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Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today | Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today | ||
IIRE Youth School | IIRE Youth School | ||
19 August 2018 | 19 August 2018 | ||
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I. Imperialism: Lenin’s and Trotsky’s theories | I. Imperialism: Lenin’s and Trotsky’s theories | ||
Marx & Engels | Marx & Engels | ||
Basics of Lenin’s theory | Basics of Lenin’s theory | ||
Imperialism in the 20th century | Imperialism in the 20th century | ||
Our anti-imperialism: permanent revolution | Our anti-imperialism: permanent revolution | ||
II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’ | II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’ | ||
Imperialism today | Imperialism today | ||
Accumulation by dispossession | Accumulation by dispossession | ||
Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’ | Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’ | ||
III. New imperialist powers? | III. New imperialist powers? | ||
China | China | ||
Russia | Russia | ||
… and the others | … and the others | ||
IV. Imperialism in crisis | IV. Imperialism in crisis | ||
The US v. China and Russia | The US v. China and Russia | ||
Brexit, Trump and the new far right | Brexit, Trump and the new far right | ||
Crisis in the Middle East | Crisis in the Middle East | ||
V. Anti-imperialism real and fake: the Arab region | V. Anti-imperialism real and fake: the Arab region | ||
The background | The background | ||
Anti-imperialism today: the contenders | Anti-imperialism today: the contenders | ||
Questions for discussion: | 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''' |
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