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abolition democracy, 61–62, 69
Abu-Jamal, Mumia, xi, xiii, 285
biography of, 283
on criminal justice, 59–69
Addams, Jane, 89–93, 96
advertising, 189–90, 191
Affordable Care Act, 14, 159–60
Afghanistan, 244
African Americans, 8–9, 257
freedom struggle of, 209–17
criminal justice system and, 59, 62, 67, 217
slavery and, 61, 62–63, 69, 210–11, 251, 257
as voters, 116–17
agriculture, 135–45
community-supported, 140
food sovereignty and, 144–45
Green Revolution in, 144
AIDS, 108, 111
Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 130–31
AIG, 13
alcohol, 105, 110–11
Allegretto, Sylvia, 12
Alperovitz, Gar, 35
Amazon, 237
American Civil Liberties Union, 91
American Enterprise Institute, 6
American Friends Service Committee Working Party, 60–61
American Revolution, 251
American Union Against Militarism, 91
Angotti, Tom:
biography of, 283–84
on housing, 147–53
anti-colonialism, 74
Apple, 7, 231–32, 236
Arab Spring, 213–14
art, 171–78
education and, 174, 176
functions of, 175
politics vs., 174–75
Assange, Julian, 206
attorney general, 205–8
automobile companies, 14, 235–36
Ford, 18, 234–36, 237
General Motors, 235, 236, 258
Awlaki, Anwar al-, 207
Ayers, William:
biography of, 284
on education, 161–70
Badu, Erykah, 213
bailouts, 13–14, 244
Balagun, Kazembe:
biography of, 284
on the black freedom struggle, 209–17
Baldwin, James, 64
Bambara, Toni Cade, 217
bank bailouts, 244
bank fraud, 207
Bank of North Dakota, 35–36
Baraka, Ajamu:
biography of, 284
on human rights, 71–75
Barnosky, Anthony, 20
Batkis, Grigorii, 95
Bear Stearns, 6
Benton Harbor, Mich., 9–10
Berry, Mary Frances, 63
Bessons-Hendrix, Nellie, 257–58
Beyond Capitalism (Alperovitz), 35
Big Oil, 183
Big Pharma, 181, 186, 187
Big Science, 181–82
billionaires, 11
Bing, Dave, 244–45
bioscience, 185–86
Bisson, Terry:
biography of, 285
“Thanksgiving 2077: A Short Story,” 267–75
Black Codes, 62
Black Food Sovereignty Network, 216
Black Reconstruction in America (Du Bois), 211
blacks, 8–9, 257
freedom struggle of, 209–17
criminal justice system and, 59, 62, 67, 217
slavery and, 61, 62–63, 69, 210–11, 251, 257
as voters, 116–17
Blackstreet Capital, 4, 5
Blassingame, John W., 63
Bloomberg, Michael, 163, 219
Bloomberg Businessweek, 7
Bolivia, 207
booboisie, 223–24, 227, 229
Borosky, Mike, 3–4, 5, 8
Bove, Jose, 145
Brass Check, The (Sinclair), 191
Brecht Forum, 215, 284
Bridenthal, Renate:
biography of, 285
on a woman’s workday in a socialist USA, 85–87
Broad, Eli, 163
Brown, Barrett, 206
Brown, John, 210–11
Buffett, Warren, 11
Bush, George W., 13, 116, 207
tax cuts of, 14, 200, 244
Businessweek, 7
Cagan, Leslie:
biography of, 285
on queer life, 99–104
Callahan, Mat:
biography of, 285–86
on art, 171–78
Câmara, Hélder, 93
Canada, 156, 157
capital:
accumulation of, and ecological crisis, 26–28
globalization of, 118
Capital (Marx), 27, 56
capitalism, 3–21
definition of, 16–17
democracy vs., 16–69
power and weakness of, 253–55
survival vs., 19–20
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, 14, 26, 31, 32, 183, 201
CBS, 189
central planning, 37–38, 39, 46, 186
Chavez, Cesar, 114, 116
Cheney, Dick, 207, 219–20
Chicago Tribune, 19
China, xiv, 43, 47, 48, 141, 230
Apple and, 7, 231
Foxconn and, 6–7
