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Introduction to report and reporter
I. 20th-century imperialism


'''I. 20th-century imperialism'''
Basics of Lenin’s theory  
 
Basics of Lenin’s theory


Cold War imperialism and wars of national liberation
Cold War imperialism and wars of national liberation


Consumerist imperialism: oil and cars
Consumerist imperialism: oil and cars
'''
II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’'''


Imperialism and global inequality: Claudio Katz’s theses
II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’
 
Imperialism and global inequality: Claudio Katz’s theses  


Supply chains: from national to global
Supply chains: from national to global
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Accumulation by dispossession (David Harvey)
Accumulation by dispossession (David Harvey)


Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’
Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’  


'''III. Neoliberalism’s apogee: hyperglobalization'''
III. Neoliberalism’s apogee: hyperglobalization  


NAFTA (1993), Maastricht (1992), WTO (1995)
NAFTA (1993), Maastricht (1992), WTO (1995)
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Latin America’s Pink Tide (and extractivism): challenge and crisis
Latin America’s Pink Tide (and extractivism): challenge and crisis
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IV. Imperialism in crisis (from 2008)'''


China’s rise, phase II: trade wars, sea lanes, One Belt One Road – and
IV. Imperialism in crisis (from 2008)
Hong Kong
 
China’s rise, phase II: trade wars, sea lanes, One Belt One Road – and Hong Kong


Crises in the Middle East
Crises in the Middle East  


Clashes with Russia
Clashes with Russia  


Brexit, Trump and the new far right
Brexit, Trump and the new far right  


A Latin American Trump: Bolsonaro (and his divided opposition)
A Latin American Trump: Bolsonaro (and his divided opposition)
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Covid-19: nail in the coffin of hyperglobalization
Covid-19: nail in the coffin of hyperglobalization


'''V. What’s next?'''
V. And now Biden


What next for imperialism? Post-Trump Trumpism? And China? And the EU?
Main lesson of election: enduring strength of far right


What next for resistance?: difficulties of the anti-imperialist left
Back to Obama? the US, China, ‘the Quad’ & Europe


Openings for the left?





Latest revision as of 12:04, 23 November 2020

Outline:

I. 20th-century imperialism

Basics of Lenin’s theory

Cold War imperialism and wars of national liberation

Consumerist imperialism: oil and cars

II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’

Imperialism and global inequality: Claudio Katz’s theses

Supply chains: from national to global

Accumulation by dispossession (David Harvey)

Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’

III. Neoliberalism’s apogee: hyperglobalization

NAFTA (1993), Maastricht (1992), WTO (1995)

China’s rise, phase I: Foxcomm and Walmart – the role of Hong Kong

Latin America’s Pink Tide (and extractivism): challenge and crisis

IV. Imperialism in crisis (from 2008)

China’s rise, phase II: trade wars, sea lanes, One Belt One Road – and Hong Kong

Crises in the Middle East

Clashes with Russia

Brexit, Trump and the new far right

A Latin American Trump: Bolsonaro (and his divided opposition)

Covid-19: nail in the coffin of hyperglobalization

V. And now Biden

Main lesson of election: enduring strength of far right

Back to Obama? – the US, China, ‘the Quad’ & Europe

Openings for the left?