[P2P-F] Fwd: [Anarchist.academics] Markets Not Capitalism

Sun Oct 23 16:40:02 CEST 2011

David Graeber also offers specific support in recent interviews on his last
book, about the markets-capitalism distinction, it seems to me that there is
indeed more communication now between left and progressive libertarian
approaches ..

Michel

On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 8:30 PM, mp <mp at aktivix.org> wrote:

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> Subject: [Anarchist.academics] Markets Not Capitalism
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> A new collection of left wing pro-market, anti-capitalist anarchist
> writings…
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> Markets Not Capitalism: Individualist Anarchism Against Bosses,
> Inequality, Corporate Power, and Structural Poverty
> Ed. Gary Chartier & Charles W. Johnson
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> Individualist anarchists believe in mutual exchange, not economic
> privilege. They believe in freed markets, not capitalism. They defend a
> distinctive response to the challenges of ending global capitalism and
> achieving social justice: eliminate the political privileges that prop
> up capitalists.
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> Massive concentrations of wealth, rigid economic hierarchies, and
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> Featuring discussions of socialism, capitalism, markets, ownership,
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> “We on the left need a good shake to get us thinking, and these
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