On US militarism and ‘war on terror’ in the Asia-Pacific region
Militarism and expansionism characterized the US as a global imperialist power at the turn of the 20th century. The US reached across the Pacific and turned the Philippines into its colony and military outpost in Asia. It emerged from the Second World War the strongest and most prosperous industrial capitalist country, while the economies of its European allies as well as their former adversaries Germany, Italy and Japan (the Axis powers) were devastated.
Global trends, challenges and opportunities after 9/11
The US has enjoyed the position of sole superpower since the disintegration of the Soviet Union and end of the Cold War. It is the No. 1 imperialist power in economic and military terms. It still dictates the policies governing the world capitalist system through the Group of 8, OECD, the IMF, World Bank, WTO, […]
Oppose Imperialist Plunder and War, Advance the People’s Solidarity and Struggle for Liberation and Democracy
I. Imperialist War and Plunder Since the First International Assembly of the ILPS in 2001, the economic crisis of the world capitalist system has worsened rapidly. The underdeveloped countries, which are the majority in the world, have been devastated by the overproduction of raw materials and by the ever growing deficits and mounting debt burdens. […]
The Cause of National Liberation, Democracy and Social Liberation in the Time of US-led ‘War on Terror’
US Policy of Terror and Plunder Since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks supposedly by the Al Qaeda, a group whose leaders were previously close to the US, the Bush regime has been whipping up hysteria about terrorism, proclaiming the doctrine of pre-emptive war, justifying state terrorism in the US and abroad and launching wars […]
Denounce and Dismantle US Military Bases
This issue is of crucial importance to the people of the world who cherish national sovereignty and independence, aspire for development, social justice and peace and who necessarily struggle against US imperialism, the terrorist hyperpower and No. 1 enemy of the people of the world. As the crisis of the US and world capitalist system […]
Imperialist globalization and terrorism
To quote Marx, “Tantae molis erat(So massive a task it was), to establish the “eternal laws of Nature” of the capitalist mode of production, to complete the process of separation between labourers and conditions of labour, to transform, at one pole, the social means of production and subsistence into capital, at the opposite pole, the […]
On political refugees and other displaced peoples
Let us define some terms by way of clarifying the core and context of our discussion. Let us start with the definition of the term refugee. According to the 1951 Refugee Convention, a refugee is a person who “owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a […]
Contradictions in the world capitalist system and the necessity of socialist revolution
The General Crisis of the World Capitalist System As Lenin pointed out, imperialism is the highest and final stage of capitalism. It is an utterly parasitic and moribund kind of capitalism. The monopoly bourgeoisie is a rentier class. Apart from owning capital, it contributes nothing to the process of social production but reaps profits from […]
Imperialism, Fascisation and Fascism
Even when monopoly capitalism was becoming dominant in the most developed industrial capitalist countries from the 1870’s onward, the monopoly bourgeoisie trumpeted the doctrine of laissez faire. This had been the battlecry of the pre-monopoly bourgeoisie against state trading monopolies and regulations. By the last quarter of the century of the 19th century, the monopoly […]
Advance the people’s resistance to imperialist globalization
Globalization is imperialism Globalization is a slick and shallow term. It glosses over the reality of modern imperialism or monopoly capitalism, i.e., capitalism beyond the stage of free competition, the capitalism of a few gigantic MNCs monopolizing investment, production, sales, trade and profits. Corporate executives, bureaucrats, bourgeois academic pedants and imperialist-funded NGOs have circulated the […]