Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin's Theory a Century Later 9780991030323, 099103032X

Includes translation of Lenin's 1916 pamphlet, "Imperialism: the highest stage of capitalism," with his 1

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Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin's Theory a Century Later
 9780991030323, 099103032X

Table of contents :
Imperialism in the 21st century. Learning from Lenin's 'Imperialism' 100 years later
From inter-imperialist war to global class war
The unipolar era of imperialism and its potential undoing
The social basis for opportunism and for defeating it --
Imperialism : the highest stage of capitalism. Preface
Preface to the French and German editions
Concentration of production and monopolies
Banks and their new role
Finance capital and the financial oligarchy
Export of capital
Division of the world among capitalist associations
Division of the world among the great powers
Imperialism as a special stage of capitalism
Parasitism and decay of capitalism
Critique of imperialism
The place of imperialism in history.

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