
And, most importantly, we see how we can fight to overcome these divisions. Considering this, the release of Noam Chomskys and Marv Water- stones book, Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance (2021), is. In making these linkages, we see how the current hegemony keeps social justice movements divided and marginalized. Marv Waterstone, Chapter Two: The Current Common Sense: Capitalist Realism, in Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance. How does politics shape our world, our lives and our perceptions? How much of ‘common sense’ is actually driven by the ruling classes’ needs and interests? And how are we to challenge the capitalist structures that now threaten all life on the planet?Ĭonsequences of Capitalism exposes the deep, often unseen connections between neoliberal ‘common sense’ and structural power. In making these linkages, we see how the current hegemony keeps. Everything depends on the actions that people take into their own hands.’ Consequences of Capitalism exposes the deep, often unseen connections between neoliberal common sense and structural power. It represents both a crisis and an opportunity. ‘Covid-19 has revealed glaring failures and monstrous brutalities in the current capitalist system.


Is there an alternative to capitalism? In this landmark text Chomsky and Waterstone chart a critical map for a more just and sustainable society.
