing important discussions on the radical left. The book offers important insights and analytical tools with which to study contemporary political and economic changes, something that is equally important for political activists and academics alike. By incorporating unequal exchange into the study of  political economy, Lauesen conveys a strong case for a global perspective.” — Rasmus Alex Wendt, author of \u003cem\u003eTRIPs in India: An analysis of the impact of global governance on political processes in India\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“As global inequality and poverty has reached its highest apogee today, The Global Perspective is a crucial contribution to the study of imperialism and anti-imperialism, revealing that the political, economic, and military legacy of European colonial intervention remains stronger than ever.  This work by Torkil Lauesen has produced a comprehensive and highly accessible contribution to understanding the history, theory and nature of imperialism for those of us searching for a practice of resistance; drawing on essential classical and modern theoretical approaches. As research and academic study of imperialism returns center stage, Lauesen vividly reveals how it maintains and increases living standards in the Global North as it grinds down 85 percent of all humanity in the Global South.   The Global Perspective is an ethical call for mindfulness beyond ourselves, nations, and regions and toward the possibility a praxis for international solidarity.  In this way, The Global Perspective is a very hopeful book invaluable to students of imperialism and serious practitioners of the struggle against global exploitation.” — Immanuel Ness, author of \u003cem\u003eSouthern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"With \u003cem\u003eThe Global Perspective \u003c\/em\u003eTorkil Lauesen not only synthesizes the classic works of anti-imperialist political economy but joins the ranks of contemporary radical political economists, such as Robert Biel and John Smith, whose creative innovations in developing updated and integrated theories of imperialism and capitalism contribute to an understanding of the global contradictions of the current conjuncture. By recentering the Marxist theory of value, while putting it into dialogue with concepts such as the biopolitical, Lauesen injects new life into the former while transforming the latter according to materialist foundations. Alongside his whirlwind tour of anti-imperialist political economy and the current structure of global capitalism, Lauesen delivers a necessary shit-kicking to those works of political economy––both neoliberal and pseudo-radical––that have festered in the open wound of the so-called 'end of history'. Hopefully one consequence of this book is that Marxist-inclined readers will never take trash theories of 'debt economy' and 'immaterial labour' seriously again. Traversing the fault lines and lines of flight of contemporary imperialism, Lauesen cannot help but recognize, as any dedicated Marxist should, that the objective circumstances are primed for revolution but the subjective circumstances are lagging behind. The questions he raises concerning this subjective dimension, what is to be done, are necessarily controversial but, at the very least, will create openings for further debate and dialogue. As a side point I must say that it is inspiring to witness militants from the past generation of anti-imperialist struggle, who have paid a high cost for their contributions, to not only stay the course but be willing to creatively adapt to transformed circumstances.\" — J. Moufawad-Paul, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Communist Necessity\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eContinuity and Rupture\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAusterity Apparatus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Torkil Lauesen’s The Global Perspective is an accessible, wide-ranging, and heartfelt overview of the theory and practice of anti-imperialism over time, written by an indomitable veteran of the struggle. It combines solid theory with illuminating personal narrative. This book can be used as an excellent introduction to the study of imperialism. But it’s also a carefully considered political summation of the anti-imperialist movement, something that will be of great interest to experienced activists. Because of the book’s impressive breadth and distinct point of view, some of its specific assertions will be controversial. But that’s part of what makes it valuable. I think that The Global Perspective is an excellent launch pad for a renewed discussion about the nature of modern imperialism—a discussion we urgently need.” Bromma, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Worker Elite: Notes on the ‘Labor Aristocracy’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eExodus and Reconstruction: Working-Class Women at the Heart of Globalization\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRacist ‘Anti-Imperialism’? Class, Colonialism and the Zapatistas\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTorkil Lauesen is a longtime anti-imperialist activist and writer living in Denmark. From 1970 to 1989, he was full-time member of a communist anti-imperialist group, supporting Third World liberation movements by both legal and illegal means. He worked occasionally as a glass factory worker, mail carrier, and laboratory worker, in order to be able to stay on the dole. In connection with support work, he has traveled in Lebanon, Syria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Philippines, and Mexico. In the 1990s, while in prison, he was involved in prison activism and received a Masters degree in political science. He is currently a member of International Forum, an anti-imperialist organization based in Denmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eZak Cope is co-editor of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Labor and Society \u003c\/em\u003eand co-editor of the \u003cem\u003ePalgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism\u003c\/em\u003e. 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And yet, of all the fossil fuels ever consumed, more than half were burned in the last 50 years. Most alarming of all, fossil fuel consumption has grown fastest in the last three decades, since scientists confirmed that it is the main cause of potentially devastating global warming.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In Burning Up, Simon Pirani recounts the history of fossil fuels' relentless rise since the mid twentieth century. Dispelling explanations foregrounding Western consumerism, and arguments that population growth is the main problem, Pirani shows how fossil fuels are consumed through technological, social and economic systems, and that these systems must change.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This is a major contribution to understanding the greatest crisis of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon Pirani is Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and has written widely on Soviet history and energy issues. His books include Burning Up: A Global History of Fossil Fuel Consumption (Pluto, 2018), The Russian Revolution in Retreat (Routledge, 2008) and Change in Putin’s Russia (Pluto, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFigures\u003cbr\u003eTables\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eUnits of Measurement\u003cbr\u003eAcronyms and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Contexts\u003cbr\u003e1. Fossil Fuels Before 1950\u003cbr\u003e2. Energy Technologies\u003cbr\u003e3. Energy in Society\u003cbr\u003e4. Fossil Fuel Consumption in Numbers\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Chronologies\u003cbr\u003e5. The 1950s and 1960s: Post-War Boom\u003cbr\u003e6. The 1970s: Crises and Oil Price Shocks\u003cbr\u003e7. Patterns of Electrification\u003cbr\u003e8. The 1980s: Recession and Recovery\u003cbr\u003e9. The 1990s: Shunning the Global Warming Challenge\u003cbr\u003e10. The 2000s: Acceleration Renewed\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Reflections\u003cbr\u003e11. Interpretations and Ideologies\u003cbr\u003e12. Possibilities\u003cbr\u003e13. Conclusions\u003cbr\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading and Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An extraordinarily ambitious, but arguably necessary task for our times'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e- Paul Warde, Faculty of History, University of Cambridge\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e'Insightful, precise and well-written, Burning Up turns energy consumption on its head. Pirani fills a crucial gap left by a mountain of shiny but vacuous reports and not enough solid history ... Anybody fighting climate change should read this' - Mika Minio-Paluello, campaigner at Platform London and co-author of \u003cem\u003eThe Oil Road: journeys from the Caspian Sea to the City of London\u003c\/em\u003e (Verso, 2013)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e'This meticulous depiction of how fossil fuels are woven into our human systems - not only technological but also economic, social and political - is an invaluable aid to getting them back under control' Walt Patterson, author of \u003cem\u003eElectricity vs