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The Idler
8th May 2010, 13:41
I thought I would write an Anti-Capitalist reading list for liberals, progressives, social democrats or anyone who has reservations about capitalism (with a view to radicalising them) but who finds the prospect of anything explicitly "socialist" or "Marxist" too daunting to begin with.


Parecon: Life After Capitalism by Michael Albert
Realizing Hope: Life Beyond Capitalism by Michael Albert
A Movement of Movements: Is Another World Really Possible? by Tom Mertes
Limits to Capital by David Harvey
Confronting Capitalism by George Katsiaficas
A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate by Naomi Klein
No Logo by Naomi Klein
Capitalism and Its Economics: A Critical History by Douglas Dowd
Understanding Capitalism: Critical Analysis from Karl Marx to Amartya Sen by Douglas Dowd
A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey
The Enigma of Capital by David Harvey
How to Succeed at Globalization: A Primer for Roadside Vendors (American Empire Project) by El Fisgon

BAM
8th May 2010, 20:06
The Enigma of Capital by David Harvey

have you read that yet? Is it any good?

Foldered
9th May 2010, 19:59
Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.
A lot of poststructuralist works criticize capitalism while not being overtly "socialist" (though it's authors more often than not, are).
EDIT: Also Anticapitalism and Culture by Jeremy Gilbert. It's a good summary of the new left movements and it illustrates the convergence of the left and cultural studies discourse very well.