Reclaiming the Future

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'A convincing case for socialist democratic planning as the only way to meet the needs of billions of humans without destroying the planet and other species. And it offers a political strategy for how you can fight for such a world.' -- Michael Roberts, economist and author of <i>Capitalism in the 21st Century</i> 'A sober and engaging assessment of the most urgent problem of our generation: how to transcend capitalism in order to build a real democracy, peace, environmental sustainability, and social justice in an ecosocialist society based on the principle of solidarity, rather than inequality and exploitation. Hannah dissects on the drawbacks of capitalism, and outlines how to build an actual, functioning socialist society on that basis. An excellent book that deserves to be read widely.' -- Alfredo Saad-Filho, University of Johannesburg 'Simon Hannah emphasises the urgent need for a vision of a utopia that reclaims ecosocialist and democratic futures, through critical analysis of past socialist experiences that failed to achieve this. Drawing on real struggles for environmental and social justice, Reclaiming the Future is a radical theoretical and concrete criticism of the capitalist short-term profit-oriented logics, offering a major contribution to the growing debates on post-capitalism.' -- Catherine Samary, researcher in political economy, co-editor of <i>Decolonial Communism, Democracy and the Commons</i> 'With a crescendo of catastrophic developments - political, environmental, and more - it is becoming increasingly urgent to recompose a revolutionary Left that has the capacity to fight effectively and build intelligently for a genuine alternative. This requires the hard work of committed activists united by an understanding of the political-economic dynamics of global capitalism, with a clear-minded strategic orientation of how to overcome it, and a sound approach to creating a practical alternative. A vibrant resource for all of this is Simon Hannah's challenging and readable Reclaiming the Future: A Beginner's Guide to Planning the Economy' -- Paul Le Blanc, author of <i>Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution</i>