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Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today
Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today
IIRE Ecosocialist School
IIRE Ecosocialist School
24 November 2019
24 November 2019
Peter Drucker
Peter Drucker
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I. Imperialism: Lenin’s and Trotsky’s theories
I. Imperialism: Lenin’s and Trotsky’s theories
Marx & Engels
Marx & Engels
Basics of Lenin’s theory
Basics of Lenin’s theory
Imperialism in the 20th century
Imperialism in the 20th century
Our anti-imperialism: permanent revolution
Our anti-imperialism: permanent revolution


II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’
II. Neoliberal globalization and the ‘war on terror’
Imperialism today
Imperialism today
Accumulation by dispossession
Accumulation by dispossession
Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’
Armed globalization and the ‘clash of barbarisms’
Neoliberalism’s apogee: hyperglobalization
Neoliberalism’s apogee: hyperglobalization
The clash of barbarisms
The clash of barbarisms


III. New imperialist powers?  
III. New imperialist powers?  
Trotsky’s theory & the BRICS bubble
Trotsky’s theory & the BRICS bubble
China
China
Russia  
Russia  


IV. Imperialism in crisis
IV. Imperialism in crisis
The challenge from China: trade wars and sea lanes
The challenge from China: trade wars and sea lanes
Brexit, Trump and the new far right
Brexit, Trump and the new far right
Crisis in the Middle East
Crisis in the Middle East


V. Rebuilding peace movements?
V. Rebuilding peace movements?


Questions for discussion:
Questions for discussion:

Latest revision as of 14:56, 19 November 2019

Imperialism, crisis and geopolitical chaos today

IIRE Ecosocialist School

24 November 2019

Peter Drucker

powerpoint

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?