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Understanding 9/11NYC Anarchist Bookfair 2008: Building a Movement Against Capitalism
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Building a Movement Against Capitalism Through Thinking of Its Alternatives
Radicals, including anarchists and Marxists, have put forward conceptions of a different kind of society for which they struggled. Many used to think, wrongly, that the very existence of the Soviet Union or Maoist China or Cuba, whatever you thought of them as societies, was proof that another kind of society was possible and not simply utopian. But with the collapse of the USSR and the marketization of China and Cuba, the idea of a viable alternative to capitalism fell on hard times. Recent movements against capitalism and neoliberal globalization have put the idea of concrete alternatives to capitalism back on the table for discussion. We propose to discuss the possibilities for alternatives to capitalism and some of the theory behind them. This could be seen as a good way of bridging the anarchist/Marxist divide, since everyone is for a new society. And since everyone is for a new society, perhaps differing only over the means to this end, we think a panel discussion on what exactly is the end goal serves as a way of clarifying the means to achieving that goal.
Steve Weierman is a software engineer, Marxist-Humanist, and vegan animal rights activist. He holds a M.Sci. in Computer Science and is a moderator on a popular vegan/AR forum.
Joshua Howard helped found The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) and studies sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Seth Weiss helped found The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) and was formerly involved in May Day Books and Blackout Books.
For info about the upcoming 2012 NYC Anarchist Bookfair see: www.anarchistbookfair.net
To contact the NYC Anarchist Book Fair organizing collective to volunteer, submit workshop and tabling applications, make a donation, or get more information, email us at info[at]anarchistbookfair[dot]net
More NYC Anarchist Book Fair archives can be found at www.anarchistbookfair.net/archives
Radicals, including anarchists and Marxists, have put forward conceptions of a different kind of society for which they struggled. Many used to think, wrongly, that the very existence of the Soviet Union or Maoist China or Cuba, whatever you thought of them as societies, was proof that another kind of society was possible and not simply utopian. But with the collapse of the USSR and the marketization of China and Cuba, the idea of a viable alternative to capitalism fell on hard times. Recent movements against capitalism and neoliberal globalization have put the idea of concrete alternatives to capitalism back on the table for discussion. We propose to discuss the possibilities for alternatives to capitalism and some of the theory behind them. This could be seen as a good way of bridging the anarchist/Marxist divide, since everyone is for a new society. And since everyone is for a new society, perhaps differing only over the means to this end, we think a panel discussion on what exactly is the end goal serves as a way of clarifying the means to achieving that goal.
Steve Weierman is a software engineer, Marxist-Humanist, and vegan animal rights activist. He holds a M.Sci. in Computer Science and is a moderator on a popular vegan/AR forum.
Joshua Howard helped found The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) and studies sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Seth Weiss helped found The New SPACE (The New School for Pluralistic Anti-Capitalist Education) and was formerly involved in May Day Books and Blackout Books.
For info about the upcoming 2012 NYC Anarchist Bookfair see: www.anarchistbookfair.net
To contact the NYC Anarchist Book Fair organizing collective to volunteer, submit workshop and tabling applications, make a donation, or get more information, email us at info[at]anarchistbookfair[dot]net
More NYC Anarchist Book Fair archives can be found at www.anarchistbookfair.net/archives
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