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Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today | |||
IIRE Youth School | |||
19 August 2018 | |||
Peter Drucker | |||
Introduction to report and reporter | |||
I. Imperialism: Lenin’s and Trotsky’s theories | |||
Marx & Engels | |||
Basics of Lenin’s theory | |||
Imperialism in the 20th century | |||
Our anti-imperialism: permanent revolution | |||
II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’ | |||
Imperialism today | |||
Accumulation by dispossession | |||
Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’ | |||
III. New imperialist powers? | |||
China | |||
Russia | |||
… and the others | |||
IV. Imperialism in crisis | |||
The US v. China and Russia | |||
Brexit, Trump and the new far right | |||
Crisis in the Middle East | |||
V. Anti-imperialism real and fake: the Arab region | |||
The background | |||
Anti-imperialism today: the contenders | |||
Questions for discussion: | |||
1. What challenges does the rise of the new far right pose for the left? | |||
2. How should we respond to Trump’s conflicts with the EU, Russia, China? | |||
3. What is the best hope for anti-imperialism in the Middle East today? | |||
'''Reading materials''' | '''Reading materials''' | ||
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* [[excerpts from: David Harvey - The 'New' Imperialism: Accumulation by Dispossession 2004]] | * [[excerpts from: David Harvey - The 'New' Imperialism: Accumulation by Dispossession 2004]] | ||
* | * Fourth International [http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5447 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpts: part I, II, IV | ||
* | * [[Alex Callinicos, "Brexit: a world-historic turn", International Socialism 151, 27 June 2016, excerpts]] | ||
* Pierre Rousset, [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article4901 What could be the international implications of Donald Trump’s election? Questions on the evolution of the global geopolitical situation, up to subhead 'Impact on the relationship of forces between powers'] | * Pierre Rousset, [http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article4901 What could be the international implications of Donald Trump’s election? Questions on the evolution of the global geopolitical situation, up to subhead 'Impact on the relationship of forces between powers'] | ||
* Fourth International [http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5447 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpt: IX] | * Fourth International [http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5447 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpt: IX] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:18, 17 August 2018
Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today
IIRE Youth School
19 August 2018
Peter Drucker
Introduction to report and reporter
I. Imperialism: Lenin’s and Trotsky’s theories
Marx & Engels
Basics of Lenin’s theory
Imperialism in the 20th century
Our anti-imperialism: permanent revolution
II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’
Imperialism today
Accumulation by dispossession
Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’
III. New imperialist powers?
China
Russia
… and the others
IV. Imperialism in crisis
The US v. China and Russia
Brexit, Trump and the new far right
Crisis in the Middle East
V. Anti-imperialism real and fake: the Arab region
The background
Anti-imperialism today: the contenders
Questions for discussion:
1. What challenges does the rise of the new far right pose for the left?
2. How should we respond to Trump’s conflicts with the EU, Russia, China?
3. What is the best hope for anti-imperialism in the Middle East today?
Reading materials
- V. I. Lenin, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, (Excerpts), 1917
- Claudio Katz, "Imperialism in 21st Century", (Excerpts) 2002
- Fourth International [http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5447 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpts: part I, II, IV