Table of Contents

Chapter 1) Introduction to practical utopias

Robert Albritton and Richard Westra

Part I

Socialism and ecology

Chapter 2) Radical social democracy: a phase of transition to democratic socialism

Saeed Rahnema

Chapter 3) Ecosocialism for a new era

Pat Devine

Chapter 4) Ecological community: a practical utopia

Ann E. Davis

Chapter 5) Soviet planning and the labor-time calculation model: implications for 21st-century socialism

Seongjin Jeong

Part II

Positive practicalities: leaping ahead

Chapter 6) Provisioning under austerity: meeting human needs in the future

Barbara Hopkins

Chapter 7) World government is a necessity

Robert Albritton

Chapter 8) Alternative principles of labor: liberation from labor and liberation through work

Gui-yeon Jang

Chapter 9) Building a (very) new road to socialism: Cuba in the 21st century

Al Campbell

Chapter 10) South African commoning of medicines and water beyond human rights

Patrick Bond

Part III

New thinking towards a new future

Chapter 11) Foundations and pathways to a progressive, socialist eco-sustainable future

Richard Westra

Chapter 12) A posthumanist economics

Karin Schönpflug and Christine M. Klapeer

About the Author

Richard Westra received his Ph.D. in Political Studies from Queen’s University, Canada, in 2001. Currently he is Designated Professor in the Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University, Japan.





Robert Albritton is Professor Emeritus, Departments of Political Science and Social and Political Thought at York University, Canada. He is a prolific writer who has authored or edited 12 books and scores of articles in journals and book collections.





Seongjin Jeong is a leading Marxian economist in South Korea. He has written widely on Marxism, socialism and the Korean economy. He is currently a Professor of Economics at Gyeongsang National University and editor of Marxism 21.