Posted on April 22, 2009 by adamfreedom
Could the ever deepening financial crisis lead the US or other powerful nations into civil war or some other type of major internal conflict? Clearly large sections of the population feel a strong disillusionment if not outright disgust with capitalism as a system. Even my mother says “Now maybe we need some socialism” because what we have [...]
Filed under: Article Repost, current events | Tagged: civil war, economic crisis, republic windows and doors, Tea Party protests, Texas Governor, The Real News, Wallerstein | Leave a Comment »
Posted on February 16, 2009 by adamfreedom
Lenin cleans house, but I think he missed a spot
Rough Draft
What is the best way to understand what we call imperialism, which is basically the economic and political relationship between the first and third world? Lenin has been the main starting point around this question for most on the revolutionary left. Are there basic [...]
Filed under: Left Organizations, Marxism, Theory | Tagged: capitalism, colonialism, core zones, Imperialism, Lenin, periphery zones, third world, Wallerstein | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 16, 2009 by adamfreedom
Notes on Wallerstein’s “Historical Capitalism”
Why the hell do I find Wallerstein so interesting? To be honest, when close friends have told me that I’ve been stuck on him for the last year or so, they are absolutely right. So now I aim to explain to them and others why this is the case and why [...]
Filed under: Theory, the left | Tagged: anti-systemic movements, hegemony, historical capitalism, Imperialism, revolution, the commodification of everything, unequal exchange, Wallerstein, World Systems Analysis | 1 Comment »
