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	See our definition of [[capitalism]] for examples of its consequences.		See our definition of [[capitalism]] for examples of its consequences.
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	See our definition of [[capitalism]] for examples of its consequences.		See our definition of [[capitalism]] for examples of its consequences.
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	<span style="">To be '''anti-capitalist or anti-capitalism''' is to recognize that ''"[[capitalism]] is a profit-driven economic system that, in spite of its supposed material benefits, is rooted in inequality, exploitation, dispossession, and environmental destruction." -''Jeffery R. Webber, Beautiful Trouble Anti-capitalism rejects that capitalism is the only or best available way to operate a society.</span>		<span style="">To be '''anti-capitalist or anti-capitalism''' is to recognize that ''"[[capitalism]] is a profit-driven economic system that, in spite of its supposed material benefits, is rooted in inequality, exploitation, dispossession, and environmental destruction." -''Jeffery R. Webber, Beautiful Trouble Anti-capitalism rejects that capitalism is the only or best available way to operate a society.</span>

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	<p>'''A<span>nti-capitalism </span>'''<span>is a critique of contemporary capitalism particularly of:</span></p>		<p>'''A<span>nti-capitalism </span>'''<span>is a critique of contemporary capitalism particularly of:</span></p>

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	*<span>Its values</span>		*<span>Its values</span>
	*<span>Its institutional character</span>		*<span>Its institutional character</span>
	*<span>Its neoliberal nature</span>		*<span>Its neoliberal nature</span>

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	<span style=""></span><p><span style="">Capitalism </span>'''<span style="">perpetuates and reinforces systems of oppression.</span>'''</p>		<span style=""></span><p><span style="">Capitalism </span>'''<span style="">perpetuates and reinforces systems of oppression.</span>'''</p>
			See our definition of [[capitalism]] for examples of its consequences.
	See [[capitalism]] for examples of its consequences.

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	== Capitalism perpetuates injustice ==		== Capitalism perpetuates injustice ==
	<p><span style="">The broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB)'' <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> '':</span></p>		<p><span style="">The broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB)'' <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> '':</span></p>

	<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>		<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>

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	<span style=""></span><p><span style="">Capitalism </span>'''<span style="">perpetuates and reinforces systems of oppression.</span>'''</p>		<span style=""></span><p><span style="">Capitalism </span>'''<span style="">perpetuates and reinforces systems of oppression.</span>'''</p>

			See [[capitalism]] for examples of its consequences.

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	<p><span style="">The broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB)'' <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> '':</span></p>		<p><span style="">The broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB)'' <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> '':</span></p>

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	<span style="">To be '''anti-capitalist or anti-capitalism''' is to recognize that ''"capitalism is a profit-driven economic system that, in spite of its supposed material benefits, is rooted in inequality, exploitation, dispossession, and environmental destruction." -''Jeffery R. Webber, Beautiful Trouble Anti-capitalism rejects that capitalism is the only or best available way to operate a society.</span>		<span style="">To be '''anti-capitalist or anti-capitalism''' is to recognize that ''"[[capitalism]] is a profit-driven economic system that, in spite of its supposed material benefits, is rooted in inequality, exploitation, dispossession, and environmental destruction." -''Jeffery R. Webber, Beautiful Trouble Anti-capitalism rejects that capitalism is the only or best available way to operate a society.</span>

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	<p><span style="">~~According to~~ the~~ </span>~~''~~<span style="">Dictionary of Alternatives~~ <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref~~> , </span~~>''<sup class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup><span style="">the broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB):</span></p>		<p><span style="">The broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB)'' <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> '':</span></p>

	<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>		<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>

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	<p><span style="">According to the </span>''<span style="">Dictionary of Alternatives <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> , </span>''<sup class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup><span style="">the broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB):</span></p>		<p><span style="">According to the </span>''<span style="">Dictionary of Alternatives <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> , </span>''<sup class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup><span style="">the broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB):</span></p>
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	<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>		<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>
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	*<span style="">The search for hard-working people and productive power (or labour) at the lowest possible price (exploitation of people)</span>		*<span style="">The search for hard-working people and productive power (or labour) at the lowest possible price (exploitation of people)</span>
	*<span style="">The search for the most permissive environmental legislation (exploitation of nature)</span>		*<span style="">The search for the most permissive environmental legislation (exploitation of nature)</span>

