Marxism and imperialism
A seven-week discussion course
Course outline [1]
Week 1. (a) Marx: On The Question of Free Trade [2]
Week 1. (b) Engels on the Mexican-American war of 1846-8 [3]
Week 1. (c) Marx: The Future Results of British Rule in India [4]
Week 2. Karl Kautsky: from Socialism And Colonial Policy (1907) [5]
Week 3. (a) Rosa Luxemburg: from Social Reform and Revolution [6]
Week 3. (b) Rosa Luxemburg: from the Junius Pamphlet [7]
Week 3. (c) Hilferding: a summary of Finance Capital, and a review of Finance Capital by Kautsky [8]
Week 4. Lenin: from Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism [9]
Week 5. (a) Dependency theory: adapted from Workers' Liberty 28 [10]
Week 5. (b) Samir Amin on The Political Economy of the 20th Century [11]
Week 5. (c) Decolonisation. From Workers' Liberty 63 [12]
Week 6. Globalisation. From Two Critiques, in Workers' Liberty 2/3 [13]
Week 7. (a) The Iraq war and perspectives (from Solidarity)
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Week 7. (b) Ellen Wood: Back to Marx [15]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 1. Introduction [16]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 2. The white man as cannibal [17]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 3. How Britain ruined India [18]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 4. Looting El Dorado [19]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 5. The spoils of the Sultanates [20]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 6. Levelling and uneven development [21]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 7. The grey revolution [22]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 8. Three variants [23]
Background: Imperialism yesterday and today 9. Development: whose, and and what cost? [24]
Links:
[1] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1009
[2] http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/01/09ft.htm#marx
[3] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1012
[4] http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1853/07/22.htm
[5] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1011
[6] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1006
[7] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1007
[8] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1008
[9] http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch07.htm
[10] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1005
[11] http://www.monthlyreview.org/600amin.htm
[12] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1002
[13] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1010
[14] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D995
[15] http://www.monthlyreview.org/697wood.htm
[16] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D996
[17] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D997
[18] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D998
[19] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D999
[20] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1000
[21] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1001
[22] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1002
[23] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1003
[24] http://www.workersliberty.org/modules.php%3Fop%3Dmodload%2526amp%3Bname%3DNews%2526amp%3Bfile%3Darticle%2526amp%3Bsid%3D1004