The latest Green Left Show features Merck Maguddayao (Philippines), Suraendher Kumarr (Singapore), Gandipan Nantha Gopalan (Malaysia) and Jacob Andrewartha (Australia) in a round table discussion about imperialism in the Asia-Pacific, democracy and socialism.
William Jefferies is Senior Lecturer at SOAS University of London and author of the recently published War and the World Economy: Trade, Tech and Military Conflicts in a De-globalising World. Green Left’s Federico Fuentes spoke to Jefferies about imperialism today and why the period of globalisation is coming to an end.
In part two of our interview, Marxist humanist and political scientist Kevin B Anderson speaks to Federico Fuentes about why the world is becoming more bipolar (rather than multipolar) and the need for consistent anti-imperialism.
The United States and Britain are ensuring that tensions remain high in the Straits of Hormuz as they continue beating the drums of war against Iran.
The Third World countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America should form an alliance in order to “end imperialist domination,” Venezuelan vice-president Jorge Arreaza has said. Arreaza proposed a Third World alliance during a speech at the Asia-Africa Summit in Indonesia on April 25. Speaking as a special Latin American representative, Arreaza told the audience the alliance was needed to overthrow imperialism and end the unipolar system imposed on Southern nations.