Great Wall of, 117
poor relief in, 127
science and technology in, 183–86
Chomsky, Noam, 16, 20
Chrysler, 235, 236
civil rights movement, 113, 214, 257
Civil War, 62, 210, 211, 212, 251
Clark, Ramsey, xiii–xiv
climate change, 19–20, 26, 29, 31, 135, 183
ecosocialism and, 31–32
Clinton, Bill, 130
Cloward, Richard, 126
cocaine, 107, 109, 110
Cold War, 182
Cole, Jack, 107
Coleman Company, 4
colonialism, 72, 74
Combahee River Collective, 212–13
Comcast, 189
commoning, 29–31
commons, 30
Communist Manifesto, The (Marx and Engels), 25, 57
community, 80–81
community-owned enterprises, 34–37
Conner, Clifford D.:
on achieving economic democracy in the United States, 223–30
biography of, 286
on science and technology, 179–87
Cook, Blanche Wiesen:
biography of, 286
on women, 89–97
cooperatives, 35, 57, 151
Mondragon, 78–79
corn:
industrial uses for, 138
tortillas, 137, 138
corporations, 44–45, 201–1, 232, 246
boards of, 44, 46, 47, 201
earnings of, 5–6
internal structure of, 44
workers and, 44–45, 201
crime, definition of, 60–61
criminal justice, 59–69
blacks and, 59, 62, 67, 217
community courts and, 66–67
Native American system of, 64–66
prisons and, 59–64, 67–69, 206, 217
Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, 109
Cuba, xiv–xv
health care in, 80, 185–86, 187
housing in, 150
science and technology in, 183, 185–87
sugar in, 138
cultural life, 50–51
Davis, Angela, 212
biography of, 286–87
on criminal justice, 59–69
Davis, Troy, 215
dead prez, 213
debt-ceiling crisis, 14
Declaration of Independence, 251, 255
democracy, 17, 18–19, 73, 250
abolition, 61–62, 69
capitalism vs., 16–19
Democratic Party, 130, 228
Department of Justice, 205
Depression, Great, 9, 41, 120, 223
Detroit, Mich., 216, 239–43, 244–45, 247
Detroit Insitute of Arts (DIA), 241
Dewey, John, 16, 21
Diderot, Denis, 55
Digable Planets, 213
Dimon, Jamie, 10–11
Disney, 189
divorce, 81, 82
Douglass, Frederick, 69, 256
Drug Enforcement Administration, 205
drugs, 105–11, 206
alcohol, 105, 110–11
cocaine, 107, 109, 110
education about, 109–10
harm reduction and, 107–8
heroin, 107, 108–9
marijuana, 105–7, 109, 110
Du Bois, W. E. B., 211, 212
Dunne, V. R., 258
Earned Income Tax Credit, 130
Eastman, Crystal, 89–93
ecological crisis:
capital accumulation and, 26–28
climate change, 19–20, 26, 29, 31, 183
ecosocialism, 25–32
climate change and, 31–32
two aspects of, 30
ecosystems, 19–20, 207
Education Achievement Authority (EAA), 243
education and schools, 50–51, 73, 84, 217
art and, 174, 176
Ayers on, 161–70
conformity and, 162, 164
crime and, 60
curriculum for, 167
in Detroit, 243
about food and nutrition, 140–41
right to, 73
school reform, 163–64
about sex, 83, 84
“zero-tolerance” policies and, 163, 165
Egypt, 143
Ehrenburg, Ilya, 94
Ellison, Lawrence, 11
employee stock-ownership plans (ESOPs), 34–35, 57
Engels, Friedrich, 55
Communist Manifesto, 25, 57
entrepreneurs, 38
environmentalism, 26–27
environmental problems, 14, 19–20, 26
capital accumulation and, 26–28
climate change, 19–20, 26, 29, 31, 183
technology and, 182–83
Envisioning Real Utopias (Wright), 36
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 93
Espada, Martín:
biography of, 287
“Imagine the Angels of Bread,” 263–65
fairness, 77
