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Beyond Digital Capitalism: New Ways of Living

Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
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Author : Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
Publisher : Monthly Review Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583678831

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Essays that explore new ways of living with technological change Every year since 1964, the Socialist Register has offered a fascinating survey of movements and ideas from the independent new left. This year's edition asks readers to explore just how we need to live with new technologies. Essays in this 57th Socialist Register reveal the contradictions and dislocations of technological change in the twenty-first century. And they explore alternative ways of living: from artificial intelligence (AI) to the arts, from transportation to fashion, from environmental science to economic planning. Greg Albo - Post-capitalism: Alternatives or detours? Nicole Aschoff and Pankaj Mahta - AI-deology: Science, capitalism and the dream of a ‘people’s AI’ Hugo Radice - There is nothing artificial about AI: Labour, class, utopia, socialism Larry Lohman - Interpretation machines: Contradictions of digital mechanization in twenty-first century capitalism Robin Hahnel - Democratic socialist planning: Against, with and beyond the new technologies Tanner Mirrlees - Platform socialists in the age of digital capitalism Derek Hrynyshyn – Imagining information socialism Bryan Palmer - Capitalism and the clock: Time’s meaning in the struggle for socialism Sean Sweeney and John Treat - Shifting gears: Labour strategies for low-carbon public transit mobility Adam Greenfield - Smart cities, technological traps, democratic possibilities Christoph Hermann - The consequences of commodification: Contours of a post-capitalist society Joan Sangster – The surveillance of service labour: Conditions and possibilities of resistance Jeronimo Montero Bressan - Beyond neoliberal fashion: Imagining clothing production as a human need Massimiliano Mollona - Art/Commons: Art collectives and the post-capitalist imagination Ingar Solty – The world of tomorrow: Scenarios for our future between demise and hope

New Polarizations and Old Contradictions: The Crisis of Centrism

Greg Albo,Colin Leys
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Author : Greg Albo,Colin Leys
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583679371

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New Polarizations and Old Contradictions: The Crisis of Centrism by Greg Albo,Colin Leys Pdf

The 58th annual volume of the Socialist Register takes up the challenge of exploring how the new polarizations relate to the contradictions that underlie them and how far 'centrist' politics can continue to contain them. Original essays examine the multiplication of antagonistic national, racial, generational, and other identities in the context of growing economic inequality, democratic decline, and the shifting parameters of great power rivalry. Where, how, and by what means can the left move forward?

The Question of Strategy

Leo Panitch,Greg Albo,Vivek Chibber
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Author : Leo Panitch,Greg Albo,Vivek Chibber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 0850366313

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The Question of Strategy by Leo Panitch,Greg Albo,Vivek Chibber Pdf

Socialists today have to confront two realities - that they cannot avoid the question of reforms and a gradualist path out of capitalism; and that the organizational vehicles for socialism will most likely have to abide by different structures and principles than those that dominated left politics in the 20th century. Though solutions are not obvious, Socialist Register 2012 will interrogate these dilemmas and will the critique of some unhelpful radical thinking that obstructs the reconsideration of socialist strategy for the 21st century.

The Politics of the Right

Leo Panitch
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Author : Leo Panitch
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583675748

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The Politics of the Right by Leo Panitch Pdf

Today the Left faces new challenges from political forces amassing on the radical right. The 52nd volume of the Socialist Register presents a serious calibration and a careful political mapping of these forces. It addresses pivotal questions on the reordering of the new right. These essays - very broad in terms of themes and places - speak to the global challenges the new right poses for the left at this historical moment. * What is the nature of the right's populism, nationalism and militarism? * What is the social base and organizational strength and range of far right political forces? * To what extent are they influencing mainstream parties and opinion? * How have they penetrated state institutions?* What role do state security services and police forces play?* Does our political situation today require comparison with 1930s Fascism? * How should the left respond to defend democratic and human rights?

Coming to Terms with Nature

Leo Panitch,Colin Leys
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Author : Leo Panitch,Colin Leys
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583671528

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Coming to Terms with Nature by Leo Panitch,Colin Leys Pdf

Can capitalism come to terms with the environment? How do market forces impact on the biosphere? What is the significance of the impasse over the Kyoto protocol? How far has socialist thought developed to help us understand the environmental dilemma? Has it got answers? Can capitalism come to terms with the environment? How do market forces impact on the biosphere? What is the significance of the impasse over the Kyoto protocol? How far has socialist thought developed to help us understand the environmental dilemma? Has it answers? How can class and environmental politics be brought together? What are the shortcomings Green parties and 'green commerce'?

