Imperialism and Transitions to Socialism
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This collection of essays is designed to shed light on the issues of imperialism and the transitions to socialism. Written by eighteen contributors, from twelve countries and three continents, it is organized into two main parts. The first section delves into the theoretical aspects, the analysis of which is key for understanding the subject under consideration. The second part of the volume is focused on the examination of practical experiences of socialist transition, more or less advanced and with varying degrees of success, in China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil.
Imperialism and Transitions to Socialism argues that countries wanting to embark on a socialist transition is not only a response to a spirit of justice, but also an answer to the call of reason: it is a question of survival for humanity, and for life. Socialism is not just a word, it is a struggle. It is not an end, but a transition process, long and difficult, that can take many paths towards the liberation of labour from the domination of capital. It is socialism, a society of solidarity, which walks with history.
PART I. THEORETICAL ELEMENTS
- Chapter 1. Abstract Labour and Imperialism; Fabien Trémeau
- Chapter 2. Imperialism and Working-Class Agency; John Smith
- Chapter 3. The Imperialist Multinational: Concentration, Fiction or Rent?; Andy Higginbottom
- Chapter 4. Unequal Exchange and Global Value Chains; Andrea Ricci
- Chapter 5. The Transition Towards a Post-Capitalist Economic Rationality; Wim Dierckxsens, Andrés Piqueras, and Walter Formento
- Chapter 6. Study on the Evolution of China’s Economic Structure (from 1952 to 2014) – Analysis of the Role of Profit Rate by Impulse Response Functions; Zhiming Long and Rémy Herrera
- PART II. PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES
- Chapter 7. Land Revolution and Local Governance: Socialist Transformation in China; Sit Tsui, Erebus Wong, Lau Kin Chi, and Wen Tiejun
- Chapter 8. Imperialism and Transition to Socialism in Vietnam; Tran Dac Loi
- Chapter 9. A Testimony on the “Juche” Thought in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; Kinhide Mushakoji
- Chapter 10. Imperialism and the Transition to Socialism in Cuba; Al Campbell
- Chapter 11. The Venezuelan Oil and the U.S. Imperialism (1920-2020); Hemmi Croes
- Chapter 12. The Citizens’ Revolution in Ecuador and U.S. Imperialism; Constantin Lopez
- Chapter 13. Impeachment and the Conflicting Relationship Between the Dilma Rousseff Government and the National Congress; Leonardo Loureiro Nunes
Rémy Herrera is a French Economist and Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS).