Moving Beyond Capitalism

Edited by Cliff DuRand

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.

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Forward by Richard D. Wolff

Part I: Economic Democracy / The Social Economy

1. Beyond Capitalism to Sustainability: The Public Bank SolutionEllen Brown

2. Building a Grassroots Democratic Economy: The Rising Tide of Local Self-Reliance, Workplace Democracy, and Social JusticeLen Krimerman

3. Worker’s Economy in Argentina: Self Management, Cooperatives and Recovered Enterprises in a Time of Global CrisisAndre Ruggeri

4. Cooperative CubaCliff DuRand

Part II: The Commons

5. Commoning TogetherCliff DuRand

6. Building the Commons as an Antidote to the Predatory Market EconomyMargaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese

7. Autogestión: Prefiguring a New Cooperativism and the ‘Labor Commons’Marcelo Vieta

8. Divisions in the Commons: Ecuador’s FLOK Society and the Zapatistas’ EscuelitaGeorge Caffentzis

Part III: Alternatives to a System in Crisis

9. Economic Crises, Environmental Crises: Moving beyond CapitalismDavid Schweickart

10. The Left and a Green New DealJerry Harris

11. Alternatives to Development in Latin AmericaRebecca Hollender

Part IV: Bringing Politics Back In

12. The Limits of LocalismGregory Diamant

13. Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, HopeCynthia Kaufman

14. Toward A Stronger, More Influential Political Left: An Appeal for Critical Self-ReflectionMichael McCabe

Part V: Socialism in the 21st Century

15. Building a 21st Century SocialismCliff DuRand

16. Out of the Abyss, the New WorldGustavo Esteva

17. The Communal State (Venezuela): Communal Councils and Workplace DemocracyDario Azzellini

18. The Necessary Renovation of Socialist Hegemony in Cuba: Contradictions and ChallengesOlga Fernández Ríos

19. Cuba’s Cooperatives: Their Contribution to Cuba’s New SocialismCamila Piñeiro Harnecker

20. The Dialectic of Constituent Power and Constituted PowerCliff DuRand

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Moving Beyond Capitalism