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, 191
Faulkner, Daniel, 283
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 206, 213, 205
Feeley, Dianne:
biography of, 287
on capitalism, from Chinese sweatshops to Detroit’s decay, 231–48
feminism, 92–93, 104, 213
feudalism, 54–55, 126, 165–66
Fiasco, Lupe, 213
financial crash of 2008, 6, 8, 13, 120, 129, 147, 201
financial institutional fraud, 207
Finland and Socialism (Kollontai), 94
food, 79, 135–45
communal gardens and kitchens and, 139–40, 141
industrial products and, 138
victory gardens and, 139
food corporations, 136
food security, 144–45
food sovereignty, 144–45
food stamps, 9, 130
Forbes, 7, 11
Ford Motor Company, 18, 234–36, 237
Four Lights, 91
Foxconn, 6–7
Fraad, Harriet:
biography of, 287
on relationships, 77–84
Fraad-Wolff, Tess:
biography of, 288
on relationships, 77–84
fracking, 32, 183
France, 118–19, 141
France, Anatole, 57
Fraser, Douglas, 12, 239
Freedmen’s Bureau, 62–63
freedom, 17, 250
FTCA Inc., 4
Galileo, 179–80
Gates, Bill, 11, 163
gay and lesbian rights, 95, 99–104, 257
General Motors, 235, 236, 258
Georgia Baptist Convention, 63
Germany, 119, 162, 202
Glass-Steagall Act, 201
globalization, 5, 6, 8, 118
global warming, 19–20, 26, 29, 31, 135, 183
ecosocialism and, 31–32
Golden Rule, 255
Goldin, Frances, xi–xii, xiii
biography of, 288
Goldin, Morris, 288
Goldman Sachs, 6
Gonzalez, Alberto, 207
Gonzalez, Juan:
biography of, 288
on immigration, 113–23
Gore-Tex, 35
Gou, Terry, 7
Graham, Ramarley, 213
Great Britain, 108, 118
health care in, 156, 157
Great Depression, 9, 41, 120, 223
Greenberg, David F., 60
Green Revolution, 144
Greider, William, 13–14
Guevara, Che, xiv, 71, 75
Gupta, Arun:
biography of, 288–89
on the food system, 135–45
Hammond, Jeremy, 206
Hampton, Fred, 213
Harlem Renaissance, 211
Harvard Business Review, 7
Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 67
Hayes, Alfred, 209
health care, 4, 36, 73, 79–80, 84, 155–60, 201
Big Pharma and, 181, 186, 187
in Cuba, 80, 185–86, 187
emergency rooms and, 159
Medicaid, 130
Medicare, 16, 156, 157, 160, 227
medications and, 80
in Switzerland, 160
health insurance, 8, 155–56, 157–60, 187
Affordable Care Act and, 14, 159–60
Borosky’s experience and, 3–4, 5, 8
co-pay in, 157
in Switzerland, 156–57
Healy, Dorothy, 96–97
hemp, 106–7
Henry Street Settlement House, 90
Herman, Edward S., 14
heroin, 107, 108–9
Hib (Haemophilus influenzae type b), 186
Hill, Joe, 209
Hispanics, 9, 113, 114–16, 119, 121–23
criminal justice system and, 59, 67
Obama and, 116
HIV, 108, 111
Ho Chi Minh, 206
homeland security, 244
housing, 13, 147–53
“affordable,” 151
building, 151, 152
in Cuba, 150
foreclosures and evictions and, 9, 147, 148, 152, 247
operating and maintaining, 151, 152
racism and, 149
real estate industry and, 149
right to, 148
Hughes, Langston, 211
Hull House, 89–90
human rights, 71–75
Hutchinson, Kay Bailey, 10
Huxley, Miles, 216
hydraulic fracturing (fracking), 32, 183
“Imagine the Angels of Bread” (Espada), 263–65
immigration, 113–23, 206
income protections and, 132
Latinos and, 113, 114–16, 119, 121–23
Sensenbrenner bill and, 113–14, 116
income guarantee, 132–33
India, 143
Industrial Revolution, 180, 253
innovation, 38–39, 179–80, 187
International Institute for Restorative Practices, 65