Fire\u003c\/em\u003e (2015)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e'Explains the technological, social and economic processes that have prioritised a particular way of satisfying society's demand for energy services' - Michael Bradshaw, Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, UK, author of \u003cem\u003eGlobal Energy Dilemmas\u003c\/em\u003e (2013)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e'\u003cem\u003eBurning Up\u003c\/em\u003e is a vital contribution to the climate movement. A first step to organizing around its insights will be to ensure it is widely read in the movement, and by those whose lives will be affected by climate change' - Climate and Capitalism\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e'Recommended'  CHOICE\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'This comprehensive book provides a modern history of global fossil fuel consumption. Authoritative and well researched, it provides a solid bedrock to understand the ins and outs of fuels'\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e Bright Green\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e'An essential tool for understanding fossil fuel consumption in terms of the vested interests who have benefited from it' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e Ann Pettifor, Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pluto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175297888349,"sku":"9780745335612","price":41.17,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/burningup.jpg?v=1654988352"},{"product_id":"choke-points-logistics-workers-disrupting-the-global-supply-chain","title":"Choke Points: Logistics Workers Disrupting the Global Supply Chain","description":"\u003cp\u003eGlobal capitalism is a precarious system. Relying on the steady flow of goods across the world, trans-national companies such as Wal-Mart and Amazon depend on the work of millions in docks, warehouses and logistics centres to keep their goods moving.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This is the global supply chain, and, if the chain is broken, capitalism grinds to a halt. This book looks at case studies across the world to uncover a network of resistance by these workers who, despite their importance, often face vast exploitation and economic violence. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Experiencing first hand wildcat strikes, organised blockades and boycotts, the authors explore a diverse range of case studies, from South China dockworkers to the transformation of the port of Piraeus in Greece, and from the Southern California logistics sector, to dock and logistical workers in Chile and unions in Turkey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJake Alimahomed-Wilson is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of\u003cem\u003e Solidarity Forever? Race, Gender, and Unionism in the Ports of Southern California\u003c\/em\u003e (Lexington Books, 2016), and the editor of \u003cem\u003eChoke Points\u003c\/em\u003e (Pluto, 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmanuel Ness is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg. He is the author and editor of many books, including \u003cem\u003eSouthern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class \u003c\/em\u003e(Pluto, 2015) and \u003cem\u003eUrban Revolt: State Power and the Rise of People's Movements in the Global South\u003c\/em\u003e (Haymarket, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pp-book__right--tab-content show\" data-tab=\"endorsements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This phenomenal collection is a must-read for anyone interested in the dire state of the contemporary global economy. It offers an unprecedented analysis of supply chain capitalism through case studies from around the world that are beautifully written and carefully researched.\"\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e Deborah Cowen, University of Toronto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Takes us straight into these crucial nodes of labor struggle. Choke points in global supply chains are revealed as spaces of hazard and calculation, violence and negotiation, victory and loss, passion and organisation.\"\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003e Brett Neilson, Research Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-reviews\"\u003eIntroduction: Forging Workers’ Resistance Across the\u003cbr\u003eGlobal Supply Chain - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Immanuel Ness\u003cbr\u003ePART I - Building Labor Power and Solidarity Across the World’s Choke Points \u003cbr\u003e1. Labor and Social Movements’ Strategic Usage of the Global Commodity Chain Structure - Elizabeth A. Sowers, Paul S. Ciccantell, and David A. Smith\u003cbr\u003e2. Across the Chain: Labor and Conflicts in the European Maritime Logistics Sector - Andrea Bottalico\u003cbr\u003e3. Durban Dockers, Labor Internationalism, and Pan-Africanism - Peter Cole\u003cbr\u003ePART II - Disruptions: Logistics Workers Resisting Exploitation \u003cbr\u003e4. Worker Militancy and Strikes in China’s Docks - Bai Ruixue and Au Loong Yu\u003cbr\u003e5. “Work Hard, Make History”: Oppression and Resistance in Inland Southern California’s Warehouse and Distribution Industry - Ellen Reese and Jason Struna\u003cbr\u003e6. Stop Treating Us Like Dogs! Workers Organizing Resistance at Amazon in Poland - Amazon workers and supporters\u003cbr\u003e7. Decolonizing Logistics: Palestinian Truckers on the Occupied Supply Chain - Jake Alimahomed-Wilson and Spencer Louis Potiker\u003cbr\u003ePART III - Neoliberalism and the Global Transformation of Ports\u003cbr\u003e8. Decoding the Transition in the Ports of Mumbai - Johnson Abhishek Minz\u003cbr\u003e9. Back to Piraeus: Precarity for All! - Dimitris Parsanoglou and Carolin Philipp\u003cbr\u003e10. Contested Logistics? Neoliberal Modernization and Resistance in the Port City of Valparaíso - Jorge Budrovich Sáez and Hernán Cuevas Valenzuela\u003cbr\u003e11. Logistics Workers’ Struggles in Turkey: Neoliberalism and Counterstrategies - Çağatay Edgücan Şahin and Pekin Bengisu Tepe\u003cbr\u003ePART IV - New Organizing Strategies for the Global Supply Chain \u003cbr\u003e12. “The Drivers Who Move This Country Can Also Stop It”: The Struggle of Tanker Drivers in Indonesia - Abu Mufakhir, Alfian Al’ayubby Pelu, and Fahmi Panimbang\u003cbr\u003e13. Lessons Learned from Eight Years of Experimental Organizing in Southern California’s Logistics Sector - Sheheryar Kaoosji\u003cbr\u003e14. Struggles and Grassroots Organizing in an Extended European Choke Point - Carlotta Benvegnù and Niccolò Cuppini\u003cbr\u003e15. Beyond the Waterfront: Maintaining and Expanding Worker Power in the Maritime Supply Chain - Peter Olney\u003cbr\u003eContributor Biographies \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pluto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175298445405,"sku":"9780745337241","price":19.41,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/chokepoints.jpg?v=1654988353"},{"product_id":"the-conquest-of-bread","title":"The Conquest of Bread","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-info-main product-details left-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product attribute description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"value\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brilliant blueprint for a free society by one of anarchism's most famous theorists.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Conquest of Bread\u003c\/em\u003e is Peter Kropotkin’s most extensive study of human needs and his outline of the most rational and equitable means of satisfying them. The most important and widely read exposition of anarchist economic theory, its combination of detailed historical analysis and far-reaching utopian vision is a step-by-step guide to social revolution: the concrete means of achieving it and the new world that humanity can create. Writing in a way that he describes as \"moderate in style, but revolutionary in substance,\" Kropotkin adeptly translates complex ideas into common language, while rendering the often-amorphous aspirations of social movements into coherent form. 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But free public transit alone is not enough; it must also be combined with much better service and reserve bus lanes to be effective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn its twenty chapters, this book explores the winning strategies and pitfalls of case studies ranging across fourteen countries: the United States, Canada, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Brazil, Mexico, Poland, China, France, Belgium, Germany, and Australia. As much a manifesto as a guide, this explosive book, the first ever on the topic in English, is written for those who want to revolutionise their city and move it forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\nIntroduction to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003e\nIntroduction to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003e\n1. Free Public Transit: Scope and Definitions (Wojciech Kębłowski)\u003cbr\u003e\n2. 