Registering Class

Leo Panitch,Gregory Albo,Vivek Chibber
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Author : Leo Panitch,Gregory Albo,Vivek Chibber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 0850366437

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Registering Class by Leo Panitch,Gregory Albo,Vivek Chibber Pdf

The 50th volume of the Socialist Register is dedicated to the theme of 'registering class' in light of the spread and deepening of capitalist social relations around the globe. Today's economic crisis has been deployed to extend the class struggle from above while many resistances have been explicitly cast in terms of class struggles from below. This volume addresses how capitalist classes are reorganizing as well as the structure and composition of working classes in the 21st century.

Rethinking Revolution

Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
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Author : Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583676332

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Rethinking Revolution by Leo Panitch,Greg Albo Pdf

One hundred years ago, “October 1917” galvanized leftists and oppressed peoples around the globe, and became the lodestar for 20th century politics. Today, the left needs to reckon with this legacy—and transcend it. Social change, as it was understood in the 20th century, appears now to be as impossible as revolution, leaving the left to rethink the relationship between capitalist crises, as well as the conceptual tension between revolution and reform. Populated by an array of passionate thinkers and thoughtful activists, Rethinking Revolution reappraises the historical effects of the Russian revolution—positive and negative—on political, intellectual, and cultural life, and looks at consequent revolutions after 1917. Change needs to be understood in relation to the distinct trajectories of radical politics in different regions. But the main purpose of this Socialist Register edition—one century after “Red October”—is to look forward, to what might happen next. Acclaimed authors interrogate and explore compelling issues, including: • Greg Albo: New socialist strategies—or detours? • Jodi Dean: Are the multitudes communing? Revolutionary agency and political forms today. • Adolph Reed: Are racial minorities revolutionary agents? • Zillah Eisenstein: Revolutionary feminisms today. • Nina Power: Accelerated technology, decelerated revolution. • David Schwartzman: Beyond global warming: Is solar communism possible? • Andrea Malm: Revolution and counter-revolution in an era of climate change.

Beyond Market Dystopia: New Ways of Living

Greg Albo,Leo Panitch
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Author : Greg Albo,Leo Panitch
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583678442

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Beyond Market Dystopia: New Ways of Living by Greg Albo,Leo Panitch Pdf

Essays which aim to create a world of agency and justice How can we build a future with better health and homes, respecting people and the environment? The 2020 edition of the Socialist Register, Beyond Market Dystopia, contains a wealth of incisive essays that entice readers to do just that: to wake up to the cynical, implicitly market-driven concept of human society we have come to accept as everyday reality. Intellectuals and activists such as Michelle Chin, Nancy Fraser, Arun Gupta, and Jeremy Brecher connect with and go beyond classical socialist themes, to combine an analysis of how we are living now with visions and plans for new strategic, programmatic, manifesto-oriented alternative ways of living.

The Crisis and the Left

Vivek Chibber
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Author : Vivek Chibber
Publisher : Leftword
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9380118023

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The global economic crisis that closed the first decade of the 21st century has demonstrated that the contradictions of capitalism cannot be overcome. The challenge for socialist analysis is to reveal both the nature of these contradictions in the neo-liberal era of globalized finance, and their consequences in our time. Crises need to be understood as turning points that open up opportunities. How to facilitate this is the sharpest challenge posed to socialists by the most severe global economic crisis since the 1930s. This volume, a companion to The Crisis This Time: Socialist Register 2011, examines the response of the international Left and asks, how has the Left responded and can it offer an alternative to faltering capitalism?

The World Turned Upside Down?

Greg Albo,Leo Panitch
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Author : Greg Albo,Leo Panitch
Publisher : Monthly Review Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583677506

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The World Turned Upside Down? by Greg Albo,Leo Panitch Pdf

A World Turned Upside Down? poses two overarching questions for the new period opened by the Trump election and the continued growth of right-wing nationalisms. Is there an unwinding of neoliberal globalization taking place, or will globalization continue to deepen, but still deny the free cross-border movement of labor? Would such an unwinding entail an overall shift in power and accumulation to specific regions of the Global South that might overturn the current world order and foster the disintegration of the varied regional blocs that have formed? These questions are addressed through a series of essays that carefully map the national, class, racial, and gender dimensions of the state, capitalism, and progressive forces today. Sober assessment is crucial for the left to gain its political bearings in this trying period and the uncertainties that lie ahead.

