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Revision as of 11:30, 13 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