Anti-Capitalism Reader

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At 08:02 PM 8/5/2002 -0400, you wrote:
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>The Anti-Capitalism Reader: Anti-Market Politics in Theory and Practice, 
>Past, Present and Future
>edited by Joel Schalit
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>Nonfiction/Paperback
>325 pages
>$16.95
>ISBN 1-888451-33-5
>Forthcoming September 2002
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>The collapse of Enron and WorldCom and the increasing evidence of 
>corruption at the highest levels of corporate life has opened the door to 
>a remarkable whirlwind of dialogue about the prevailing economic ideology 
>of the post-Cold War era. While traditionally the province of the left, 
>concerns about the legitimacy of market-driven societies are now being 
>voiced by centrists and conservatives, who fear that their livelihoods and 
>their investments are suddenly at the mercy of forces spinning out of control.
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>Enter The Anti-Capitalism Reader, a refreshingly non-doctrinaire anthology 
>of writings and interviews covering much of the intellectual geography of 
>the new anti-market left that has become increasingly visible since 
>anti-capitalist protests rocked the World Trade Organization's 1999 
>meeting in Seattle.
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>Featuring essays by Doug Henwood,

this isn't any relation, is it?         ;-)


>Naomi Klein, Ali Abunimah, Annalee Newitz, Paul Thomas, Ultra red, and the 
>Bad Subjects collective -- and interviews with Slavoj Zizek, Toni Negri, 
>Thomas Frank, and Wendy Brown -- The Anti-Capitalism Reader moves from 
>culture to politics, gender, and alternative economic systems. Each 
>contributor presents acessible, hard-hitting (and sometimes humorous) 
>critical insights that make this volume an ideal partner in contemporary 
>discourse about globalization, war, and economic decline.
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>Editor Joel Schalit is the author of Jerusalem Calling and editor of both 
>Punk Planet magazine and webzine Bad Subjects: Political Education for 
>Everyday Life. He is a regular contributor to the SF Bay Guardian.
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>Critical praise for Joel Schalit's Jerusalem Calling (Akashic Books, 2002):
>"This remarkable collection of essays by an astute young writer covers a 
>wide range of topics -- the political ethic of punk, the nature of secular 
>Jewish identity, the dangerous place, according to Schalit, that 
>politicized Christianity plays in the U.S., and the legacy of the Cold War 
>in the ability to imagine freedom. Schalit almost always hits his mark . . 
>. This is the debut of a new and original thinker." --Publishers Weekly
>"Schalits genuine, urgent concern knocks down doors . . ." --Salon
>"Schalit has risen to the forefront of a new leftist culture that's 
>postmodern and ultra-aware but still believes in the power of activism." 
>--SF Weekly
>"Schalits anti-capitalist, Jewish, post-punk perspectives on the Middle 
>East, the relevance of rock music, and the true impact of religion in 
>America pack a powerful punch, yet resonate with fellow feeling." --Booklist