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Germany: Europe's 'Car Country' is Turning on its Head (Judith Dellheim)\u003cbr\u003e\n15. Greece: Automobiles or Public Transport? (Georgios Daremas)\u003cbr\u003e\n16. Brazil: From Dream to Nightmare (Paula Aftimus and Daniel Santini)\u003cbr\u003e\n17. The Right to the City in Mexico (Lorena Zárate)\u003cbr\u003e\n18. Riding for Free in a Chinese Metropolis (Wojciech Kębłowski)\u003cbr\u003e\n19. Value Capture: Linking Public Transport to Land Value (Jan Scheurer)\u003cbr\u003e\n20. Concluding Remarks\u003cbr\u003e\nNotes on the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“In a warming world, one of the most important immediate steps we can take to address climate change is free public transit. But it is also about just mobility for all citizens, re-orienting urban planning away from cars, addressing gender and racial equality, and much more. Judith Dellheim and Jason Prince have brought together some of the most important examples from around the world.... There is nothing like it. Read this book on your local bus and insist fellow passengers join the campaign to demand free fares.” GREG ALBO, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, York University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"At the end of the first month of free train rides, train usage tripled, and after six months it was sevenfold.... Everywhere that it has been implemented, people like it.\" TAAVI AAS, Mayor of Tallinn, capital of Estonia, and the “free public transit capital of the world”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“Against the backdrop of austerity, service cuts, and threats of privatization, Free Public Transit asks the seemingly crazy question: ‘Why isn’t public transit free?’ This book compiles both the academic background and the advocacy histories to make a convincing argument―that free transit makes sense and can help remedy the congestion, air pollution, unsustainable petroleum dependence, and climate change caused by our automobile-centered transport system.” AARON GOLUB, Director and Associate Professor at the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“For those seeking to secure more sustainable, equitable, and sane cities, this exceptional collection should be cause for celebration. In ways that are profoundly convincing, \u003cem\u003eFree Public Transit \u003c\/em\u003esuggests that the ostensibly radical and utopian demand for fare-free transit is hardly radical or utopian at all. Indeed, it is just the opposite… not only is free transit eminently achievable, but the benefits can be profound.… For those who remain skeptical that another city is possible, this collection offers a ray of hope and a much needed message: ‘Free transit works, it can be won, get on board!’” KAFUI ATTOH, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies, City University of New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n“Jason Prince and Judith Dellheim have edited a fine collection of articles making the collective case that it is crucial to return our public transportation to the democratic commons. The book analyses transport not in isolation but as an urban issue embedded in the struggles of class, environment, and for a life based on quality rather than quantity. 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It is a vital resource for the struggle for global human rights—a struggle often led by those who are denied them.” Hilary Wainwright, author of \u003cem\u003eA New Politics from the Left\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSiobhán McGuirk is an anthropologist, journalist, curator, and filmmaker whose work focuses on gender and sexuality in the context of migration and the affective impacts of social justice organizing. She is a postdoctoral early career researcher at Goldsmiths University of London and is a member of the editorial collective of \u003cem\u003eRed Pepper\u003c\/em\u003e magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdrienne Pine is a critical medical anthropologist whose work has explored the embodiment of structural violence and imperialism in Honduras, cross-cultural approaches to revolutionary nursing, and neoliberal fascism. 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As we all enter into a world of new realities, we will need books like A People’s Guide to help us make sense of the root causes of the financial crises that shape so many of our struggles today.\" —Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation and Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Economists have every incentive to mystify their craft and to dress up their political judgments as scientific fact. Hadas Thier's A People's Guide to Capitalism is a thorough and accessible corrective, and sure to be an important primer for generations of activists.\" —Bhaskar Sunkara, founding editor of Jacobin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“A People’s Guide to Capitalism is a breath of fresh air on the left. Avoiding the obscure jargon of economics, Hadas Thier provides a rich, accessible introduction to how capitalism works. 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Grounded and groundbreaking—this is a must read for all who want new social relations based in care and trust.” Marina Sitrin, author of \u003cem\u003eThey Can’t Represent Us!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“In this beautifully crafted book, Richard Gilman-Opalsky persuasively uncovers and explores an ‘irreducibly antagonistic relationship of love to capitalist exchange value.’ Refusing to submit to the all-too-common reduction of love to sex, he points to the emergence of communist love during moments of uprising and resistance. 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To really achieve change, we must go so much further.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the world becomes seemingly more uncaring, the calls for people to be more compassionate and empathetic towards one another—in short, to care more—become ever-more vocal. \u003cem\u003eThe Care Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e challenges the idea that people ever stopped caring, but also that the deep and multi-faceted crises of our time will be solved by simply (re)instilling the virtues of empathy. There is no easy fix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, Emma Dowling charts the multi-faceted nature of care in the modern world, from the mantras of self-care and what they tell us about our anxieties, to the state of the social care system. She examines the relations of power that play profitability and care off in against one another in a myriad of ways, exposing the devastating impact of financialisation and austerity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Care Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e enquires into the ways in which the continued off-loading of the cost of care onto the shoulders of underpaid and unpaid realms of society, untangling how this off-loading combines with commodification, marketisation and financialisation to produce the mess we are living in. \u003cem\u003eThe Care Crisis \u003c\/em\u003echarts the current experiments in short-term fixes to the care crisis that are taking place within Britain, with austerity as the backdrop. It maps the economy of abandonment, raising the question: to whom care is afforded? 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Dowling deftly weaves together theories of care with empirical interviews in order to understand how and why we care and the ways in which care can be the basis for radical politics in this time of crisis.” Akwugo Emejulu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor: Emma Dowling\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781786630346\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 256 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Verso\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175349825629,"sku":"9781786630346","price":21.57,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/care_crisis.jpg?v=1654988772"},{"product_id":"capital-is-dead-is-this-something-worse","title":"Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt's not capitalism, it's not neoliberalism - what if it's something worse? