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This is more than mere left populism - the focus is on addressing the dynamics, structure, inequalities, and contradictions in capitalism, confronting ruling class privilege and power, and the systemic core of neoliberal globalization.   There is a new will: to build the power, cohesion, and capacities of the working class; to struggle for broader and deeper reforms. New socialist movements know that they must offer systematic political education to realise their great potential, and to overcome the barriers that they face. The authors provide essential historical, theoretical and critical perspective. They stress the need for renewing working-class politics through new kinds of socialist parties.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294992445813,"sku":"9780850367577","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780850367577_6e63e50d-0f45-4983-a45e-a80e81df4484.jpg?v=1786015683"},{"product_id":"9781788738347","title":"Searching for Socialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new and essential history of the Labour new left from Tony Benn to Jeremy Corbyn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeremy Corbyn’s rapid ascent to the leadership of the Labour Party, driven by a groundswell of popular support particularly among the young, was met at the time by a baffled media. Just where did Jeremy Corbyn come from? In Searching for Socialism, Leo Panitch and Colin Leys argue that it is only by understanding Corbyn’s roots in the Bennite Labour New Left’s long struggle to transcend the limits of “parliamentary socialism” and democratise the party, as a precondition for democratising the state, can you understand his surge to become leader of the party. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Closely analyzing the forces inside the party aligned against Corbyn’s leadership, Panitch and Leys explain what happened between the validation of the Corbyn project in the 2017 election, while advancing an ambitious programme of democratic socialist measures unmatched anywhere since the 1970s, and the electoral defeat amidst the Brexit conjuncture of 2019. They argue that while this defeat marked the farthest point to which the generation formed in the 1970s was able to carry the Labour new left project, it seems unlikely that the new generation of activists will quickly see any other way forward than continuing the struggle inside the Labour Party, so as to fundamentally change it. In the face of the contradictions being generated by twenty-first-century capitalism, and the need for discovering and developing new political forms adequate to addressing them, this book is required reading for democratic socialists, not just in Britain but everywhere.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306819694965,"sku":"9781788738347","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781788738347_e601dfa2-ffd9-4cbb-933d-d849fb5794e0.jpg?v=1786027045"},{"product_id":"9781804298497","title":"The Making of Global Capitalism","description":"The all-encompassing embrace of world capitalism at the beginning of the twenty-first century was generally attributed to the superiority of competitive markets. Globalization had appeared to be the natural outcome of this unstoppable process. But today, with global markets roiling and increasingly reliant on state intervention to stay afloat, it has become clear that markets and states aren\u0026amp;rsquo;t straightforwardly opposing forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this groundbreaking work, Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin demonstrate the intimate relationship between modern capitalism and the American state, including its role as an \u0026amp;ldquo;informal empire\u0026amp;rdquo; promoting free trade and capital movements. Through a powerful historical survey, they show how the US has superintended the restructuring of other states in favor of competitive markets and coordinated the management of increasingly frequent financial crises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Making of Global Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, through its highly original analysis of the first great economic crisis of the twenty-first century, identifies the centrality of the social conflicts that occur within states rather than between them. These emerging fault lines hold out the possibility of new political movements transforming nation states and transcending global markets.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56369213047157,"sku":"9781804298497","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804298497.jpg?v=1790000927"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-leo-panitch.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}