ABSTRACT
The book speaks to the widespread quest for concrete alternative ways forward 'beyond capitalism' in the face of the prevailing corporatocracy and a capitalist system in crisis. It examines a number of institutions and practices now being built in the nooks and crannies of present societies and that point beyond capitalism toward a more equal, participatory, and democratic society – institutions such as cooperatives, public banks, the commons, economic democracy. This seminal collection of critical studies draws on academic and activist voices from the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina, and from a variety of theoretical-political perspectives – Marxism, anarchism, feminism, and Zapatismo.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |34 pages
Economic democracy / The social economy
chapter |10 pages
Building a grassroots democratic economy
chapter |9 pages
Workers' economy in Argentina
part |38 pages
The commons
part |36 pages
Alternatives to a system in crisis
part |30 pages
Bringing politics back in
chapter |13 pages
Toward a stronger, more influential political left
part |53 pages
Socialism in the twenty-first century