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this radical and visionary new book, McKenzie Wark argues that information has empowered a new kind of ruling class. Through the ownership and control of information, this emergent class dominates not only labour but capital as traditionally understood as well. And it’s not just tech companies like Amazon and Google. Even Walmart and Nike can now dominate the entire production chain through the ownership of not much more than brands, patents, copyrights, and logistical systems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile techno-utopian apologists still celebrate these innovations as an improvement on capitalism, for workers—and the planet—it’s worse. The new ruling class uses the powers of information to route around any obstacle labor and social movements put up. So how do we find a way out? Capital Is Dead offers not only the theoretical tools to analyze this new world, but ways to change it. Drawing on the writings of a surprising range of classic and contemporary theorists, Wark offers an illuminating overview of the contemporary condition and the emerging class forces that control—and contest—it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A provocative and compelling exploration of our digital world as it crashes towards ecological disaster. Counterintuitive, insightful, and imaginative, Capital is Dead is a timely reminder that there are things worse than capitalism—and we may just be living through them.” Nick Srnicek, author of \u003cem\u003ePlatform Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A feral form of commodification walks among us. Whether it is feasting on the remains of capital or hunting on its behalf is a question \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjM0MTY5In0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/mckenzie-wark\" title=\"McKenzie Wark\"\u003eMcKenzie Wark\u003c\/a\u003e is perfectly equipped to investigate. Consider this your exploratory field guide to a new mode of production.” Kate Crawford, Distinguished Research Professor and cofounder of the AI Now Institute, New York University\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“McKenzie Wark’s call for an experimental, vulgar form of revolutionary approach to digital commodification is a challenging read, full of provocative observation.” Andy Hedgecock, \u003cem\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Wark has long been a brilliant scholar of Marxism, Situationism and Poststructuralism, rewriting the canon of critical theory.” Dave Beech, \u003cem\u003eArt Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Thoughtful and compelling.” Garrett Pierman, \u003cem\u003eMarx \u0026amp; Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Wark takes a flamethrower to these ideas through a reading of Marx that burns away the metaphors of phantasmagorical fetishes, such as the commodity form, the spectacle, and false consciousness, that have occupied much critical theory to date.” Vince Carducci, \u003cem\u003ePopmatters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor: McKenzie Wark\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781788735339\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 208 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Verso\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175359197277,"sku":"9781788735339","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/capitalisdead.jpg?v=1654988851"},{"product_id":"a-feminist-reading-of-debt","title":"A Feminist Reading of Debt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWomen's lives are burdened by the weight of debt. But collectively, it can be resisted. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this sharp intervention, authors Luci Cavellero and Veronica Gago defiantly develop a feminist understanding of debt, showing its impact on women and members of the LGBTQ+ community and examining the relationship between debt and social reproduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExploring the link between financial activity and the rise of conservative forces in Latin America, the book demonstrates that debt is intimately linked to gendered violence and patriarchal notions of the family. Yet, rather than seeing these forces as insurmountable, the authors also show ways in which debt can be resisted, drawing on concrete experiences and practices from Latin America and around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing interviews with women in Argentina and Brazil, the book reveals the real-life impact of debt and how it falls mainly on the shoulders of women, from the household to the wider effects of national debt and austerity. However, through discussions around experiences of work, prisons, domestic labour, agriculture, family, abortion and housing, a narrative of resistance emerges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"An exciting, novel feminist book on the financialisation of life. It rescues debates on debt from abstraction and provides a key cartography of oppression. A great read, opening yet new avenues for social reproduction analyses and feminist struggles.\" Alessandra Mezzadri, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at SOAS, and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sweatshop Regime\u003c\/em\u003e (CUP, 2017) and editor of \u003cem\u003eMarx in the Field\"\u003c\/em\u003e (Anthem, 2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLuci Cavallero is a researcher at the University of Buenos Aires. Her work focuses on the link between debt, illegal capital, and different forms of violence. She is a feminist activist and member of the Ni Una Menos Collective. Veronica Gago teaches Political Science at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and is a Professor of Sociology at the Instituto de Altos Estudios, Universidad Nacional de San Martin. 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Rising from the ashes of the old trade union movement, workers’ struggle is being reborn from below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy engaging in what Karl Marx called a workers’ inquiry, workers and militant co-researchers are studying their working conditions, the technical composition of capital, and how to recompose their own power in order to devise new tactics, strategies, organisational forms and objectives. These workers’ inquiries, from call centre workers to teachers, and adjunct professors, are re-energising unions, bypassing unions altogether or innovating new forms of workers’ organisations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn one of the first major studies to critically assess this new cycle of global working class struggle, Robert Ovetz collects together case studies from over a dozen contributors, looking at workers’ movements in China, Mexico, the US, South Africa, Turkey, Argentina, Italy, India and the UK. The book reveals how these new forms of struggle are no longer limited to single sectors of the economy or contained by state borders, but are circulating internationally and disrupting the global capitalist system as they do.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Ovetz is a Senior Lecturer in Political Science at San José State University, US. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eWhen Workers Shot Back: Class Conflict from 1877 to 1921\u003c\/em\u003e and the editor of \u003cem\u003eWorkers’ Inquiry and Global Class Struggle\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – Robert Ovetz\u003cbr\u003ePART I: TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS\u003cbr\u003e1. Camioneros: The Argentine Truckers’ Union that Can Paralyze the Country – Dario Bursztyn\u003cbr\u003e2. When Class Unionism Leads to Working-Class Recomposition: The Case of TÜMTİS in Turkey – Alpkan Birelma\u003cbr\u003e3. Resisting Sexism and Racism in Italian Logistics Worker Organizing – Anna Curcio\u003cbr\u003ePART II: EDUCATION, CALL CENTERS, CLEANERS, PLATFORM WORK, AND GAMERS\u003cbr\u003e4. Making Threats: Credible Strike Threats in the US, 2012–2016 – Robert Ovetz\u003cbr\u003e5. The Self-Organization of the Mexican Multitude Against Neoliberal State Terror: The CNTE Dissident Teachers’ Movement Against the 2013 Education Reform – Patrick Cuninghame\u003cbr\u003e6. Notes from Below: A Brief Survey of Class Composition in the UK – Callum Cant, Sai Englert, Lydia Hughes, Wendy Liu, Achille Marotta, Seth Wheeler, and Jamie Woodcock\u003cbr\u003ePART III: MANUFACTURING AND MINING\u003cbr\u003e7. Worker Organizing in China: Challenges and Opportunities – Jenny Chan\u003cbr\u003e8. Self-Organizing is Breathing Life into Workers’ Struggles in South Africa – Shawn Hattingh and Dr. Dale T. McKinley\u003cbr\u003e9. Towards a Global Workers’ Inquiry: A Study of Indian Precarious Auto Workers – Lorenza Monaco\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Authors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Incisively examines the most recent and compelling examples of workers’ autonomous resistance to the modern precarious workplace. Ovetz’s invaluable collection applies workers’ inquiry to contemporary practice. Essential reading for students of contemporary labor activism.\" Immanuel Ness, author of \u003cem\u003eSouthern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class\u003c\/em\u003e (Pluto, 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An inspiring and fascinating collection of studies.\" \u003cem\u003eCounterfire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175360704605,"sku":"9780745340869","price":40.43,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/9780745340869.jpg?v=1656394872"},{"product_id":"riding-the-wave-sweden-s-integration-into-the-imperialist-world-system","title":"Riding the Wave: Sweden’s Integration into the Imperialist World System","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In general, the Scandinavian countries did not have the necessary military power and administrative capacity to establish and operate their own colonies. They had to ride the wave of the great colonial powers in order to enjoy the benefits offered by imperialism. There was no difference, however, between the Scandinavian countries and the great colonial powers regarding their attitude towards colonialism. European colonialism can be seen as a unified whole in which large and small countries played different roles. Some managed territories and opened up markets, others provided capital, built infrastructure, or transported goods to and from the colonies. The Scandinavian countries earned large sums by navigating in the wake of the major colonial powers.