A review by shawcrit
Confronting Capitalism: How the World Works and How to Change It by Vivek Chibber

4.0

This achieves what it sets out to do by providing an accessible, introductory text explaining capitalism, labour politics, and routes to resisting capitalism grounded in Marxist theory and labour organizing. As Chibber points to in the preface, this feels like a pamphlet that would be an excellent resource for people new to labour activism, or a great teaching tool for people curious but intimidated by a lot of very academic left texts. I love Chibber's conversational tone and accessible writing style and I wish more academics wrote in this way.
He also briefly touches on more recent debates around "identity politics" in a very clear yet nuanced way that I don't often see and that I appreciated greatly.
A recommended reading list in the back provides guidance if readers are interested in learning more.
Well done and highly recommended.