Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Imperialism in decline?

2002-07-07 Thread Doug Henwood 

Ulhas  Joglekar wrote:

Is Lenin's theory of imperialism relevant today?

The minute Japan and the EU begin an arms buildup and fight with the 
U.S. for influence in the so-called South, and U.S., EU, and Japanese 
capitalists withdraw their investments in each other - maybe.

Doug

Re: Re: Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Imperialism in decline?

2002-07-07 Thread Ulhas Joglekar 

Doug Henwood wrote:

 Ulhas  Joglekar wrote:

 Is Lenin's theory of imperialism relevant today?

 The minute Japan and the EU begin an arms buildup and fight with the
 U.S. for influence in the so-called South, and U.S., EU, and Japanese
 capitalists withdraw their investments in each other - maybe.

Anti-imperialism is almost dead is in large parts of Asia (Palestinian
struggle excluded) and there is no sign that it will be revived in the
forseable future. Thus, the contradiction between Asia and the developed
world is not present either.

BTW, the binary image of the world as consisting of the Core and the
periphery is a myth.

Ulhas

Re: RE: Re: Re: Re: Re: Imperialism in decline?

2002-07-06 Thread Ulhas Joglekar 

Devine, James:

Ulhas:And what is Imperialism in the first place?

 Imperialism, as Marxists use that term, refers to a social system of
international domination, of most countries by others. (Unlike in other
perspectives, it is not simply a policy, a decision by government
officials.) Originally applied to the ancient Romans, Egyptians, etc., one
hundred years ago several Marxists (Lenin, Luxemburg, Bukharin, etc.)
applied the term to capitalism, likening it to the empires of old.

I am not sure Marxists have a coherent theory of contemporary Imperialism.
Is Lenin's theory of imperialism relevant today?

Ulhas