\" -- from \u003cem\u003eRiding the Wave\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Scandinavian countries, particularly Sweden, are capitalist welfare states which provide high standards of living and social security for their nation's citizens. Sweden is regarded as progressive; some even consider it to be half way on the road towards socialism. It is often evoked as a showcase of \"capitalism with a human face,\" when it is not being described as outright \"socialist.\" These are the accomplishments of the Social Democratic Party, supported by the strong trade union movement. However, such claims only make sense if one takes imperialism out of the equation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjM0NTM5In0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/torkil-lauesen\" title=\"Torkil Lauesen\"\u003eTorkil Lauesen\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003cem\u003eRiding the Wave \u003c\/em\u003etells another story, about how Sweden rides on the wave of colonialism and imperialism, how it was integrated as a core-state in global capitalism, and how the Swedish “people's home” has been paid for by value transfer from global production chains stretching throughout the Global South. 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He worked occasionally as a glass factory worker, mail carrier, and laboratory worker, in order to be able to stay on the dole. In connection with support work, he has traveled in Lebanon, Syria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Philippines, and Mexico. 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Ralf Ruckus shows that this dynamic took the country into a new phase each time—and eventually all the way from socialism to capitalism: in the 1950s, labor struggles and the Hundred Flowers Movement were followed by the regime’s Great Leap Forward; in the 1960s, the Cultural Revolution led to the CCP’s failed attempt to revitalize socialism; in the 1970s, social unrest and movements for a democratic socialism made room for the regime’s Reform and Opening policies; in the late 1980s, the Tian’anmen Square uprising triggered more radical reforms; in the 1990s, peasant and state worker unrest could not stop the capitalist restructuring; and in the 2000s, migrant worker struggles led to concessions, tightened repression, and the regime’s global capitalist expansion strategy in the 2010s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Communist Road to Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e breaks with established orthodoxies about the PRC’s socialist “successes” and myths on its later rise as an economic power. It combines a historiography of workers’, peasants’, migrants’, and women*’s struggles with a searing critique of exploitation, authoritarian state power and gender discrimination under socialism and capitalism. Drawing lessons from PRC history, Ralf Ruckus finally outlines political aims and methods for the left that avoid past mistakes and allow to fight on for a society free of all forms of exploitation and oppression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The global Left is terribly confused about China. Thankfully, Ralf Ruckus has responded powerfully to this problem, one that has been made all the more urgent by China’s increasingly global ambitions and the attendant intensified imperial rivalry with the US and its allies. Undertaking a thorough and systematic analysis of evolving political, social, and economic dynamics, he reveals how China’s failed experiment with socialism laid the groundwork for its more recent explosive capitalist growth. But he also shows that the transition to capitalism was neither inevitable nor its victory final. Highly recommended!” Eli Friedman, professor of international and comparative labor at Cornell University and author of \u003cem\u003eInsurgency Trap: Labor Politics in Postsocialist China \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“What we in the western world take for granted and consume—clothes, computers, watches, mobile phones, etc.—depends largely on work and workers in today’s China. Yet work and workers in China have been almost invisible on the two sides of the Atlantic over the years. This book opens a window on the times and circumstances that ordinary women and men in China have gone through since the late 1940s. Ralf Ruckus unfolds a story of advancements, defeats, repressions, and revolts for better standards of living, individual and collective rights, freedom of expression and residence, dignity. This book will be indispensable to those who are not satisfied with grand geopolitical overviews about China, and who want to look closely into the People’s Republic of China’s past and current trends.” Ferruccio Gambino, veteran Italian activist, coeditor of the journal \u003cem\u003ealtre ragioni\u003c\/em\u003e, and lecturer on international migrations at the University of Padua\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“It is striking, with everything that has been written about contemporary China, how few works put the Chinese working class, in reality the key to China’s situation, front and center. Ralf Ruckus’s book is an excellent corrective to this lack. The Chinese working class, by its location in the world’s workshop, will shake the world as the Russian working class did in 1917, hopefully with a happier outcome.” Loren Goldner, coeditor of \u003cem\u003eInsurgent Notes \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This highly original book traverses a range of contexts that will appeal to readers interested in nature and meaning of transition from socialism to capitalism in China. Of interest to both China experts and leftist activists, this timely book will help readers better understand both the complex history of the Communist Party of China and the contemporary nature of class struggle. Innovative in method and surprising in its findings, this superb book will prove to be a landmark work in advancing the field of Chinese labor history.” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjEzNzMyIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/andrej-grubacic\" title=\"Andrej Grubacic\"\u003eAndrej Grubacic\u003c\/a\u003e, professor of anthropology at CIIS–San Francisco and coauthor of \u003cem\u003eLiving at the Edges of Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWobblies and Zapatistas \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“While there is renewed interest in socialism the world over, there seems to be consensus that socialism has not yet been realized. Even if this is true, it is curious how little time the socialist left spends on studying movements that claim to clear the path towards it. This is why \u003cem\u003eThe Communist Road to Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading. Authored by a seasoned labor activist and scholar whose knowledge about working-class struggles in China is second to none, this book helps us answer some of the crucial questions of our time: Is there a way to socialism? Have we advanced on it? How do we reach its end?” —Gabriel Kuhn, author of Antifascism, Sports, Sobriety: Forging a Militant Working-Class Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRalf Ruckus has been active in social movements in Europe and Asia for decades and publishes texts on social struggles in China and elsewhere. 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Polanyi’s 1944 masterpiece, The Great Transformation, spoke of the increasing dominance of the market and the resulting counter-movements which can be both transformative and reactionary. But reception of his work remains largely restricted to the so called “double movement” of marketization versus social regulation. Polanyi is typically regarded as a social reformer supporting an increased social state, welfare intervention, and a broader national and international regulation of the financial markets. The socialist intention of The Great Transformation, and indeed of the totality of his work, is almost unknown, largely because a large part of his oeuvre concerning his understanding of socialism has, up to this point, been published only in the German language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKarl Polanyi’s Vision of a Socialist Transformation\u003c\/em\u003e upends what we thought we knew about Polanyi to reveal that Polanyi did indeed have a vision of a structural transformation to overcome the market society with a deeply democratic socialist vision. German social and economic philosophers Michael Brie and Claus Thomasberger bring together central figures in the field—including Fred Block, Gareth Dale, \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjE2NTUyIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/nancy-fraser\" title=\"Nancy Fraser\"\u003eNancy Fraser\u003c\/a\u003e, and Kari Polanyi Levitt—to provide an essential collection on the contemporary importance of Polanyi’s thought. This book is centered around Polanyi’s ideas on freedom and community in a complex socialist society with a completely transformed economy. It also includes five 1920s essays by Polanyi, recently translated into English for the very first time, including his lecture “On Freedom”, which is central to his unique understanding of socialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Brie and Thomasberger have made an important addition to the recent wave of eye-opening work on Karl Polanyi, by building a bridge from Polanyi the critic of market society to Polanyi the theorist of ethical socialism.