John Holloway on his book Crack Capitalism

John Holloway on his book Crack Capitalism

July 21, 2026 · 29 min

About this episode

John Holloway discusses his book 'Crack Capitalism' and the role of individuals in perpetuating capitalist systems.

John Holloway (born 1947) is a lawyer, Marxist-oriented sociologist and philosopher, whose work is closely associated with the Zapatista movement in Mexico, his home since 1991. It has also been taken up by some intellectuals associated with the piqueteros in Argentina; the Abahlali baseMjondolo movement in South Africa and the Anti-Globalization Movement in Europe and North America. He is currently a teacher at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Autonomous University of Puebla. John Holloway author of Crack Capitalism and Changing the world without Taking Power speaks of the role of the individual in perpetuating a system based on capital and consumption. As John puts it, the question we should be asking is Not how do we defeat capitalism but Why do we keep reproducing it everyday Support Latin Waves by becoming a member www.latinwavesmedia.com

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