The Crisis This Time

Leo Panitch,Greg Albo,Vivek Chibber
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Author : Leo Panitch,Greg Albo,Vivek Chibber
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583672280

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The Crisis This Time by Leo Panitch,Greg Albo,Vivek Chibber Pdf

Contributors to this volume on economic crisis address key themes: -putting 'the crisis this time' in historical and theoretical perspective -analyzing the role of banks and derivatives in global financialization -interrogating Wall Street and the City of London before and after the crisis -surveying the crisis in the USA, the UK, Europe, Japan and South Africa -taking the measure of the impact of the crisis on working class families -showing how 'exit strategies' are reviving neoliberalism -surveying the struggles against the new public austerity in Greece, Ireland, UK and USA This volume ù the first of two ù offers critical perspectives on 'exit strategies' geared towards revitalizing neoliberal capitalism and considers the social and political impact of the crisis on the working class. Next year's volume will extend the geographical focus to China, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Latin America, and deepen the analysis of the epicentre of the crisis in the USA.

Rethinking Democracy

Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
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Author : Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583676714

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Rethinking Democracy by Leo Panitch,Greg Albo Pdf

For years, intellectuals have argued that, with the triumph of capitalist, liberal democracy, the Western World has reached “the end of history.” Recently, however, there has been a rise of authoritarian politics in many countries. Concepts of post-democracy, anti-politics, and the like are gaining currency in theoretical and political debate. Now that capitalist democracies are facing seismic and systemic challenges, it becomes increasingly important to investigate not only the inherent antagonism between liberalism and the democratic process, but also socialism. Is socialism an enemy of democracy? Could socialism develop, expand, even enhance democracy? While this volume seeks a reappraisal of existing liberal democracy today, its main goal is to help lay the foundation for new visions and practices in developing a real socialist democracy. Amid the contradictions of neoliberal capitalism today, the responsibility to sort out the relationship between socialism and democracy has never been greater. No revival of socialist politics in the twenty-first century can occur without founding new democratic institutions and practices.

Class, Party, Revolution

Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
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Author : Leo Panitch,Greg Albo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1608469190

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Class, Party, Revolution by Leo Panitch,Greg Albo Pdf

An expertly selected collection of articles on class, party, and revolution from one of the world's most important socialist journals

Searching for Socialism

Leo Panitch,Colin Leys
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Author : Leo Panitch,Colin Leys
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788738521

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Searching for Socialism by Leo Panitch,Colin Leys Pdf

A new and essential history of the Labour new left from Tony Benn to Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Corbyn’s rapid ascent to the leadership of the Labour Party, driven by a groundswell of popular support particularly among the young, was met at the time by a baffled media. Just where did Jeremy Corbyn come from? In Searching for Socialism, Leo Panitch and Colin Leys argue that it is only by understanding Corbyn’s roots in the Bennite Labour New Left’s long struggle to transcend the limits of “parliamentary socialism” and democratise the party, as a precondition for democratising the state, can you understand his surge to become leader of the party. Closely analyzing the forces inside the party aligned against Corbyn’s leadership, Panitch and Leys explain what happened between the validation of the Corbyn project in the 2017 election, while advancing an ambitious programme of democratic socialist measures unmatched anywhere since the 1970s, and the electoral defeat amidst the Brexit conjuncture of 2019. They argue that while this defeat marked the farthest point to which the generation formed in the 1970s was able to carry the Labour new left project, it seems unlikely that the new generation of activists will quickly see any other way forward than continuing the struggle inside the Labour Party, so as to fundamentally change it. In the face of the contradictions being generated by twenty-first-century capitalism, and the need for discovering and developing new political forms adequate to addressing them, this book is required reading for democratic socialists, not just in Britain but everywhere.

Necessary and Unnecessary Utopias

Leo Panitch,Colin Leys
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Author : Leo Panitch,Colin Leys
Publisher : Monthly Review Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1583670211

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Necessary and Unnecessary Utopias by Leo Panitch,Colin Leys Pdf

"The Socialist Register is compulsory reading for people who refuse to be resigned to the idea that there can be no alternative to our unacceptable society." --Daniel Singer, author of Whose Millennium? When mainstream commentators talk about the future, they tend to predict dire doomsday apocalypses or spin wild techno-fantasies. In spite of their radically hi-tech edge, these futuristic scenarios usually assume that current social structures will persist. Necessary and Unnecessary Utopias points toward a very different way of thinking about the future. While rejecting schematic blueprints, this book reasserts the need for a bold and revolutionary social imagination, one aimed at saner ways of living and more rational ways of organizing society. Taking up such vital topics as work and its structure, democracy and the state, localism and internationalism, relations between the sexes, and technology and its social uses, Necessary and Unnecessary Utopias makes the case that a socialist vision of the future remains not only realistic but necessary. More than one dozen internationally celebrated scholars, including Terry Eagleton, Frigga Haug, Johanna Brenner, Kate Soper, Carl Boggs, and Norman Geras, are contributors.