\" Wolfgang Streeck, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Will Capitalism End?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Brie\u003c\/strong\u003e is senior fellow at the Institute for Critical Social Analysis of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaus Thomasberger\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of international economic policy and political philosophy at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, in Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction - Michael Brie \u0026amp; Claus Thomasberger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI . 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THE CASE FOR A SOCIALIST CONCEPTION OF FREEDOM \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Polanyi and the Paradoxes of Freedom - Gareth Dale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnowledge, Freedom and Democracy: Friedrich Hayek and Karl Polanyi on the Market Society and Beyond - Paula Valderrama\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Knowledge of Society” as the Basis of Karl Polanyi’s Demanding Conception of Freedom - Michele Cangiani\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Polanyi and Human Freedom - Fred Block\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePolanyi’s Concept of Peace in a Complex Society - Chikako Nakayama\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIV. NEW WAYS OF REFRAMING SOCIALISM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNot the New Deal and Not the Welfare State: Karl Polanyi’s Vision of Socialism - Johanna Bockman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePlanning for Freedom - Pat Devine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCommoning and the Commons: Alternatives to a Market Society - Marguerite Mendell\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Polanyi and the Discussions on a Renewed Socialism - Michael Brie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eV. 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This book will prove invaluable in arming not only those who want to understand that struggle but also more importantly those who want to engage in it.” John McDonnell, MP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s no longer enough for the left to just shout jobs, jobs, jobs. \u003cem\u003eOvertime\u003c\/em\u003e not only shows why shorter working weeks need to be an integral part of a new deal for all workers, but also how it will be won.” Ellie Mae O’Hagan, Director of CLASS think tank\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“In this terrific book, Will Stronge and Kyle Lewis present a remarkably clear and powerfully compelling case for shorter working hours as a path to greater sustainability, equality, and freedom.” Kathi Weeks, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Problem With Work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Brisk and persuasive … [\u003cem\u003eOvertime]\u003c\/em\u003e is a lucid call for harnessing the power of collective action to strike a better work-life balance.” \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Focusing on a work-obsessed society, the failure of labor-saving technology to reduce work hours, the undervaluing of women’s work, and the toll of work on the environment, \u003cem\u003eOvertime\u003c\/em\u003e brings both hope and despair.” Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A compelling case for shortening the current work week, a policy that could see less overworking, more jobs, gender equality and a greener future.” Ella Glover, \u003cem\u003eHuck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Timely … reveals the urgency of the conversion to a shorter working week.” Adele Walton, \u003cem\u003egal-dem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKyle Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of West London and a working time consultant at the think tank Autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWill Stronge is the co-director of the think tank Autonomy, and a researcher in Politics and Philosophy at the University of Brighton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor: Will Stronge\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAuthor: Kyle Lewis\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eISBN: 9781788738682\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eSize: 144 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Verso\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eYear: 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40175398584413,"sku":"9781788738682","price":12.11,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/overtime_9781788738682-4c5ac8cbb314f2bcbd65fbff74a23a7d.jpg?v=1654989112"},{"product_id":"share-the-wealth-how-to-end-rentier-capitalism","title":"Share the Wealth: How to End Rentier Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA new perspective on the neoliberal world through the prism of rents and rentiers \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow can we reduce inequalities? How can we make work get better recognition and better pay?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhilippe Askenazy in this new book shows that the current share of wealth is far from natural; it results from rising rents and their capture by the actors best endowed in the economic game. In this race for rents, the world of work is the big loser: while many workers feed capital rents by increased productivity and worsened working conditions, they are stigmatised as unproductive and their earnings stagnate. By proposing a new description of the capital-work relationship, calling for a remobilisation of the world of work, and particularly poorly paid employees, Askenazy shows that there is a more radical alternative to neoliberalism beyond simply redistribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePhilippe Askenazy is a specialist of labour and employment relations. 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While sea beds are drilled for their fossil fuels and minerals, and coastlines developed for real estate and leisure, the oceans continue to absorb the toxic discharges of our carbon civilisation—warming, expanding, and acidifying the blue water part of the planet in ways that will bring unpredictable but irreversible consequences for the rest of the biosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this bold and radical new book, Campling and Colás analyse these and other sea-related phenomena through a historical and geographical lens. In successive chapters dealing with the political economy, ecology and geopolitics of the sea, the authors argue that the earth’s geographical separation into land and sea has significant consequences for capitalist development. The distinctive features of this mode of production continuously seek to transcend the land-sea binary in an incessant quest for profit, engendering new alignments of sovereignty, exploitation and appropriation in the capture and coding of maritime spaces and resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“Here at last is a sophisticated and theoretically informed book about the maritime origins and development of capitalism. After this mighty blow against the bias of terracentrism, the history of the modern world will never look quite the same.” Marcus Rediker, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Slave Ship: A Human History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“This ground-breaking, immensely rich and densely argued book shows how criss-crossing sealanes have connected ports and cities, and brought together different modes of production and social classes. Over the centuries, the sea has circulated values, human subjects, and shifting modes of exploitation; in doing this, global capitalism has established new chains of activities and evolving patterns of extraction, exploitation, circulation and distribution of (surplus) value. This mighty work of scholarship traces these human endeavours; in doing this, it has opened fresh avenues of research.” Alfredo Saad-Filho, King’s College London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“I can think of no other book that has dealt with the pivotal role of the sea in the evolution of capitalism as well as the wider canvas of capitalism’s interaction with the sea with as much innovation and more comprehensively than this fascinating and lucidly written work by Campling and Colás. This is also a profoundly timely intervention, given the horrifying ways in which global warming, the scourge of plastic waste , and capital’s ever faster depletion of marine life have degraded the oceans irreversibly.” Jairus Banaji, author of \u003cem\u003eTheory as History\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Brief History of Commercial Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eCapitalism and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e has liberated me from the shackles of my earthbound imaginary. Liam Campling and Alejandro Colás have given us that rare opportunity: to rethink how historical capitalism works, marshalling a breathtaking crystallization of insights from environmental history, political economy, and