The demonstrations at Seattle and Genoa have shown that we are in a new era of protest. Callinicos analyses the development of the movement, distinguishes between the political forces within it and explores the dilemmas - notably over violence and the nation-state - that it confronts.

He argues that the movement is directed against capitalism itself. The logic of competitive accumulation that drives this system is not only increasing global inequality and economic instability, but threatens ecological catastrophe and appalling conflict. To meet the challenge of global capitalism the new protest movement requires, according to Callinicos, a creative synthesis of its own inclusive and dynamic style and the best of the classical Marxist tradition.

Introduction
An unscheduled event
The revival of social critique
Naming the movement
Another unscheduled event
Chapter 1 Capitalism Against the Planet
So What's the Problem?
Financial Follies
The Perpetual Motion Machine
Accumulation and Catastrophe
The Sword of Leviathan
Chapter 2 Varieties and Strategies
Varieties of Anti-Capitalism
Reform or Revolution?
Chapter 3 Imagining Other Worlds
Anti-Capitalist Values
A Note on Diversity
What's Wrong with the Market?
Why We Need Planning
A Transitional Programme
Afterword
Notes
Index