International Monetary Fund, 143
Internet, 190
Internet activists, 206
Iraq Veterans Against the War “Winter Soldier” Hearings, 3
Iraq War, 244
Iroquois Confederacy, 64
Jackson, Jesse, 10
Jackson Plan, 216–17
James, C. L. R., 214
Jerome, Fred:
biography of, 289
on the media, 189–96
Jobs, Steve, 231, 232
Jones, Owen, 260–61
journalism, 189–96
JPMorgan Chase, 6
Justice for Janitors, 120
Kaye/Kantrowitz, Melanie:
biography of, 289–90
on queer life, 99–104
kindness, 77
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 21, 211–12, 222
Kollontai, Alexandra, 93–96
Kollontai, Vladimir, 94
Kovel, Joel:
biography of, 290
on ecosocialism, 25–32
Occupy Wall Street speech of, 277–81
Ku Klux Klan, 213
Kweli, Talib, 213
Kwong, Peter, 127
labor movement, 113, 120, 257
Lachman, Desmond, 6
Lanni, Adriaan, 67
Latinos, 9, 113, 114–16, 119, 121–23
criminal justice system and, 59, 67
Obama and, 116
law, 53–57
commodity theory of, 55–56
see also criminal justice
Law and the Rise of Capitalism (Tigar and Levy), 54
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, 107
Lead Belly, 53
leadership, 226
Le Blanc, Paul:
biography of, 290
on how socialism can come to the United States, 249–61
Lehman Brothers, 6
Lennon, John, v
Levy, Madeleine R., 54
LGBTQ rights, 95, 99–104, 257
liberalism, 259
Lincoln, Abraham, 210, 212, 255
Lindorff, Dave:
biography of, 290–91
on health care, 155–60
Long Memory (Berry and Blassingame), 63
Longworth, R. C., 19
Lorde, Audre, 71, 212
Lumumba, Chokwe, 217
Luxemburg, Rosa, xiii, 94, 258
luxury goods, 15
Malcolm X, 53, 211
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, 216
Manhattan Project, 181–82
Manning, Bradley, 206
marijuana, 105–7, 109, 110
markets, 38, 40–41, 45–46
marriage, 81, 82, 102
Martin, Trayvon, 216
Marx, Karl, xiii, 27, 55–56, 210, 212, 233–34, 250
Capital, 27, 56
Communist Manifesto, 25, 57
Wage-Labor and Capital, 237
May Day, 120
McCain, John, 116
McKay, Claude, 211
McMichael, Philip, 142
media, 189–96
advertising and, 189–90, 191
Medicaid, 130
Medical Committee for Human Rights, 214
medical science, 185–87
Medicare, 16, 156, 157, 160, 227
medieval Europe, 54–55
Mencken, H. L., 223
mental health, 80–81
Merrill Lynch, 6
Mexico, 5, 7, 117, 119
common lands in, 138
tortillas in, 137, 138
middle class, 221, 252
military-industrial complex, 182
millionaires, 10–11
Mondragon, 78–79
Mooers, Arne, 20
Moore, Michael:
biography of, 291
on Occupy Wall Street, 199–203
Mueller, John, 244
Murdoch, Rupert, 189
NAACP, 60
Nash, Gary, 64–65
National Health Service, 156
National Labor Relations Board, 130
Native Americans, 210
criminal justice among, 64–66
Nature, 19–20
Navajo Nation Supreme Court, 65
Neifield, Marsha, 67
neoliberalism, 125
Netherlands, 106
News Corporation, 189
news media, 189–96
advertising and, 189–90, 191
New York City, 129, 131, 151, 214, 219
New York Marxist School, 215
New York Times, 5, 8, 14–15, 189
Nigeria, 141–42
Nike, 236
9/11 attacks, 244
99 percent, 54, 152, 200, 214, 220, 252
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 137
nuclear power, 183
nuclear weapons, 182, 184
Obama, Barack, 116–17, 207, 210
Obama administration, 13, 14, 16, 236
Affordable Care Act and, 159–60
Occupy Boston, 20
Occupy movement, xii, 30, 54, 203, 213–16, 220, 247, 252