social history. \u003cem\u003eCapitalism and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e unsettles our conventional thinking about how power, profit and oceanic webs of life have shaped modernity, from its genocidal origins to today’s planetary crisis. Their word for these gruesome and lucrative entanglements—’terraqueous’—doesn’t roll off the tongue, but it will stick with you for a lifetime after reading this book. I will never think about capitalism the same.” Jason W Moore, author, \u003cem\u003eCapitalism in the Web of Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The role of the sea in the modern world is hugely unappreciated. Campling and Colás offer an unrivalled analysis of the political and economic forces that shape our relationship to the sea, and the labour of those who work on and around it.” Jeremy Anderson, Head of Strategic Research, International Transport Workers’ Federation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A rich Marxian account of how the maritime made capitalism. Campling and Colás tell the absorbing, deeply researched, and sweeping story of how capitalism was forged through slavery, seaborne trade, naval projection of power, vast maritime empires and modern logistics. \u003cem\u003eCapitalism and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e shows us that, in the words of the great St Lucian poet Derek Walcott, the sea is history.” \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkzNjYifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/sinews-of-war-and-trade-shipping-and-capitalism-in-the-arabian-peninsula\" title=\"Laleh Khalili\"\u003eLaleh Khalili\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A novel perspective … \u003cem\u003eCapitalism and the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e brings into focus important questions from the history of capitalism.” Steve Edwards, \u003cem\u003eMarx and Philosophy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“An important and rewarding read, as well as a valuable addition to the growing body of work studying capital’s relationship to ecology and the destruction of the environment on which we all rely.”\u003cem\u003e International Socialism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“An oceanic journey through the political economy, ecology and geopolitics of the sea.” \u003cem\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A fabulously wide-ranging new history of the last five centuries, covering the slave-trade, ecology, modern container ports and EEZ’s, industrial fisheries, territorial disputes and much more.” Tim Barton, \u003cem\u003eHastings Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“An ambitious, systematic, and convincing account of the reciprocal impact of capital upon the salt-water world in the past 400 years.” Nikolas Kosmatopoulos, \u003cem\u003eAntipode \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLiam Campling is Professor of Political Economy at Queen Mary University of London, where he works collectively at the Centre on Labour and Global Production. 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Paul is Professor of Sociology at the University Basel, Switzerland. He has written extensively on the topics of economic sociology, historical sociology and the sociology of violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An extremely knowledgeable account of existing theories of money.\" Jens Beckert, author of \u003cem\u003eImagined Futures: Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics\u003c\/em\u003e (Harvard University Press, 2016)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A well-argued exploration of the history and nature of money ... Thorough and comprehensive.\" Mary Mellor, author of \u003cem\u003eMoney: Myths, Truths and Alternatives\u003c\/em\u003e (Policy Press, 2019)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1. Economic Theories of Money – and Their Critiques\u003cbr\u003e1.1. Barter, Exchange and Money\u003cbr\u003e1.2. Objective versus Subjective Theories of Value\u003cbr\u003e1.3. The Improbability of Exchange\u003cbr\u003e2. Money’s Unlikely Origins\u003cbr\u003e2.1. Gift-exchange and ceremonial monies\u003cbr\u003e2.2. Money and (the End of) Violence\u003cbr\u003e2.3. Economies of Sacrifice\u003cbr\u003e2.4. Secrets of the Coin\u003cbr\u003e3. Money and Finance\u003cbr\u003e3.1. Time and Money\u003cbr\u003e3.2. The Logic of Financial Markets\u003cbr\u003e4. The Politics of Money\u003cbr\u003e4.1. The Foundations and Fundamental Problems of Contemporary Money\u003cbr\u003e4.2. Private Monies (or Bitcoin)\u003cbr\u003e4.3. Sovereign Money\u003cbr\u003e4.4. Central Bank Independence and the Inescapable Politicality of Money\u003cbr\u003e5. Money and Society\u003cbr\u003e5.1. Alienation and Freedom\u003cbr\u003e5.2. Money and Functional Differentiation\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40239862120541,"sku":"9780745341965","price":26.32,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/9780745341965.jpg?v=1656388889"},{"product_id":"struggle-in-a-time-of-crisis","title":"Struggle in a Time of Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"pp-book__the-summary\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEssays from the Global Labour Column which highlight the role of labour in the fightback against neoliberalism.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a collection of essays by an array of contributors from the Global Labour Column, which highlights and examines class struggle as the core of resistance against capitalism today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt provides insights into the dynamics of neoliberalism and its persistence and stimulates debates about the continued impact of the economic crisis, focusing on labour as both a victim and a crucial social force which can push for an alternative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples of the subjects it covers include the Indonesian Sportswear Industry, Chinese construction companies in Africa, mining in South Africa, job quality in Europe, globalised 'T-shirt economics' and the marketisation and securitisation of UK international aid, amongst many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Global Labour Column, managed by the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development research programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, is part of the Global Labour University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicolas Pons-Vignon\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Senior Researcher with the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is the editor of the \u003cem\u003eGlobal Labour Column\u003c\/em\u003e and the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eStruggle in a Time of Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e (Pluto, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMbuso Nkosi\u003c\/strong\u003e is a PhD candidate in Development Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He serves as the co-editor of the Global Labour Column journal and is co-editor of Struggle in a Time of Crisis (Pluto, 2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eList of Figures\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Nicolas Pons-Vignon and Mbuso Nkosi \u003cbr\u003ePart I: Understanding the Crisis \u003cbr\u003e1. Planet Earth Is Wage-led! - Özlem Onaran\u003cbr\u003e2. From Financial Crisis to Stagnation: The Destruction of Shared Prosperity and the Role of Economics - Thomas I. Palley \u003cbr\u003e3. 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The book is organised around five key themes: revolutionary histories, reproduction, money and value, commons, and struggles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, the book shines light on the continuing relevance of Caffentzis and Federici's work in the twenty-first century for understanding anti-capitalism, 'primitive accumulation' and the commons, feminism, reproductive labour and Marx's value theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An impassioned tribute' - LSE Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'In this labour of love, radical theory joins passionate praxis to honour the social thought and political vision of Silva Federici and George Caffentzis, whose work together and apart offers hope that another world can be made' - Eileen Boris, co-author of 'Caring for America'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The path breaking work of Caffentzis and Federici is continually generative for contemporary anticapitalist thinkers and activists because it is at once critical and visionary. This fine collection of essays pays homage to their writing not through mere praise, but by putting their ideas to work toward the ongoing struggle for new understandings and better worlds' - Kathi Weeks, author of 'The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'We need comrades with a clear sight and an open, affective heart. Many of us have found in George Caffentzis and \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6Ijg5ODMifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/collections\/all\/silvia-federici\" title=\"Silvia Federici\"\u003eSilvia Federici\u003c\/a\u003e that company... And here they are, to celebrate them, with an exceptional cohort of intellectuals\/activists, with