The Black Book of Capitalism

__NOTOC__"Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme" ("The Black Book of Capitalism") is a French book published in 1998, in reaction to "The Black Book of Communism" (1997). Unlike the latter however, "Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme" does not attempt to provide a comprehensive tally of victims of the political system in question. Rather, the book is composed of a series of independent essays commissioned from various writers who were given free rein to write on any aspect of capitalism they chose. Topics covered range from the African slave trade to the era of financial globalization.

An appendix provides an "incomplete" list of 20th century death tolls which Perrault attributes to the capitalist system. The list, which includes both combatant and noncombatant dead, includes an estimated 58 million dead from the First and Second World Wars, plus death tolls from various colonial wars, anticommunist wars and repressions, ethnic conflicts, and some victims of famines or malnutrition, for a combined total of about 100 million. [ [http://www.prs12.com/article.php3?id_article=5242 "Black Book of Capitalism"] , Pour la Republique Sociale website.]

Edited by Gilles Perrault, the other contributors to the book include historians, sociologists, economists, trade unionists and writers: Caroline Andréani, François Arzalier, Roger Bordier, Maurice Buttin, François Chesnais, Maurice Cury, François Delpla, François Derivery, André Devriendt, Pierre Durand, Jean-Pierre Fléchard, Yves Frémion, Yves Grenet, Jacques Jurquet, Jean Laïlle, Maurice Moissonnier, Robert Pac, Philippe Paraire, Paco Peña, André Prenant, Maurice Rajsfus, Jean Suret-Canale, Subhi Toma, Monique and Roland Weyl, Claude Willard and Jean Ziegler.cite web |url=http://www.letempsdescerises.net/noyau/index.php?menu_id=20&type=livre&idLivre=245 |title= [ :: La Maison d'édition :: ] |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-04-17] cite journal | author = Marie Germanos | date = May 2002 | journal = Socialisme International |volume = 3 |url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/revuesocialisme/s3noir.htm |title=Le livre noir du capitalisme |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-04-17] cite journal |journal =Alternative Libertaire |date=September 1999 | volume = 220 |url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/libertaire/archive/99/220-sep/livres.htm |title=Elements de critique sociale |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-04-18] cite journal |journal =Tidskriften Clarté |date=April 1998 | author = Pierre Gilly |url=http://www.clarte.nu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2615&Itemid=26 |title=Svenska Clartéförbundet - Recensioner 1998-4 |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-04-18] cite journal |journal =Marianne | |date = November 17, 1997|url=http://www.marianne2.fr/LE-LIVRE-NOIR-DU-CAPITALISME_a5165.html |title=LE LIVRE NOIR DU CAPITALISME |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-04-18] The book has been translated into Italiancite web |url=http://tecalibri.altervista.org/C/CURY-M_capitalismo.htm |title=Il libro nero del capitalismo |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-04-18] and Czech. [http://web.kolin.cz/kscm/orego/cernakni.htm]

ee also

* Capitalism
* Criticisms of capitalism
* "The Black Book of Communism"

Notes

References

Perrault, Gilles (ed.) (1998): "Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme", Le Temps des cerises, 427 pages, ISBN 2841091449, ISBN 978-2841091447.

External links

*fr icon [http://www.letempsdescerises.net/ Les Temps des Cerises]
*fr icon [http://www.lilavert.com/eredutant-airderien/lebilan.htm Account of Capitalism]
*fr icon [http://www.left-dis.nl/f/werth.htm Du Bon Usage des Livres noirs]
*fr icon [http://www.lescommunistes.org/spip.php?article29 Summary of casualties]
*fr icon [http://www.delpla.org/article.php3?id_article=49 François Delpla's chapter of book: La Seconde Guerre Mondiale]
*fr icon [http://fra.anarchopedia.org/Le_livre_noir_du_capitalisme Anarchopedia article on book]