Imperialism and US / EU hegemony

Readings

• Excerpts of Ernest Mandel, Introduction to Marxism

• Gilbert Achcar, "Seven theses on the current period, the war and the anti-war movement", August 2004, in ed(s) Richard Falk, Irene Gendzier and Robert Jay Lifton, Crimes of War: Iraq, Nation Books (USA), 2006, pp. 315-322

• Gilbert Achcar (Interview), "Balance-sheet of U.S. Imperialism", International Socialist Review, Issue 61, September–October 2008