The Next American Revolution? Reflections on Gar Alperovitz, What Then Must We Do?

Abstract

Marx is concerned with theory that not only interprets but also changes the world. A central issue is thus the transition from capitalism to communism, a topic rarely considered by critics of capitalism today. An important exception is Gar Alperovitz, who, although eschewing the word “communism,” argues that we need “a new system” and sketches a transition strategy for moving “beyond capitalism.” This paper elaborates and evaluates this strategy

Key words： crisis; capitalism; revolution; transition; evolutionary reconstruction