OK here's the blurb:

Anti-Capitalism, A Beginners Guide is a book designed to introduce the central features and ideas of the anti-capitalist movement. Exploding into public consciousness at the Seattle meeting of the WTO in 1999, the anti-capitalist movement appeared to come from nowhere. Yet it quickly established itself as a key player on the global stage staging protests and carnivals at meeting not only of the WTO, but also the IMF, the World Bank, the G8 and the Davos meetings of the world leaders. But the question commentators and journalists asked themselves was who are the anti-capitalists and what to they want? This book attempts to answer the question through examining the ideas of the various ‘molecules; that compose the movement: the anarchists and Marxists, the greens and environmentalists, the anti-corporate activists, the autonomists and situationists, the global social democrats and liberal interventionists, among many others. We also look in detail at the form of the movement: its use of the internet and communications technology, and also at the attempts of anti-capitalists to challenge neoliberalism in a direct way. These include the efforts of the Zapatistas who helped the indigenous peoples of the Chiapas region of Mexico to establish an autonomous zone beyond the clutches of the Mexican state. We also discuss the World (and regional) Social Forums where efforts are directed at constructing common platforms and policies for what is now a truly global phenomenon.

Here's what they're saying about the book:

“I love this book … Simon Tormey has written an accessible, thoughtful, provocative and hopeful guide which de-mystifies global anti-capitalist politics in the early 21st century. In clear but not at all simplistic terms, he provides a theoretically and historically informed analysis the tensions and possibilities which animate this 'movement of movements'. A rewarding read for 'beginners' of all levels of experience.” - Mark Rupert, Professor of Political Science, University of Syracuse, USA and author of Ideologies of Globalization

“This book is a winner.” – Professor Terrell Carver, University of Bristol

“Clear, helpful and enlightening, even for a hoary old campaigner like me.” – George Monbiot, author of The Captive State and The Age of Consent

‘A useful account of the failure of hyper-capitalism, and of those who oppose it’ – Paul Kingsnorth, author of One No, Many Yeses

“I strongly support this book. The most useful account of the anti-capitalist movement so far, and a corrective to the self-congratulatory tone of rival work. It is a good critical, or self-critical, guide to the movement; exactly what is needed now” - Boris Kagarlitsky. Director of the Institute for Globalization Studies, Moscow

Introduction: Beginning ‘anti-capitalism’

Chapter One: The Hows and Whys of the Thing Called ‘Capitalism’

Chapter Two: Why ‘Seattle’? 1968 The End of History and the new Anti-Capitalism

Chapter Three: A Movement of Movements I: ‘Reformism’, or ‘Globalisation with a Human Face’

Chapter Four: A Movement of Movements II: Renegades, Radicals and Revolutionaries

Chapter Five: The Future(s) of Anti-Capitalism: Problems and Perspectives

Appendices (to follow): glossary; timeline; index

you can get it from the usual sources - but UK folks should go here (they're nice and friendly, and need the custom). US folks - i don't know - you got plenty of alternative book shops - use them.

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