Author: van der Walt, Lucien; Helliker, Kirk
publisher name: PM Press
ISBN: 9781629639437
This passage provides information about a book focused on anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist movements and their evolution. It notes that, historically, these movements often associated radical transformation with capturing state power, but the collapse of such projects from the 1970s led to a crisis in left and working-class politics. The text suggests that this crisis has created space for alternative, society-centered, and anti-capitalist approaches that operate independently of the state.
The volume highlights successful examples of these approaches, such as the Zapatistas in Mexico and Rojava in Syria, and their influence on global movements, including Occupy in the United States, landless movements in Latin America, anti-austerity struggles in Europe and Asia, and urban movements in Africa. The book draws on various ideological lineages, including anarchism, syndicalism, autonomist Marxism, and the influence of philosophers like Alain Badiou.
