About the Book

This dictionary is an alternative and a counter-balance to the many political dictionaries that ignore or marginalize the history and influence of anti-capitalist movements. It paints a rich picture of the ideas and issues that inform today‘s anti-capitalist activity. Anti-capitalism has existed in many forms and with a variety of names since the advent of capitalism. But this kind of oppositional force has often been ignored, misrepresented or trivialised by many in the media and academia, and by established political parties. In the wake of the protests which started in Seattle in 1999, the continuing dissent around the Bush/Blair regimes, and ongoing commitments to neo-liberalism around the world, the movement continues to flourish. The dictionary is organised in an easily accessible alphabetical format, with self-contained entries that introduce and explain concepts and issues that are important to today‘s movement. It demonstrates how the meaning and relevance of some of these have changed over time and illustrates a linkage between past and present activity that might be unfamiliar to people who are involved or interested in the movements‘ current manifestation.

Commendations

"Original and rigorous...essential for libraries. Both undergraduates and scholars will benefit from this excellent book - one always needs to get accurate definitions and clear arguments for every current issue." - Political Studies Review, September 2007

'David E. Lowes, lexicographer to the non-conformists, makes sure that you stay on message with the Anti-Capitalist dictionary...With over 160 categories, thematically chosen, alphabetically formatted, and substantially cross-referenced, he covers all the angles from "accountability" through "genuine progress indicator" to "xenotransplantation" and "Ya Basta."...According to a Polish proverb, "Words must be weighed, not counted." And that is, precisely, what Lowes does - admirably.' - Morning Star

Contents

Accountability - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) - Activism/ Activist - Advertising - Alienation - Anarchism - Arms Trade - Asylum - Autonomia - Biocentric - Biodiversity - Biopiracy - Biosphere - Biotechnology - Black Bloc - Bourgeoisie - Boycott - Brand - Bretton Woods System - Capital Flows - Capitalism - Child Labour - Civil Disobedience - Civil Liberties - Civil Society - Class - Collectivism - Commodity - Communism - Consumerism - Copyleft - Copyright - Corporate Lobby Group - Corporations - Culture - Deep Ecology - Democracy - Deregulation - Developing Country - Diggers, The - Direct Action - Ecology - Ecosystem - Empire - Enrages, Les - Environmentalism - Equality - Exchange Rate - Exploitation - Export Credits - Export Processing Zone - Fair Trade - Feminism - Floodnet - Free Trade Area Of The Americas (Ftaa) - Freedom - General Agreement On Tariffs And Trade (Gatt) - General Agreement On Trade In Services (Gats) - Genetic Engineering - Genuine Progress Indicator - Global Commons - Global Warming - Globalisation - Green - Gross Domestic Product (Gdp) - Gross National Product - Group Of 8 Industrialised Nations (G8) - Hacktivism - Haymarket Martyrs - Hegemony - Hot Money - Ideology - Index Of Sustainable Welfare - Indigenous Peoples - Intellectual Property - International Debt - International Monetary Fund (Imf) Internationalism - Justice - Keynesian - Kyoto Protocol - Labour - Laissez Faire - Left - Levellers, The - Liberalisation - Liberation - Luddite - Maquiladora - Market - Marxism - Maoism - May Day - Media, The - Military-Industrial Complex - Monetarism - Multilateral Agreement On Investments (Mai) - Multinational Corporation (Mnc) - Neo-Liberalism - Network - New Left - Non-Governmental Organization (Ngo) - North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) - Organisation For Economic Cooperation And Development (Oecd) - Patriarchy - People Trafficking - Politics - Poverty - Power - Private Property - Profit - Proletariat - Propaganda - Protest - Quisling - Racism - Refugee - Regulation - Reification - Religion - Revolution - Rights - Sex Industry - Situationist International - Social Forum - Social Movement - Social Relations - Socialism - State, The - Structural Adjustment Programmes (Saps) - Student Movements - Sustainable Development - Sweatshop - Taxation - Terrorism - Tobin Tax - Trade - Trade Mark - Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (Trips) - Trade Related Investment Measures (Trims) - Trade Union - Transnational Corporations - Transparency - Trotskyism - United Nations - Universal Declaration Of Human Rights - Utopia - Value - Workers Rights - World Bank - World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) - World Social Forum - World Trade Organisation - Xenophobia - Xenotransplantation - Ya Basta - Zapatista

About the Author

David Lowes has been interested and active in labour movement politics for over twenty years. Between 1984 and 2003, he was a member of and activist in Liverpool City Branch of NALGO/ Unison and held various positions. Involvement in campaigns against rate-capping, poll tax and privatisation led to research in and a doctoral thesis from John Moores University on Labour Movement Campaigns to Defend Local Democracy, Jobs and Services in the 1980s. A member of the Conference of Socialist Economists and London Socialist Historians Group, his interest and involvement has turned to the latest phase of anti-capitalist struggle.

Academic Adoption Information

This book is used for teaching at the following institutions:

Sheffield Hallam University