The world is not inter-imperialist, with Comrade Perrault

About this episode

Mansa discusses with Comrade Perrault the debate on whether the world is defined by inter-imperialist rivalry or the breakdown of U.S. hegemony.

Apologies for being a few days late! We have been busy producing the new issue of Women & Revolution which should be out soon. In this episode, Mansa sits down with Comrade Perrault to discuss a big debate on the left: why the world is not defined by an inter-imperialist rivalry, but by the breakdown of U.S. hegemony. We go into some of the arguments on the left for characterising China and Russia as imperialist powers, and what the problems with these are. Hint: revision of Marxism! The ...

People in this episode

Guest: Comrade Perrault

Topics covered

• inter-imperialist rivalry
• U.S. hegemony
• China
• Russia
• Marxism

Keywords

• Women & Revolution
• leftist debate
• imperialist powers

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Women & Revolution

Books & works: Marxism

Places: U.S., China, Russia

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