Capitalism & Alternatives

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From Chapter 2 Capital-labour struggles better described as wars From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter examines how labour unions and legal reforms from the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth centuries challenged employer dominance, and how the Great Depression prompted worker-focused …	Harry Glasbeek	16	2024	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 2: The Response From: The Killer's Henchman View bar	The author discusses the response to Covid-19 with particularly attention to the United States and China. Topics include vaccines, public health and social measures, the approaches of countries …	Stephen Gowans	36	2022	$3.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 26: Managing Labour’s Momentum The Post-War Settlement, 1945-59 From: Capitalism and Colonialism View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter looks at the labour militancy that achieved union recognition in the 1945–48 strike wave and the historic Rand Formula.	Bryan D. Palmer	14	2025	$1.40 Add
From Chapter 3 Witch Hunts, Enclosures, and the Demise of Communal Property Relations From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading argues that the English enclosures, …	Silvia Federici	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Chapter 3 World War II: Promises made, fulfilled, and then diluted From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter looks at how labour policies changed during and after World War II, where many of the advances made by the working class were challenged in the 1930s. It also covers the many worker …	Harry Glasbeek	28	2024	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Chapter 3: The Capitalists’ State From: The Killer's Henchman View bar	This chapter asks who it is that made the decisions on how to respond to the pandemic (if to respond at all) and what their interests are. The author explores the domination of governments around …	Stephen Gowans	35	2022	$3.50 Add
From Chapter 4 Witch-Hunting and the Fear of the Power of Women From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading argues that witch hunting was partly …	Silvia Federici	11	2018	$1.10 Add
From Chapter 4 The common law’s anti-collectivism and the impoverished right to strike From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter examines how competitive capitalism undermined worker solidarity by pressuring individuals to compete for jobs and accept employer conditions, which widened the divide between …	Harry Glasbeek	39	2024	$3.90 Add
From NEW! Chapter 4: The Capitalists’ Nanny State From: The Killer's Henchman View bar	This chapter continues to explore the capitalist state and how it fucntions to support and facilitate the business-based upper class and its accumulation of the wealth that is produced by the …	Stephen Gowans	34	2022	$3.40 Add
From Chapter 5 On the Meaning of "Gossip" From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading consists of an exploration of the …	Silvia Federici	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From Chapter 5 How judges are programmed to define and interpret contracts of employment From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	This chapter explains how the legal system and the rules and decisions which show the law lives comfortable with differential treatment, prioritizes property rights and employer interests often …	Harry Glasbeek	14	2024	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Chapter 5: Capitalist Pharmacy From: The Killer's Henchman View bar	This chapter is focused on the pharmaceutical industry/capitalist pharmacy and the interests of its wealthy investors.	Stephen Gowans	24	2022	$2.40 Add
From Chapter 6 Globalization, Capital Accumulation, and Violence Against Women: An International and Historical Perspective From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part Two of this title explore the ways in witch the attitudes that spawned the witch-hunt have survived into the modern world. This chapter consists of a discussion of the forms …	Silvia Federici	14	2018	$1.40 Add
From Chapter 6 How employers avoid the employment contract’s strictures and profit from its principles and ideology From: Law at Work View Between The Lines	The story shared in this chapter highlights the measures capitalists will take to escape legal regulations that try to restrict their profit-maximization drive. It also describes how capitalists …	Harry Glasbeek	25	2024	$2.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 6: The Billionaire From: The Killer's Henchman View bar	The author focuses on Bill Gates, examining how Gates offers a concrete example of how members of the capitalist class use their wealth to shape political agendas to expand their own interests at …	Stephen Gowans	29	2022	$2.90 Add
From Chapter 7 Witch Hunting, Globalization, and Feminist Solidarity in Africa Today From: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women View Between The Lines	The readings in Part Two of this title explore the ways in witch the attitudes that spawned the witch-hunt have survived into the modern world. This chapter consists of a case study of modern …	Silvia Federici	27	2018	$2.70 Add