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. He founded the Midnight Notes Collective, is a founder member of the co-ordinator of the

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and a professor of

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at the

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Books

* ''Parole abusate, monete tosate e governo civile. La filosofia del denaro di John Locke'', Istituto dell' Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani, Rome, Italy, 1988. * ''Clipped Coins, Abused Words and Civil Government: John Locke's Philosophy of Money'' (New York: Autonomedia/ Semiotext(e) Press, 1989). * ''Midnight Oil: Work, Energy, War, 1973–1992'', (New York: Autonomedia, 1992) (co-edited). A chapter from Midnight Oil, "Introduction to The New Enclosures," was reprinted in David Solnit (ed.), Globalize Liberation: How to Uproot the System and Build a Better World (San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2004), pp. 61–72. * ''A Thousand Flowers: Social Struggles Against Structural Adjustment in African Universities'', (Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2000) (co-edited). * ''Exciting the Industry of Mankind: George Berkeley's Philosophy of Money'' (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000). * ''Auroras of the Zapatistas: Local and Global Struggles in the Fourth World War'', (New York: Autonomedia, 2001) (co-edited). *''In Letters of Blood and Fire: Work, Machines, and Value'', (Oakland: PM Press, 2013).

References

External links

Midnight Notes Collective

George Caffenzis page at LibCom

Tribute to George Caffentzis in The Commoner

Review of 'A Thousand Flowers – Social Struggles against Structural Adjustment in African Universities' by Refilwe Senatla and Fazel Khan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Caffentzis, George Living people American political philosophers University of Southern Maine faculty Autonomism American people of Greek descent 1945 births