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

2002-07-08 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27741] RE: Re: Re: Imperialism in decline? Ulhas:9. Foreign policy issues are not important domestic politics. Why should they be important? We are free and independent nation. Marxists, particularly of anti-imperialist variety, don't appreciate that calling independent

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

2002-07-08 Thread Louis Proyect
Ulhas: The question Doug asked was about the WTO and its impact on Indian farmers. So I answered accordingly. Poor farmers hardly have any surpluses to be affected by the WTO. Doug's question was not about the state of poor and marginal farmers. Subject: Massive mobilisation in India against the

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

2002-07-08 Thread Louis Proyect
New Delhi, Jan 11, 2000 While more than 200 activists were staging a demonstration outside, three protestors sneaked into a heavily guarded venue session of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Meet 2000, here today. WTO Director General Mike Moore had just finished speaking

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 -

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

2002-07-06 Thread Devine, James
Title: RE: [PEN-L:27654] Re: Re: Re: Re: Imperialism in decline? 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

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

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

2002-07-05 Thread Ulhas Joglekar
From: Nancybrumback: thanks, carrol, for your response. however, the question was what is a dialectical approach in the first place? And what is Imperialism in the first place? Ulhas