{"product_id":"points-of-departure-refusal-of-work-and-the-crisis-of-capitalism-the-collected-writings-of-harry-cleaver-paperback","title":"Points of Departure: Refusal of Work and the Crisis of Capitalism: The Collected Writings of Harry Cleaver - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Ovetz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKevin Van Meter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHarry Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Refuse work. Revolt against capitalism. Read Harry Cleaver. In that order. Repeat.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a definitive collection of Harry Cleaver's best unpublished, translated, or lesser known writings-both historic and current-on the refusal of work, class composition and \"inversion of the class perspective,\" the crisis of capitalism, and the ongoing necessity of re-reading Marx theory to understand, find points of departure from, and \"finally end capitalism before it ends us.\" Edited by organizers Robert Ovetz and Kevin Van Meter to launch the Class Compositions imprint at Common Notions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Ovetz\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Texas-Austin and is a senior lecturer in Political Science at San José State University, where he teaches labor relations in the MPA program and focuses on academic labor organizing and the labor movement. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen Workers Shot Back\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2018 and Haymarket, 2019), \u003ci\u003eWe the Elites\u003c\/i\u003e (Pluto, 2022), and the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eRebels for the System\u003c\/i\u003e (Haymarket), and is co-authoring a book on organizing against AI in higher education. Robert is co-editor with Kari Lydersen and Kevin Van Meter of \u003ci\u003eReal World Labor, \u003c\/i\u003e Vol. 4 (Dollars \u0026amp; Sense, 2024). He is also an editor and contributor to critical labor studies volumes, a labor writer for \u003ci\u003eDollars \u0026amp; Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been published widely in multiple languages. His writings can be found at sjsu.academia.edu\/RobertOvetzPhD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Van Meter\u003c\/b\u003e holds a PhD in Geography, Environment and Society from the University of Minnesota, serves on the editorial board of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Labor and Society, \u003c\/i\u003e and is a union organizer and labor educator who writes on contemporary labor issues, labor history, and working-class self-organization. He is co-editor with Kari Lydersen and Robert Ovetz of \u003ci\u003eReal World Labor, \u003c\/i\u003e Vol. 4 (Dollars \u0026amp; Sense, 2024). He is author of \u003ci\u003eGuerrillas of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e (AK Press, 2017), co-editor of \u003ci\u003eUses of a Whirlwind\u003c\/i\u003e (AK Press, 2010), and has two forthcoming books: \u003ci\u003eReading Struggles: Working-Class Self-Activity from Detroit to Turin and Back Again\u003c\/i\u003e (AK Press) and \u003ci\u003eThe American Worker: International History, Reception, and Responses \u003c\/i\u003e(Common Notions)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew Politics, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes from Below, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDollars and Sense, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTruthout, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLabor Notes, Work-Bites, The Chief Leader, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarry Cleaver\u003c\/b\u003e has developed a global following for his decades of work contributing to what he calls \"autonomist Marxism,\" or a Marxism that focuses on the self-organized struggles of workers against capital, the state, political parties, and unions. Following the New York City fiscal crisis of 1974-76, he joined the \u003ci\u003eZerowork\u003c\/i\u003e journal collective alongside other militant scholars. The journal introduced the ideas of Italian operaismo (or Italian \"workerism\") into the United States. He also was instrumental in helping introduce the Italian philosopher Antonio Negri to the English-speaking world by co-translating his collection \u003ci\u003eMarx Beyond Marx: Lessons on the Grundrisse \u003c\/i\u003e(Autonomedia, 1991).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHired by UT-Austin in 1976 to teach Marxism-where he remained for 36 years until his retirement in 2012-Cleaver's first book, \u003ci\u003eReading Capital Politically\u003c\/i\u003e (Univ. of Texas Press, 1979) was the product of his class notes teaching Marx and ongoing involvement with activism within and struggles beyond the university. His decades of work on global working-class self-activity also preceded the re-emergence of self-organized worker struggles at Amazon and Starbucks, in the global gig work sector, and the current resurgence of global class conflict. Since retiring he has published three books \u003ci\u003eThe Fragile Juggernaut: Marx and Engels on Capitalism: Marx \u0026amp; Engels on Capitalism, Class Struggle and Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e (Brill, 2024), \u003ci\u003e33 Lessons on Capital: Reading Marx Politically\u003c\/i\u003e (Pluto Press, 2019), and \u003ci\u003eRupturing the Dialectic: The Struggle against Work, Money, and Financialization\u003c\/i\u003e (AK Press, 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46315154833452,"sku":"9781945335747","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/Hm6YuLcq-f9781945335747.webp?v=1790794260","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/points-of-departure-refusal-of-work-and-the-crisis-of-capitalism-the-collected-writings-of-harry-cleaver-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}