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: anti-imperialist
2006
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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…
2006
The monopoly bourgeoisie maximizes its profits right at the workplace by reducing the wage fund for the workers while increasing capital for the plant, equipment and raw materials.…
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In the second half of the 19th century, a germinal modern industrial proletariat emerged in the colonial and feudal Philippines under Spain. The machines for modern industry and…
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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…
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Since the founding of the ILPS in 2001, the crisis of the world capitalist system has worsened in a big way. No less than the United States has…
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The Problem: Chronic Financial Crisis The subject of chronic financial crisis in the Philippines is complex enough. But the puppet politicians and their retinue of economists and propagandists…
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The Filipino youth have always played a crucial role in the Filipino people’s struggle for national liberation and democracy. They are in the forefront, whenever the national and…
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The Phenomenon of War as Concomitant of Imperialism Let me speak first on the relationship of modern imperialism and war. Free competition capitalism reached the apex of its…
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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,…