Global Capitalism and the Demise of the Left: Renewing Radicalism Through Inclusive Democracy

EDITED BY STEVE BEST

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Contents

• The Authors, p. 1

INTRODUCTION

• Crisis Culture and the Waning of Revolutionary Politics, Steven Best, p. 11
• Our Aims, The International Network for Inclusive Democracy, p. 41

PART I: GROWTH, MARKET, SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY

• Market and Society, Takis Nikolopoulos, p. 49
• The Market Economy and the Biological Crisis, dr. Panayotis Koumentakis, p. 53
• Towards a New Vision for Global Society, Rafael Spósito, p. 77
• Social Movements, Conflicts and a Perspective of Inclusive Democracy in Argentina, Guido Galafassi, p. 91

PART II: INCLUSIVE DEMOCRACY AND THE LEFT

• Inclusive Democracy and its Prospects, David Freeman, p. 105
• Beyond Social Democracy?, Arran Gare, p. 129
• Can Democracy Solve All Problems?, Serge Latouche, p. 155
• Inclusive Democracy and Left Libertarianism, Michael Levin, p. 165
• Recent Theoretical Developments on the Inclusive Democracy Project, Takis Fotopoulos, p. 189

PART III: EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY

• The Democratic Paideia Project: Beginnings of an Emancipatory Paideia for Today, David Gabbard and Karen Anijar Appleton, p. 315
• Education, Paideia and Democracy: Experiences of the U.S. Educational System, John Sargis, p. 331

DIALOGUE-EPILOGUE

• Is Inclusive Democracy Feasible and Desirable?, Takis Fotopoulos, p. 373

APPENDICES

• Democracia Incluyente, Jorge Camil, p. 457
• Vers Une Démocratie Générale?, Jean-Claude Richard, p. 461

Contents

Contributors PDF

Editorial PDF

CAPITALISM GETS A NEW IMAGE …

The “new world order” hype and the new version of social-liberalism, Takis Fotopoulos PDF

Barack H. Obama the Image-Maker, John Sargis PDF

… BUT THE OLD IMAGE LINGERS ON

The Crime of the Zionists and the Transnational Elite and the Stand of the Left, Takis Fotopoulos PDF [ UPDATE: Addendum added (19/01/2009) ]

Neoliberal Politics of Innovation and its Opposition at the University: The Case of Finland, Mika Pekkola PDF

A systemic crisis in Greece, Takis Fotopoulos PDF

THEORETICAL ISSUES

Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism, Steven Best PDF

The Pink Revolution in Iran and the "Left"

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TAKIS FOTOPOULOS

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. The culmination of the campaign for regime change in Iran

• The build-up of the campaign for regime change
• The present pink revolution in Iran

Chapter 2. The dual conflict in Iran

• The old conflict between Islamists and bourgeois modernizers
• The new ‘internal’ conflict between revolution fundamentalists and reformers

Chapter 3. The 2009 elections

• The two sides in the June 2009 elections
• The ‘unholy alliance’ of reformers and bourgeois modernizers

Chapter 4. The aims of the transnational elite

• Why regime change NOW?
• A “Yugoslavian” kind of strategy for Iran?

Chapter 5. The reformist Left plays its usual role of the system’s cheerleader

• The role of the “Left” in the New World Order
• Zizek and Chomsky on Iran
• The sort of “alternative” information provided by Znet

Conclusion