Build It Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century

by Michael A. Lebowitz

Book Overview

Build It Now puts forward a clear and innovative vision of a socialist future, and at the same time shows how concrete steps can be taken to make that vision a reality. It shows how the understanding of capitalism can itself become a political act--a defense of the real needs of human beings against the ongoing advance of capitalist profit.
Throughout the book, Lebowitz addresses the concerns of people engaged in struggle to create a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583671463
• ISBN13: 9781583671467
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A welcome and much needed contribution to the national dialogue

"Build it Now: Socialism For the Twenty-First Century" by Michael A. Lebowitz (Professor Emeritus of Economics, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada) offers readers an informed and compelling analysis of socialism adapted to the socio-economic and international political changes that are a part of the 21st century. Articulate, persuasive, and exhibiting a realistic optimism, Professor Lebowitz addresses the needs of capital and the needs of human beings, the necessities of ideological and economic development, how to reclaim a socialist vision in a world dominated by national and international corporations. "Build It Now" is a welcome and much needed contribution to the national dialogue of how to achieve economic and social equality in the world today.