Labor, Capitalism, and Class Power

What role can and should the working class play under 21st century global capitalism? This collection sets out to answer questions regarding the place of labor in a variety of forms under neoliberal capitalism.

These chapters examine labor as political and social movements, both in and out of power, in the UK and Greece (amongst others), as well as the ramifications of global capitalism for workers themselves places as disparate as Haiti and the United States. While critiquing what has failed, each offers a vision for what working class solidarity could accomplish, and more importantly how to get there.

Contributors are: Ronald W. Cox, Ransford F. Edwards Jr., Jamie A. Gough, Martin Hart-Landsberg, William I. Robinson, Xuan Santos, and Kim Scipes.

ISBN: 9798903931767

Publication date: March 5, 2027

Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction
G. Nelson Bass III

2 How Neoliberal Authoritarian Populism Overwhelmed Social Democracy in Britain: the Defeat of the Labour Party in the 2019 Election
Jamie A. Gough

3 From Protest to Politics: Lessons from Greece, Spain, the UK, and the US
Martin Hart-Landsberg

4 Disaster Capitalism: Haiti and the Refashioning of Transnational Apparel Networks
Ransford F. Edwards Jr.

5 Immigrant Labor under Siege: Borders, Capital, and the Logic of Global Capitalism
William I. Robinson and Xuan Santos

6 The Continuing Failure of the AFL-CIO Leadership
Kim Scipes

7 Cheap Labor on the Farm: 100 Years of Minor League Player Exploitation
G. Nelson Bass III and Ronald W. Cox

8 Epilogue
G. Nelson Bass III

Index