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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]]


* Pierre Rousset, [http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article32582 Chinese ambitions - An imperialism in formation, excerpt: part I only], June 2014
* 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?article4935 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpt: part II and III only]
* Fourth International [http://internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article5447 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpt: IX]
 
* [[Alex Callinicos, "Brexit: a world-historic turn", International Socialism 151, 27 June 2016, excerpts]]

Latest revision as of 14:18, 17 August 2018

PowerPoint

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