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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.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?article5447 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpts: part I, II, IV


* 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?article5447 Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implications, excerpt: IX]
* 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