Occupy Wall Street, 20–21, 30, 80, 121–22, 147, 214, 215, 232
goals and demands of, 200–202
Kovel’s speech at, 277–81
Moore on, 199–203
vision statement for, 199–200
Zweig’s speech at, 219–22
oligarchy, 33–42
1 percent, 11–13, 21, 54, 152, 219–20, 252
Orr, Kevyn, 240–42
ownership, 45
public, 35–36, 57
Pakistan, 244
Parks, Rosa, 214
Park Slope Food Coop, 140
Parrott, James, 129
Paul, Alice, 91, 93
Peltier, Leonard, 206
Peterson, David, 14
Pew Research, 213
Philadelphia Weekly, 67
Physicians for a National Health Program, 160
Piven, Frances Fox:
biography of, 291
on poverty and welfare, 125–33
planning, 46
central, 37–38, 39, 46, 186
population problem, 29
pornography, 83
poverty, 8, 9, 126–30
measuring, 128–29
rates of, 129
welfare and, 127, 130–33
Powell, Michael, 5–6
prisons, 59–64, 67–69, 206, 217
profit motive, 38, 40
science and technology and, 183–87
“Profits Are Booming, Why Not Jobs?” (Powell), 5
Prohibition, 110
Prometheus, 179, 180, 181, 187
Prysner, Mike, 3, 19
publicly owned enterprises, 35–36, 57
public-works programs, 14
queer life, 99–104
racism, 100
housing and, 149
Ratner, Michael, 292
on being attorney general, 205–8
biography of, 291
Reagan, Ronald, 130, 254–55
Reagan administration, 143, 182, 235
real estate industry, 149
Reconstruction, 62, 211, 251
Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early America (Nash), 64–65
Regulating the Poor (Piven and Cloward), 126
relationships, 77–84, 95
sexual, 83, 95
Reosti, Ron:
biography of, 291–92
on the replacement of the oligarchy by a democratically run economy, 33–42
Republican Party, 130, 228
Richards, Keith, 108
Riley, Boots, 213
Rivera, Joyce, 109
Roberts, Roy, 243
Robeson, Paul, 209
Robinson, Earl, 209
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 96
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 96, 202
Roy, Arundhati, 190
Rubenstein, Annette, 97
Rush, Dan, 107
Russell, Bertrand, 94
Russell, Dora, 94
Russian Revolution, xiv, 91, 94, 152
St. Ann’s Harm Reduction Corner, 109
Sanbonmatsu, John, 20
schools and education, 50–51, 73, 84, 217
art and, 174, 176
Ayers on, 161–70
conformity and, 162, 164
crime and, 60
curriculum for, 167
in Detroit, 243
about food and nutrition, 140–41
right to, 73
school reform, 163–64
about sex, 83, 84
“zero-tolerance” policies and, 163, 165
science and technology, 179–87
Big Pharma and, 181, 186, 187
bioscience, 185–86
in China, 183–86
in Cuba, 183, 185–87
environmental damage and, 182–83
Industrial Revolution, 180, 253
innovations in, 38–39, 179–80, 187
medical, 185–87
profit motive and, 183–87
in Soviet Union, 183–86
war and, 181–82
Schwendinger, Herman, 60
Schwendinger, Julia, 60
Sclar, Elliott, 35
Sensenbrenner, James, 114
Sensenbrenner bill, 113–14, 116
Service Employees International Union, 120
sexuality, 83, 84, 95, 102–3
age of consent and, 102
freedom of, 92–93
LGBTQ, 95, 99–104, 257
pornography and, 83
sex workers, 103–4
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 211
Sinclair, Upton, 191
Six Nations Confederacy, 64
slavery, 61, 62–63, 69, 210–11, 251, 257
Smith, Adam, 40
Smith, Barbara, 212
Smith, Debby, xiii–xv
biography of, 292
Smith, Michael Steven, xiii–xv
biography of, 292
on law, 53–57
Smith, Sandi, 213
Snowden, Edward, 206
