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A beginner’s guide to global anti-capitalist movements, now fully updated to take into account the current state of the economy. Author Simon Tormey is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham, England. Introduction: ‘Beginning’ anti-capitalism 1. The hows and whys of the thing called ‘capitalism’ 2. Why ‘Seattle’? 1968, the ‘end of history’ and the birth of contemporary anti-capitalism 3. A ‘movement of movements’ (i): ‘reformism’ or ‘globalisation with a human face’ 4. A ‘movement of movements’ (ii): renegades, radicals and revolutionaries 5. The future(s) of anti-capitalism: problems and perspectives Glossary of key terms, thinkers and movements Contemporary anti-capitalism: a timeline Index
