Specifically, the book tackles the question: Who exactly are thenti-capitalists and what do they want? Simon Tormey examines the ideas ofhe various components that make up the movement: the anarchists and Marxists,he greens and environmentalists, the anti-corporate activists andutonomists, among many others. He looks in detail at how the movementperates its reliance on a unique combination of word-of-mouth, the internet,nd communications technology. The examples he draws on include the effortsf the Zapatistas, who helped the indigenous peoples of the Chiapas region ofexico to establish an autonomous zone beyond the clutches of the Mexicantate.
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Specifically, the book tackles the question: Who exactly are thenti-capitalists and what do they want? Simon Tormey examines the ideas ofhe various components that make up the movement: the anarchists and Marxists,he greens and environmentalists, the anti-corporate activists andutonomists, among many others. He looks in detail at how the movementperates its reliance on a unique combination of word-of-mouth, the internet,nd communications technology. The examples he draws on include the effortsf the Zapatistas, who helped the indigenous peoples of the Chiapas region ofexico to establish an autonomous zone beyond the clutches of the Mexicantate.