Snyder, Rick, 10, 240, 243
socialism, misconceptions about, xi–xii, 249–50
social media, 196
Social Security, 16, 201, 227
social security, right to, 73–74
South Africa, 162
Soviet Union, xiv, 43, 46–47, 48, 111, 117, 138, 152, 230
Russian Revolution, xiv, 91, 94, 152
science and technology in, 183–86
Stalin, Joseph, 95–96
Sterling, Eric, 109
Stewart, Lynne, v, 206
Stewart, Mark, 244
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), 182
Street, Paul Louis:
biography of, 292–93
on capitalism, 3–21
Survey of Consumer Finances, 12
Swartz, Aaron, 206
Switzerland:
drug addicts in, 108
health care and insurance in, 156–57, 160
Taft-Hartley Act, 238
taxes, 5–6, 15, 201, 206–7
Bush tax cuts, 14, 200, 244
technology, see science and technology
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), 131
Tenet, George, 207
Terror, Security and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits and Costs of Homeland Security (Mueller and Stewart), 244
“Testament of Hope, A” (King), 21
“Thanksgiving 2077: A Short Story” (Bisson), 267–75
Thurow, Lester, 18–19
Tigar, Michael, 54
Time Warner, 189
tortillas, 137, 138
Toyota, 236
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, 90
Trotsky, Leon, 258
truth-tellers, 206
Turner, Nat, 285
two-party system, 228
unemployment, 5, 9, 81, 129, 130
unions, 121, 122, 129–30, 238
newspapers of, 192–93
United Auto Workers, 235, 258
United Farm Workers, 116
United Federation of Teachers (UFT), 220
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), 107
United Kingdom, 108, 118
health care in, 156, 157
United Nations, 96
United Steelworkers, 4
vaccines, 185, 186
Via Campesina, 144
Viacom, 189
Vietnam, xiv
Vietnam War, xiv, 113, 257
Visiting Home Nurse Service, 90
Wacquant, Loic, 63
Wage-Labor and Capital (Marx), 237
wages, 14, 82–83, 127, 128, 130, 132
minimum, 238
Wald, Lillian D., 89–92, 96
Wall Street, 194, 200, 210
Wall Street Journal, 11, 189, 241
Walmart, 12, 137, 189, 236, 237
Walton, James “Bud,” 12
Walton, Sam, 12, 163
Walton family, 12
wars, 201
in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, 244
science and, 181–82
Washington Post, 13
weapons, 182
welfare, 127, 130–33
Whirlpool Corporation, 4–5, 9–10
Whitman, Walt, 253
Wisconsin State Life Insurance Fund, 36
Wishnia, Steven:
biography of, 293
on drugs, 105–11
W. L. Gore, 35
Wolff, Richard D.:
biography of, 293–94
on the shape of a post-capitalist future, 43–51
Woman’s Peace Party, 91
women, 89–97, 257
feminism and, 92–93, 104, 213
workday of, 85–87
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), 91
work, 5–6, 48–49, 81–84, 104, 127–28
insecurity in, 127–28, 129, 132
minimum wage for, 238
outsourcing of, 6–7, 82–83, 118, 201
paid parental leave from, 82
right to, 73
security in, 78–79
split workweeks, 48–49
time off from, 78, 82, 83
unemployment, 5, 9, 81, 129, 130
wages for, 14, 82–83, 127, 128, 130, 132, 238
woman’s workday in a socialist USA, 85–87
worker-owned and -controlled businesses, 34–37, 39, 78–79
workers, corporations and, 44–45
working class, 220, 221, 252–53, 255, 257
World Trade Organization, 143
World War II, 40, 96, 223
Wright, Erik Olin, 36
Yazzie, Robert, 65
Yoo, John, 207
Zetkin, Clara, 94
Zeus, 179
Zweig, Michael:
biography of, 294
Occupy Wall Street speech of, 219–22