Capitalism & Alternatives

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Language and the Creation of Commons

From: Free, Fair and Alive

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In this chapter, the authors begin with illustrating how language shapes our views of the world, and then argue that we need new language to begin the ontological shift necessary to appreciate … 40 $4.00 Add
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Lecture Three: The Body in Today’s Reproductive Crisis

From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

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Part 1 of this title consists of three lectures by feminist scholar Silvia Federici. In this lecture, Federici discusses how regaining control over our sexual and reproductive capacity is … 8 $0.80 Add
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Lighten Up

From: Curing Affluenza

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Chapter 3 explores productivity between the public and private sectors, discussing topics including wasted resources, ‘economic activity’, cycles of production, the ‘Washington … 41 $4.10 Add
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Market Polarization Means Political Polarization

Liberal Democracy's Eroding Centre

From: The Socialist Register 2022

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Ingar Solty examines the social polarizations resulting from the market processes set in motion by neoliberalism, which bring with them a political polarization in the form of fissures in the … 19 $1.90 Add
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Marx’s Theories of Value, Capital and Crisis

From: Twilight Capitalism

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This chapter describes key concepts from Marx’s economic theories, and suggests that the questions arising from these theories are more important than ever as capitalism approaches its … ; ; 51 $5.10 Add
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Mass Movements: Our Only Hope

From: Future on Fire

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Chapter 3 examines how mass movements, the actions of millions of everyday people have played a role in changing our society for the better and can become the method to bring real change and … 22 $2.20 Add
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Mutual Aid among Animals (continued)

From: Mutual Aid

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In Chapter II, Kropotkin continues to look at cooperation among animals. This chapter examines migration, hunting associations, packs of animals as societies, and argues against theories based on … 29 $2.90 Add
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Part Two: Section I

Why and How to Count Unwaged Work

From: The Point is To Change the World

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This reading consists of the following essays: Valuing Unwaged Work: A Preparatory Brief for CARICOM Ministers Responsible for Women’s Affairs Attending the 4th World Conference on Women … ; 17 $1.70 Add
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Socialism as Revolutionary Consciousness

From: Human Development

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The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation

From: Civilizing the State

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The Commons: Dispossession and Reclamation begins with an examination of the loss of groundwater in Chennai, India, looking at the political, economic and land-use histories leading to it. The … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Fourth World Is Emerging: A Zombie Mine Resurrection and the Refusal of the Tsilhqot’in

Part One: Dispossession at Home

From: Capitalism and Dispossession

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In Chapter 4, co-authors Dawn Hoogeveen (a non-Indigenous settler) and Russell Myers Ross (a member of the Tsilhqot’in Nation) examine the struggles to preserve Teztan Biny (Fish Lake), … ; 20 $2.00 Add
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The Roots of Polanyi’s Socialist Vision

From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization

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Trade Is Not Gender Neutral

From: The Fair Trade Handbook

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In this chapter, the authors describe the ways in which inequality is related to the uneven ways in which women and men are incorporated into the global economy. Some trade can place women-run … 10 $1.00 Add
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“Even a Ravaged Planet Is Worth Fighting For”

From: Future on Fire

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Chapter 4 reflects on what a world that suffers the consequences of large-scale climate change would look like and if it is still worth fighting for. Topics discussed include the 2030 deadline to … 14 $1.40 Add
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Back to the Future

The World Economic Crisis of the 1930s

From: From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization

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Being Present

From: Intrinsic Hope

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The first habit of hope I’d like to discuss is being present. This means paying attention to whatever is going on and not getting sidetracked or distracted — in other words, living … 16 $1.60 Add