It is only in the last decade that capitalist domination has reached its geographical limits, extending to every corner of the globe, so that in order to overcome the barriers to capitalist accumulation, capital now has to turn in upon itself. The fact that capitalism has no yet destroyed humanity, that it has not yet destroyed the environment, does not mean that it will not do so in the not too distant future, or that its expansion will continue to proceed unchecked by the renewed massive destruction of capital through global crisis or war. The unbridled expansion of capitalism is the future for humanity that neoliberalism celebrates. The Marxist critique echoes the response of millions, even billions, of people across the world: ‘There must be an alternative’