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	*<span style="">The search for hard-working people and productive power (or labour) at the lowest possible price (exploitation of people)</span>		*<span style="">The search for hard-working people and productive power (or labour) at the lowest possible price (exploitation of people)</span>
	*<span style="">The search for the most permissive environmental legislation (exploitation of nature)</span>		*<span style="">The search for the most permissive environmental legislation (exploitation of nature)</span>
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	<p><span style="">The relocation of companies is done with the motive of increasing profits. </span><span style="">Some countries in the Global South also wish to attract this foreign capital in order to benefit from it, but in a very limited way. </span><span style="">The result is a relaxation of environmental and labor standards by the elite at the expense of the rest of the population.</span></p>		<p><span style="">The relocation of companies is done with the motive of increasing profits. </span><span style="">Some countries in the Global South also wish to attract this foreign capital in order to benefit from it, but in a very limited way. </span><span style="">The result is a relaxation of environmental and labor standards by the elite at the expense of the rest of the population.</span></p>

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	<p><span style="">According to the </span>''<span style="">Dictionary of Alternatives <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> , </span>''<sup class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup><span style="">the broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB):</span></p>		<p><span style="">According to the </span>''<span style="">Dictionary of Alternatives <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> , </span>''<sup class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup><span style="">the broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB):</span></p>
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	<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>		<span style="">The liberalization of capital (put in place by the capitalists having power over action on the institutions shaped by them) allowed the expansion of this economic model. </span><span style="">As a result, large companies had new specific aims and several sectors were relocated. These aims were:</span>
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	*<span style="">The search for hard-working people and productive power (or labour) at the lowest possible price (exploitation of people)</span>		*<span style="">The search for hard-working people and productive power (or labour) at the lowest possible price (exploitation of people)</span>

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	~~<p>'''Anti-~~<span style="">capitalist or anti-capitalism~~</span>~~'''~~<span style="">~~ is a ~~critique~~ of ~~contemporary~~ capitalism ~~particularly of:</span></p>~~		<span style="">To be '''anti-capitalist or anti-capitalism''' is to recognize that ''"capitalism is a profit-driven economic system that, in spite of its supposed material benefits, is rooted in inequality, exploitation, dispossession, and environmental destruction." -''Jeffery R. Webber, Beautiful Trouble Anti-capitalism rejects that capitalism is the only or best available way to operate a society.</span>
	*<span style="">Its values</span>
	*<span style="">Its institutional character</span>
	*<span style="">Its neoliberal nature</span><span style=""></span>

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			<p>'''A<span>nti-capitalism </span>'''<span>is a critique of contemporary capitalism particularly of:</span></p>
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			*<span>Its values</span>
			*<span>Its institutional character</span>
			*<span>Its neoliberal nature</span>
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	<p><span style="">Global and corporatist capitalism, guided by the search for ever greater profit, seriously threatens [the ecosystems], destroys the life of entire communities mainly located in the global South and weakens our real and so-called democracies. <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. ''The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.''</ref> </span></p>		<p><span style="">Global and corporatist capitalism, guided by the search for ever greater profit, seriously threatens [the ecosystems], destroys the life of entire communities mainly located in the global South and weakens our real and so-called democracies. <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. ''The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.''</ref> </span></p>

	<span style=""></span><p><span style="">Capitalism </span>'''<span style="">perpetuates and reinforces systems of oppression.</span>'''</p>		<span style=""></span><p><span style="">Capitalism </span>'''<span style="">perpetuates and reinforces systems of oppression.</span>'''</p>

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	*<span style="">"As a </span>'''<span style="">system of accumulation</span>'''<span style=""> and </span>'''<span style="">dispossession, </span>'''<span style="">capitalism justified European expansion and the colonial exploitation of the majority of the peoples of the planet and the despoliation of the lands they inhabit." <ref> https://www.lehub.ca/media/rapportconvergencedesluttes.pdf</ref> </span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"></sup>		*<span style="">"As a </span>'''<span style="">system of accumulation</span>'''<span style=""> and </span>'''<span style="">dispossession, </span>'''<span style="">capitalism justified European expansion and the colonial exploitation of the majority of the peoples of the planet and the despoliation of the lands they inhabit." <ref> https://www.lehub.ca/media/rapportconvergencedesluttes.pdf</ref> </span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"></sup>
	*<span style="">This model of social organization was put in place by historically privileged Western groups, notably the 'lords' within the feudal system</span><span style="">. <ref>Meiksins Wood, Ellen. The Origins of Capitalism: A Longer View, 2017.</ref> </span><span style="">When their colonial and racist ideologies intertwined, the enrichment of the same individuals could increase. </span><span style="">Today, the people profiting most from the capitalist system are likely to be descendants of the most privileged groups of the pre-colonial and colonial period. </span><span style="">This lucrative relationship to capitalism stems from their </span>'''<span style="">social position</span>'''<span style=""> in 'the dominant group.' </span><span style="">We will call the members of these groups who enrich themselves on a daily basis “capitalists” in order to facilitate the explanation of anti-capitalism.</span>		*<span style="">This model of social organization was put in place by historically privileged Western groups, notably the 'lords' within the feudal system</span><span style="">. <ref>Meiksins Wood, Ellen. The Origins of Capitalism: A Longer View, 2017.</ref> </span><span style="">When their colonial and racist ideologies intertwined, the enrichment of the same individuals could increase. </span><span style="">Today, the people profiting most from the capitalist system are likely to be descendants of the most privileged groups of the pre-colonial and colonial period. </span><span style="">This lucrative relationship to capitalism stems from their </span>'''<span style="">social position</span>'''<span style=""> in 'the dominant group.' </span><span style="">We will call the members of these groups who enrich themselves on a daily basis “capitalists” in order to facilitate the explanation of anti-capitalism.</span>
	*<span style="">Capitalism is based on </span>'''<span style="">domination. I</span>'''<span style="">ts development is nourished by a racist and colonialist ideology. </span><span style="">It fits into other pre-existing unequal relationships and systems such as sexism, and ableism. </span><span style="">The oppression it engenders is universal, affecting each group at different levels. </span><span style="">Thus, the anti-capitalist struggle must be intersectional.</span>		*<span style="">Capitalism is based on </span>'''<span style="">domination. I</span>'''<span style="">ts development is nourished by a racist and colonialist ideology. </span><span style="">It fits into other pre-existing unequal relationships and systems such as sexism, and ableism. </span><span style="">The oppression it engenders is universal, affecting each group at different levels. </span><span style="">Thus, the anti-capitalist struggle must be intersectional.</span>

