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Capitalism - A guide to viable alternatives（資本主義のオルタナティブを求めて）

【Agenda】
Stories making the news this month
6 Colombia: resistance is fatal
6 Rana Plaza victory in Bangladesh
7 Stop forced closures in Australia
7 Introducing Julius Malema
7 Crack a squat for migrants in Greece
8 Peruvian monkey puzzle solved
8 Drift away from pacifism in Japan
9 Norway’s divestment glory
9 And the worst TNC in New Zealand is…
PLUS: Scratchy Lines by cartoonist Simon Kneebone and Reasons to be Cheerful.

【The Big Story】Alternatives to capitalism
10 Capitalism’s stormy sea
Richard Swift begins his journey through the alternatives to capitalism by looking at the nature of the beast they seek to oppose.

12 The people’s flag is deep and red
How have socialism and social democracy worked as alternatives?

15 The anarchist impulse
Anarchism is rarely taken seriously but its libertarian principles are still vital.

18 Eco-divide: this changes everything
Why the environmental crisis is as much a challenge to the Left as it is to the Right.

20 ENDGAME: the age-old struggle played out as chess.

22 Pathways & possibilities
Utopianism of the spirit; a democratic commons; a continent turns left; a reciprocal economy.

27 What should we stand for?

【Features】
30 Safe but not free
Valeska Hovener and Marielle van Uitert hear how two Afghan women who have fled family abuse are learning to move on.

【Mixed Media】
32 film reviews
Toronto Hot Docs Festival special, including They Will Have To Kill Us First, directed by Johanna Schwartz; and The Amina Profile, directed by Sophie Deraspe.

34 Music reviews
The Iqrit Files by Checkpoint 303; and Xaos by Xaos.

35 Book reviews
The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Aboulela; S.N.U.F.F. by Victor Pelevin; and Syria Burning by Charles Glass.

36 Also out there…
PLUS: Open Window with guest cartoonist Osama Hajjaj from Jordan.

【Regulars】
4 Letters
Professing aethism; free speech; and banking hypocrisy.

5 Letter from Bangui
Money may be in short supply, but mangos are definitely not, discovers Ruby Diamonde.

28 Country Profile: Panama

37 Making Waves
Exiled Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad is using social media to challenge Iran’s compulsory hijab law. Lucinda Homa Gray meets her.

38 And Finally
Diane Ghogomu talks to Susana Baca, the awardwinning singer-songwriter who has dedicated her life to getting recognition for her marginalized Afro-Peruvian community.