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Revision as of 13:55, 19 November 2019
Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today
IIRE Ecosocialist School
24 November 2019
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’ Neoliberalism’s apogee: hyperglobalization The clash of barbarisms
III. New imperialist powers? Trotsky’s theory & the BRICS bubble China Russia
IV. Imperialism in crisis The challenge from China: trade wars and sea lanes Brexit, Trump and the new far right Crisis in the Middle East
V. Rebuilding peace movements?
Questions for discussion:
1. What role does US imperialism play in your country? European imperialism? Chinese imperialism? 2. Is there/has there been a significant peace movement in your country? With what focus? 3. What is the best hope today for rebuilding mass peace movements with strong anti-imperialist left wings?
- 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