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	<p><span style="">According to the </span>''<span style="">Dictionary of Alternatives <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> , </span>''<sup class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup><span style="">the broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB):</span></p>		<p><span style="">According to the </span>''<span style="">Dictionary of Alternatives <ref>Parker, Martin, Fournier, Valerie & Patrick Reedy. The Dictionary of Alternatives: Utopianism and Organization, 2007, Zed Books, pg 338.</ref> , </span>''<sup class="reference"></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"></sup><span style="">the broad critique of capitalism defended by the anti-capitalist current is as follows (with details added by the HUB):</span></p>

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	*<span style="">The liberalization of trade leads to a </span>'''<span style="">concentration</span>'''<span style=""> '''of power''' around large companies or multinational corporations. </span><span style="">They enrich themselves economically and acquire power over workers, consumers and the population as a whole.</span><br>		*<span style="">The liberalization of trade leads to a </span>'''<span style="">concentration</span>'''<span style=""> '''of power''' around large companies or multinational corporations. </span><span style="">They enrich themselves economically and acquire power over workers, consumers and the population as a whole.</span><br>
	*<span style="">This </span>'''<span style="">power has been institutionalized. </span>'''W<span style="">e have put in place structures so that it is protected, reproduced and preserved over time by the creation of economic and non-economic institutions. <ref>Polanyi, Karl. "Economics as Institutionalized Process" in ''Economic Systems in History and Theory, 1975, pg 239-249.''</ref> </span><span style="">At the international level, this establishment has been achieved in particular by international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization.</span>		*<span style="">This </span>'''<span style="">power has been institutionalized. </span>'''W<span style="">e have put in place structures so that it is protected, reproduced and preserved over time by the creation of economic and non-economic institutions. <ref>Polanyi, Karl. "Economics as Institutionalized Process" in ''Economic Systems in History and Theory, 1975, pg 239-249.''</ref> </span><span style="">At the international level, this establishment has been achieved in particular by international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization.</span>
	*<span style="">Capitalist </span>'''<span style="">governments also legislate</span>'''<span style=""> accordingly and to the benefit of large corporations following the ideology of neoliberalism.</span>		*<span style="">Capitalist </span>'''<span style="">governments also legislate</span>'''<span style=""> accordingly and to the benefit of large corporations following the ideology of neoliberalism.</span>
	*<span style="">The </span>'''<span style="">countries of the Global South</span>'''<span style=""> whether they were/are in agreement or not with the liberalization of capital and trade did not have a say in this matter. </span><span style="">They were </span>'''<span style="">forced</span>'''<span style=""> to participate in it and make the countries of the global North benefit from it, in particular through the structural adjustment programs </span><span style="">implemented by world powers with converging interests. <ref> B. Gelinas, Jacques. And if the Third World financed itself, 1994. Ecosociete pg 248.</ref> </span>		*<span style="">The </span>'''<span style="">countries of the Global South</span>'''<span style=""> whether they were/are in agreement or not with the liberalization of capital and trade did not have a say in this matter. </span><span style="">They were </span>'''<span style="">forced</span>'''<span style=""> to participate in it and make the countries of the global North benefit from it, in particular through the structural adjustment programs </span><span style="">implemented by world powers with converging interests. <ref> B. Gelinas, Jacques. And if the Third World financed itself, 1994. Ecosociete pg 248.</ref> </span>

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