Marxist sociologist and author William I Robinson speaks to 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes about how contradictions between a globally integrated economy and a nation-state-based system help explain, among other things, rising US-China tensions.
Corporate globalisation
Author, economist and political activist Michael Roberts spoke to 91自拍论坛鈥檚 Federico Fuentes about the realities of imperialism today and how much 鈥 or how little 鈥 has changed since Vladimir Lenin wrote his book on the subject.
In Part 2 of our interview, John Smith, author of Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation聽and Capitalism鈥檚 Final Crisis, discusses Russia, China, multipolarity and anti-imperialism today with 91自拍论坛's Federico Fuentes.
Peter Boyle reflects on the political significance and lessons from the epic S11 blockade of the World Economic Forum in 2000.
Recent weeks have brought to the fore two main issues concerning US President Donald Trump.
The first was his doubling down on one central theme of his election campaign 鈥 economic nationalism. This was found in his charge that most of the rest of the world is somehow 鈥渆xploiting鈥 the United States 鈥 and he will fight back.
The second is his drive to establish himself as an authoritarian president, the 鈥渟trongman鈥 who can take on the dysfunction in the two capitalist parties that dominate US politics.
The 鈥淏ig Four鈥 record companies, already responsible for more than 80% of album sales on the planet, may be on the verge of becoming the 鈥淏ig Three鈥.
On May 6, Warner Music Group was sold to Ukrainian-American tycoon Leonard Blavatnik.
Warner is the world's third largest record company. Blavatnik 鈥 the world's 80th richest man 鈥 is also rumored to have his sights set on number four EMI.
If that sale comes to pass, it will create the largest music label in history.
Terrorism and the Economy 鈥 How the War on Terror is Bankrupting the World
By Loretta Napoleoni
Seven Stories Press, 176 pages
Review by Thomas Kollmann
With no end in sight to operations in Afghanistan, an incisive review of how the much-hyped international events of the last nine years have led us there is very welcome.
Economist Loretta Napoleoni is renowned for throwing light on the murky world of the financing of terrorist groups.