Anti-Capitalism: A Marxist Introduction

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Political protests against neoliberal globalisation, corporate power and the inequities of contemporary capitalism are increasing all the time. Demonstrations in Seattle, Prague, Genoa and elsewhere have fuelled the debate on the possibility of a radically different future. This book is a collection of essays from some of the world's leading Marxist economists on the problems of globalization and the evolution of modern capitalism. With contributions from Suzanne Clarke, John Holloway and John Weeks among others, it provides a cohesive critique of the weaknesses of the existing system and puts forward a new agenda for anti-capitalist thought and action. Covering key issues such as globalisation, the nation state, money and finance, conflict and war, technological change, the environment, class struggle, economic crisis, capitalism in the Third World, the collapse of the USSR and the transcendence of capitalism, this is an ideal introduction to some of the most pressing problems of our time.

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Alfredo Saad-Filho teaches political economy in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London. Table Of Contents Capital, Exploitation and Conflict Value, capital and exploitation Does all labour create value? Money as money and money as capital in a Capitalist economy Capitalist competition and the distribution of profits Contesting labour markets Technological change as class struggle Capitalism, nature and the class struggle Global capitalism The history of capitalism Globalisation and the state: Where is the power of Capital? Financial and industrial capital: A new class coalition War, peace and Capitalism Understanding capitalism in the third world Developing country debt and Globalisation Globalisation and the subsumption of the Soviet mode of production under Capital Crisis and the supercession of Capitalism Capital accumulation and Crisis Marxian Crisis Theory and the Postwar US Economy Where is class struggle? Transcending capitalism: The adequacy of Marx's recipe Towards a society of free and associated individuals