WHAT IS ANTI-CAPITALISM?
The anti-capitalist movement involves a wide range of groups and diverse styles of campaigns. But there are common principles that run through all our activities. 1 A DETERMINATION TO RESIST CAPITALISM PRACTICALLY Our movement is firmly based on the principle that direct action is central to opposing capitalism. Capitalism is a very practical thing, you don t overthrow it by proving that it s not very nice – you take actions to prevent its destruction of communities and ecologies. This means occupying offices, destroying jet fighters, shutting down docks and blockading summits. It means creating social centres out of derelict buildings, holding parties on motorways, defending picket lines and trashing GM crops. It means going beyond words and making resistance part of everyday life. 2 TAKING A LEAD FROM MOVEMENTS IN THE SOUTH Capitalism is responsible for enormous, and growing, inequality in the world and it is the peoples of the world s south that suffer most. The income of the riches
