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.
Topic: africa
2006
2006
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…
2004
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…
2004
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,…
2003
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…
2002
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…
2001
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…
2001
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…
2000
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…
1999
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…