Jacobin Radio: Imperialism Today w/ Robert Brenner
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🗓️ 16 October 2024
⏱️ 83 minutes
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On October 8, the Boris Kagarlitsky International Solidarity Campaign held an online conference on “Boris Kagarlitsky and the Challenges of the Left.” Although Kagarlitsky is serving a five-year sentence in a Russian penal colony, he has just published a book called The Long Retreat: Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the Left. The conference addressed Kagarlitsky’s wide-ranging analysis of the left’s dilemmas in the face of multiple global crises, including the rise of right-wing authoritarianism. We will bring the whole conference to Jacobin Radio with a stellar lineup of international scholars and activists.
Today we hear the panel “Imperialism(s) Today,” looking at the nature of imperialism historically and in the present. Robert Brenner begins with the theory of imperialism from before WWI through the post-war period and up to the present, essentially arguing that in the present period of American hegemony, imperialism is the weapon of weaker powers. Ilya Matveev follows by examining three theorists of imperialism—Lenin, Schumpeter, and Mearsheimer—and looks at the Russian case through the lens of their different theories. Hanna Perekhoda, originally from Donetsk in the contested Donbas region, examines Putin's view of Ukraine as a creation by Russia's enemies. According to Putin, Lenin's support of the self-determination of Ukraine divided Russia, preventing it from becoming a leading power in the world. For proponents of this view, Russian sovereignty is under threat so long as Ukraine exists.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Jacobin Radio, I'm your host, Susie Weisman. On October 8th, the Boris Kagrulitski International Solidarity |
| 0:18.1 | campaign held an online conference on Boris Kagrulitsky and the challenges of the left. |
| 0:23.0 | Although Kagrulitsky is serving a five-year sentence in a Russian penal colony, |
| 0:28.0 | he has just published a book called The Long Retreat, |
| 0:31.0 | Strategies to Reverse the Decline of the left. This international conference |
| 0:34.8 | addressed the double aspect of Kagaliz's contribution, his wide-ranging analysis of the |
| 0:40.2 | left's dilemmas in the face of multiple global crises and the advance of the far right |
| 0:45.6 | and his resistance along with other persecuted anti-war activists in Russia to the authoritarianism |
| 0:51.6 | of Putin's regime. |
| 0:53.0 | We intend to bring the whole conference to beneath the surface |
| 0:56.0 | featuring stellar international scholars and activists. |
| 0:59.5 | And today we feature the panel on imperialism with speakers Robert Brenner, Iliumitveith, and Hannah Perrejoda. |
| 1:08.9 | We'll hear from them when our program returns in just a moment. |
| 1:12.6 | Welcome back to Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman |
| 1:25.0 | I'm Susie Weisman and very pleased to bring you |
| 1:28.2 | the panel on imperialism today in the International Conference in Solidarity with Boris Kagrelitzky. |
| 1:35.6 | This panel tries to understand the nature of his imperialism historically and in today's world |
| 1:41.3 | where Russian imperialism threatens Ukraine's very existence as a sovereign nation. |
| 1:46.4 | We begin with Robert Brenner, who looks at theory of imperialism from the period before World War I, |
| 1:52.8 | through the post-war period, and up to the present, |
| 1:55.5 | essentially arguing that in the present period |
| 1:58.2 | of American hegemony, |
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