<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">From: Anitra Nelson <<a href="mailto:anitra.nelson@UNIMELB.EDU.AU" class="">anitra.nelson@UNIMELB.EDU.AU</a>> </div><div class="">To: <a href="mailto:INURA@YORKU.CA" class="">INURA@YORKU.CA</a></div><div class="">Date: 02/09/2022 10:36 AM </div><div class="">Subject: Just published, from Pluto Press, note international Zoom event </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="WordSection1"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: windowtext;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(12, 136, 42);" class="">Beyond Money</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(12, 136, 42);" class="">: A Postcapitalist Strategy</span></span></strong></span></span></div><div class="WordSection1"><div class="">by Anitra Nelson </div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: windowtext;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="">How might a world without money operate?</span> </strong><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="">This book offers a lively thought experiment of a world without money.</span> <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="">It shows how money drives political power, environmental destruction and social inequality and argues for abolishing money, rather than repurposing it to achieve a postcapitalist future.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><strong class="">Grounded in historical debates about money</strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="">, Nelson draws on a spectrum of political and economic thought and activism, including feminism, ecoanarchism, degrowth, autonomism, Marxism and ecosocialism.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class="">Looking to indigenous rights activism and <strong class="">a defence and advance of commoning</strong>, an international network of activists engaged in a fight for a money-free society emerges.</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><strong style="line-height: normal;" class=""><em style="line-height: normal;" class="">Beyond Money</em></strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""> shows that, by organising around post-money versions of the future, activists have a hope of creating a world that embodies their radical values and visions.</span><span style="color: windowtext;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""> <br class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;" class=""><span style="color: windowtext;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><strong class="">-----</strong><br class=""></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">‘</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">A fascinating portal into arguments about why we need to get beyond money.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">’</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Harry Cleaver, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">Rupturing the Dialectic</em></span><br class=""></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">‘</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">If you had to choose one book to read on making the next political economy and reinventing post-capitalism it should be this one.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">’</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Adam David Morton, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis</em></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class="">‘</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Nelson’s turn towards a materialist ecofeminist analysis is pure joy.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">’</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class="">Ariel Salleh, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice</em></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""> <br class=""></span></span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">‘</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">I hope that this book ... will put the abolition of money where it belongs, at the centre of radical, rebellious hope.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">’ (from the Foreword)<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class="">John Holloway, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" class=""><em class="">We are the Crisis of Capital</em></span></strong></div><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;" class="">-----<br class=""></span></strong><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><strong class="">Read more here</strong>: <a id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview" href="https://anitranelson.info/beyond-money/" class="">https://anitranelson.info/beyond-money/</a></span></span><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: windowtext;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></strong></div><div class="_EReadonly_1 _EType_OWALinkPreview _Entity _EId_OWALinkPreview"><br class=""></div></div><div class="WordSection1"><strong class="">For review copies </strong>contact <strong class="">Anitra</strong> or <br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><strong class="">James Kelly, Publicity and Social Media Manager</strong><br class="">E: <a href="mailto:publicity@plutobooks.com" class="">jamesk@plutobooks.com</a></div></div><div class="WordSection1"><br class=""></div><div class="WordSection1"><strong class="">For all EVENTS see <a id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_1" href="https://anitranelson.info/events/" class="">https://anitranelson.info/events/</a> </strong><br class=""></div><div class="_EReadonly_1 _EType_OWALinkPreview _Entity _EId_OWALinkPreview_1"><br class=""></div><div class="WordSection1"><div align="center" class="su-column su-column-size-3-4" style="text-align: center;"><div class="su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><strong class="">26 February 2022 NEW YORK CITY, US (ONLINE)<br class=""></strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Organised by <strong class="">The Marxist Education Project</strong> for 4–6pm New York Time, I will outline the interventionist aims and arguments of <strong class=""><em class="">Beyond Money: A Postcapitalist Strategy</em></strong> in terms of various environmental and social movements — showing how a nonmonetary economy based on social and ecological values might become a future reality. Time for discussion and possibilities to join a reading group. <strong class="">More details and to book, <a href="https://marxedproject.org/event/beyond-money-a-postcapitalist-strategy-with-anitra-nelson/" class="">here</a>.</strong></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><img data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" class="w-720 h-405" style="max-width: 100%;" apple-inline="yes" id="65D8AE03-E0D4-4D28-8710-C20956EC0B5C" src="cid:0bc509d0-d45b-4422-8097-9e565c5da2c4"><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Associate Professor Anitra Nelson | Honorary Principal Fellow</span></strong></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">Level 3, Melbourne School of Design, Massons Rd</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010 Australia</span></div><div style="margin: 0px 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><a target="_blank" href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsustainable.unimelb.edu.au%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C935be67151d14d12e2ac08d7da910d50%7Cd1323671cdbe4417b4d4bdb24b51316b%7C0%7C0%7C637218188841892031&sdata=zXVSmysoIXA8bywvkn5NqvFwfyfw0FyLaqqM79Wl%2Btw%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener" class=""><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">Sustainable.unimelb.edu.au </span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">| </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class=""><a target="_blank" href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FMSSIMelb&data=02%7C01%7C%7C935be67151d14d12e2ac08d7da910d50%7Cd1323671cdbe4417b4d4bdb24b51316b%7C0%7C0%7C637218188841902017&sdata=78dTXK74NMT2oMe4MHqVvgby0YkCyqZwugi%2FrdeHkWE%3D&reserved=0" rel="noopener" class=""><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">twitter.com/MSSIMelb</span></a></span> <br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">T: 0426 766 755 (+61 426 766 755)</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 32, 96);" class="">E: <a href="mailto:anitra.nelson@unimelb.edu.au" class="">anitra.nelson@unimelb.edu.au</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class="">W:</span> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;" class=""><a href="https://anitranelson.info/" class="">https://anitranelson.info</a><u class="">/ </u></span></strong><u class=""></u><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;" class="">I respectfully acknowledge Elders past, present and future of the Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands I live and work.</span></em></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;" class="">Wish we were all 'its' — they/them/theirs/themself. Meanwhile I am cishet — she/her/her's/herself.</span></em><strong class=""><em class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;" class=""><br class=""></span></em></strong></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><strong style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;" class="">RECENT BOOKS</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""> —</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745342023/exploring-degrowth/" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(12, 136, 42);" class=""><em class=""><strong class="">Exploring Degrowth</strong></em></span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">and </span><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Food-for-Degrowth-Perspectives-and-Practices/Nelson-Edwards/p/book/9780367436469" style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(12, 136, 42);" class=""><em class=""><strong class="">F</strong></em></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(12, 136, 42);" class=""><em class=""><strong class="">ood for Degrowth</strong></em></span></a></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" class=""><strong class="">RECENT POST — <span style="color: rgb(12, 136, 42);" class=""><a href="https://www.ppesydney.net/postcapitalism-2021/" class="">'Postcapitalism 2021</a></span></strong></span><font color="#0c882a" face="Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(12, 136, 42); font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">’</u></b></span></font></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>