Introduction

The book speaks to the widespread quest for concrete alternative ways forward beyond capitalism in the face of the prevailing corporatocracy and a capitalist system in crisis.

Focus of the Book

It examines a number of institutions and practices now being built in the nooks and crannies of present societies and that point beyond capitalism toward a more equal, participatory, and democratic society – institutions such as cooperatives, public banks, the commons, economic democracy.

Sources and Perspectives

This seminal collection of critical studies draws on academic and activist voices from the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina, and from a variety of theoretical-political perspectives – Marxism, anarchism, feminism, and Zapatismo.