Leftist Reading: Lenin's Imperialism in the 21st Century, Part 1

This week’s reading is Lenin’s Imperialism in the 21st Century, part 1.This is our first in a short run of selected chapters from this book.The full book is available online here:https://iboninternational.org/download/lenins-imperialism-in-the-21st-century/This week – Chapter 1The Second Century of Imperialism:Neoliberal “Globalization” and Permanent War Project of Monopoly Capitalby Antonio Tujan Jr.• Establishment of US Economic Hegemony after WWII until 1970s – 03:59• Crisis of Monopoly Capital and the Rise of Neoliberalism – 13:31• Production Globalization – 26:49• Crisis of Neoliberalization and the Downward Spiral of Depression and War – 35:06Acronyms (in alphabetical order)APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian NationsEOI: Export-Oriented IndustrializationEPAs: Expanded Partnership AgreementsEU: European UnionFTA: Free Trade AgreementGATS: General Agreement on Trade in ServicesGATT: General Agreement on Tariffs and TradeGDP: Gross Domestic ProductIMF: International Monetary FundISI: Import-Substitution IndustrializationIBRD: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, later became the World BankLIEO: Labor-Intensive Export OrientedMAI: Multilateral Agreement on InvestmentMIA: Multilateral Investment AgreementNAFTA: North American Free Trade AgreementNAMA: Non-Agricultural Market AccessNATO: North Atlantic Treaty OrganisationNIEs: Newly Industrializing EconomiesODA: Official Development AssistanceOECD: The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentQE: Quantitative EasingRCEP: Regional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipSADC: Southern African Development CommunitySAPs: Structural Adjustment ProgramsSEZs: Special Export ZonesTPPA: Transpacific Partnership AgreementTRIPS: Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsTTIP: Transatlantic Trade and Investment PartnershipUK: United KingdomUN: United NationsUNCTAD: The United Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUNDP: United Nations Development ProgramUNRRA: UN Relief and Rehabilitation AdministrationUS: United States (of America)USSR: Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsWTO: World Trade OrganisationTables1 – 11:10<Table1.PNG>2 – 11:18<Table2.PNG>Figures1 – 32:05<Figure1.PNG>2 – 36:12<Figure2.PNG>Footnotes1. 04:06This section closely follows Harry Magdoff 1969.2. 06:42Magdoff 1969, 87.3. 07:48Nelson 1968, 11, quoted in Magdoff 1969.4. 08:15Eichengreen 2011.5. 12:51Ranis et al. 1974.6. 13:51Duménil and Levy 2004.7. 16:42Steger and Roy 2010.8. 17:13Lensink 1996.9. 21:53Williamson 1989.10. 24:20Humphreys 2001, 88‒101.11. 25:03Khor 1997.12. 27:02Credit for coining the term is often attributed to Theodore Levitt who used it in his article “Globalization of Markets,” in the May-June 1983 issue of the Harvard Business Review, though there are earlier uses.13. 28:20Tujan 1996, 10.14. 31:16Tujan 2010.15. 32:13Tujan and Verzola 2013.16. 32:52Tujan and Verzola 2013.17. 37:15Haldane 2015.18. 37:58Jubilee Debt Campaign 2017.