compas, who are saying today what needs to be said to continue the struggle, to resist the horror and to create a new world' - Gustavo Esteva, activist, 'deprofessionalised intellectual' and founder of Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No one has taught us more that communism is with us than George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici... the greatest living theorists of commoning' - Stefano Harney, co-author of 'The Undercommons'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This collection offers an extraordinary kaleidoscope of critical reflections on social reproduction and class struggle. More than that, it is fitting testimony to the inspiration and grounding that Silvia and George continue to provide for those seeking a life beyond the sway of capital' - Steve Wright, author of Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist Marxism\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamille Barbagallo is a postdoctoral research associate on women and work at the University of Kent. Her forthcoming book is Mothers and Others: The Politics of Reproduction in Neoliberal Britain (MUP, 2019). She is the editor of \u003ca data-lwsa=\"eyJhdXRvbGluayI6dHJ1ZSwiYXV0b19pZCI6IjkwMjIifQ==\" href=\"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/women-and-the-subversion-of-the-community-a-mariarosa-dalla-costa-reader\" title=\"Women and the Subversion of the Community\"\u003eWomen and the Subversion of the Community\u003c\/a\u003e: A Mariarosa Dalla Costa Reader (PM Press, 2018) and an organiser of the International Women's Strike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicholas Beuret is a Lecturer in Management and Ecological Sustainability at the University of Essex. His research has been published in journals including Antipode, Science and Culture and South Atlantic Quarterly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Harvie is an Associate Professor in Finance and Political Economy at the University of Leicester. He is co-author of Moments of Excess: Movements, Protest and Everyday Life (PM Press, 2011) and co-editor of What Could It Mean to Win? (PM Press, 2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Always Struggle - Camille Barbagallo, Nicholas Beuret and David Harvie\u003cbr\u003eI - REVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES\u003cbr\u003e1. In Conversation with George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici - Carla da Cunha Duarte Francisco, Paulo Henrique Flores, Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes and Joen Vedel\u003cbr\u003e2. Comradely Appropriation - Harry Cleaver\u003cbr\u003e3. The Radical Subversion of the World - Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar\u003cbr\u003e4. Strange Loops and Planetary Struggles: A Postscript to Midnight Notes - Malav Kanuga\u003cbr\u003eII - MONEY AND VALUE\u003cbr\u003e5. Cogito Ergo Habo: Philosophy, Money and Method - Paul Rekret\u003cbr\u003e6. 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The Separations of Productive and Domestic Labour: An Historical Approach - Viviane Gonik\u003cbr\u003e13. Another Way Home: Slavery, Motherhood and Resistance - Camille Barbagallo\u003cbr\u003e14. Along the Fasara – A Short Story - P.M.\u003cbr\u003eIV - COMMONS\u003cbr\u003e15. The Strategic Horizon of the Commons - Massimo De Angelis\u003cbr\u003e16. A Vocabulary of the Commons - Marcela Olivera and Alexander Dwinell\u003cbr\u003e17. A Bicycling Commons : A Saga of Autonomy, Imagination and Enclosure - Chris Carlsson\u003cbr\u003e18. Common Paradoxes - Panagiotis Doulos\u003cbr\u003e19. The Construction of a Conceptual Prison - Edith Gonzalez\u003cbr\u003eV - STRUGGLES\u003cbr\u003e20. In the Realm of the Self-Reproducing Automata - Nick Dyer-Witheford\u003cbr\u003e21. Notes from Yesterday: On Subversion and the Elements of Critical Reason - Werner Bonefeld\u003cbr\u003e22. Sunburnt Country: Australia and the Work\/Energy Crisis - Dave Eden\u003cbr\u003e23. Commons at Midnight - Olivier de Marcellus\u003cbr\u003e24. Practising Affect as Affective Practice - Marina Sitrin\u003cbr\u003eContributor Biographies\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pluto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40317802971229,"sku":"9780745339405","price":44.55,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/products\/9780745339405.jpg?v=1658116226"},{"product_id":"unite-and-fight-union-organising-today","title":"Make Bosses Pay: Why We Need Unions","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren't they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe government constantly attacks unions, CEOs devote endless time and resources to undermining them, and many unions themselves are stuck in the past. Despite this, inspiring work is happening all the time, from fast food strikes and climate change campaigning to the modernisation of unions for the digital age. Speaking to academics, experts and grassroots organisers from TUC, UNISON, ACORN, IWGB and more, Eve Livingston explores how young workers are organising to demand fair workplaces, and reimagines what an inclusive union movement that represents us all might look like.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorking together can change the course of history, and our bosses know that. Yes, you need a union, but your union also needs you!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is part of our Outspoken by Pluto series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'An eloquent and accessible blend of history, theory, and practical advice, ‘Make Bosses Pay’ is essential reading for the new working class. I want to hand this book to every young person starting out in work, and to a surprisingly large number of union leaders as well' - Sarah Jaffe, author of 'Work Won't Love You Back' (Hurst, 2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The pandemic has proved once again that unions are indispensable. Eve's book is a brilliant primer for people wanting to find out more about the movement and why they should join. But she is also clear throughout that unions could be doing more and better, particularly for the young workers who need them so badly in today's unfair economy' - Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A brave manifesto for trade unions at a pivotal moment in our history, expressed through voices from the frontlines of that fight. 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Productive Power in Concrete Terms - Sabine Pfeiffer\u003cbr\u003e9. Drones, Robots, Synthetic Foods - Franza Drechsel and Kristina Dietz\u003cbr\u003ePart III: Digital Work and Networked Production\u003cbr\u003e10. Networked Technology and Production Networks - Florian Butollo\u003cbr\u003e11. Computerisation: Software and the Democratisation of Work as Productive Power - Nadine Müller\u003cbr\u003e12. Designing Work for Agility and Affect’s Measure - Phoebe V. Moore\u003cbr\u003ePark IV: Platform Capitalism under Scrutiny\u003cbr\u003e13. Old Power in Digital Garb? - Christine Gerber\u003cbr\u003e14. The Machine System of the Twenty-first Century? - Felix Gnisa\u003cbr\u003e15. Digital Labour and Prosumption under Capitalism - Sebastian Sevignani\u003cbr\u003e16. Artificial Intelligence as the Latest Machine of Digital Capitalism - For Now - Timo Daum\u003cbr\u003e17. 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Ferguson argues that socialists have too often embraced the 'liberal' tendencies of equality feminism, while neglecting the insights of social reproduction feminism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngaging with feminist anti-work critiques, Ferguson proposes that women's emancipation depends upon a radical reimagining of all labour and advocates for a renewed social reproduction framework as a powerful basis for an inclusive feminist politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Susan Ferguson’s attention to labour in the history of feminist thought is timely and urgent as is her attention to capital’s intensified harvest from the devalued work of social reproduction. Scholars and students across disciplines will find here valuable insights into the history of feminist theory and social movement' - Rosemary Hennessy, Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Susan Ferguson has been a leader in the efforts to develop social reproduction theory. In this book, she takes on the historical context for its development. Her focus on the history of 'labour' in Marxist and feminist thought brilliantly reshapes our understanding of the concept and its role in analysing our past, present, and future' - Lise Vogel, author of 'Marxism and the Oppression of Women'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterful analysis of three centuries of feminist deliberations on work, carefully tracing how the fault lines of social-reproduction theory emerged' - 'Historical Materialism'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSusan Ferguson is Associate Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, teaching Youth and Children's Studies and Digital Media and Journalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Labour Lens\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Three Trajectories\u003cbr\u003e2. The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism\u003cbr\u003e3. 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