Moving Beyond Capitalism

Cliff DuRand is a lifelong political activist and retired Philosophy professor. He is a founder of the Radical Philosophy Association in the U.S. and of the Center for Global Justice in Mexico.

Excerpt from journal review"...Moving Beyond Capitalism is an indispensable guide for scholars, activists, and grass roots organizations who want to build an alternative world in the twenty-first century." – Kaan Agartan, Framingham State University, in Labour and Industry Journal

• Forward by Richard D. WolffPart I: Economic Democracy / The Social Economy1. Beyond Capitalism to Sustainability: The Public Bank Solution2. Building a Grassroots Democratic Economy: The Rising Tide of Local Self-Reliance, Workplace Democracy, and Social Justice3. Worker’s Economy in Argentina: Self Management, Cooperatives and Recovered Enterprises in a Time of Global Crisis4. Cooperative CubaPart II: The Commons5. Commoning Together6. Building the Commons as an Antidote to the Predatory Market Economy7. Autogestión: Prefiguring a New Cooperativism and the ‘Labor Commons’8. Divisions in the Commons: Ecuador’s FLOK Society and the Zapatistas’ EscuelitaPart III: Alternatives to a System in Crisis9. Economic Crises, Environmental Crises: Moving beyond Capitalism10. The Left and a Green New Deal11. Alternatives to Development in Latin AmericaPart IV: Bringing Politics Back In12. The Limits of Localism13. Getting Past Capitalism: History, Vision, Hope14. Toward A Stronger, More Influential Political Left: An Appeal for Critical Self-ReflectionPart V: Socialism in the 21st Century15. Building a 21st Century Socialism16. Out of the Abyss, the New World17. The Communal State (Venezuela): Communal Councils and Workplace Democracy18. The Necessary Renovation of Socialist Hegemony in Cuba: Contradictions and Challenges19. Cuba’s Cooperatives: Their Contribution to Cuba’s New Socialism20. The Dialectic of Constituent Power and Constituted Power