* From: Michael Hoover whenever was capitalism not global, it is, by definition, accumulationist & expansionist, hence, globalist... ' ^^^^ CB: Exactly, as the article says:
"Capitalist globalization with its free flow of capital around the world _began much earlier_ (emphasis added -CB), but it took on new aggressiveness and clearly accelerated with the collapse of the Socialist block." Marshall has probably read _The Manifesto of the Communist Party_, which describes the globalization of capitalism from early on. ^^^^ i'll admit to only skimming above article, but it seems to consist mostly of stuff that: 1) has been happening for some time; 2) others have long since identified... ^^^ CB: Yea, not so much "others" but the CP itself has identified...I read these principles in CPUSA literature 15 - 20 years ago. See _Labor Confronts the Transnationals_ Labor confronts the transnationals. The 2nd International Conference on Trade Union Unity Against the Transnational Corporations, Toronto, Canada, October 29-30, 1983. Prepared by Labor Research Association. International Publishers, New York. 1984, 111p., wraps. Contributions by Dick Barry, Claude Billault, Emil Bjarnason, Jack Carr, Ernest DeMaio, Antonio Gershenson, Sam Gindin, Masuo Kato, Alain Stern, [and] Gregory Tarpinian. Price: $15.00 Cat.No: 48949 Some people are more recently catching up to what was being said a while ago by CP on these issues. I don't think this is put forth as a new discovery. You sort of have to keep repeating yourself because people don't listen. I'd say the usage of "transnationals" is not that widespread, and it is a good concept to use. More on the left might want to pick it up. Also, it applies general principles on imperialism to more recent events. There are a number of important principles that the CP emphasizes that are not in other left literature. I'm not sure I see the following principle of the objectivity of the process emphasized in non-communist left lit: "Lenin made it clear in his "Imperialism: the Highest Stage of Capitalism,"that imperialism is not a policy. It is a stage of capitalist development, an objective process. The same is true of capitalist globalization. It is not a policy of this or that government. It is an objective process of transnational capitalist development. This distinction is important to understanding the class struggle today. While government policy can have impact on how capitalist globalization proceeds, as long as capitalism is the dominant economic system, its globalization will continue." Then who says this much: "The growth and concentration of transnational capital has fueled far right political trends in many of the industrialized countries, including the US." ^^^^^^ is this considered important cpusa statement... michael Hoover ^^^^ CB: Not that I know of. Sort of a routine pamphlet. I got a copy at a meeting on universalizing health care at UAW Local 600 the other day, though I think the article was written last summer. As I say, you don't always say something new and important, but have to repeat the same things for 20 years or more. Revolutionary struggle can be really dull.
