Key Works

Imperialism and geopolitical disorder

Readings for the sessions on imperialism and geopolitical disorder: Lenin, the resolutions of the 15th and 17th World Congresses, Claudio Katz, David Harvey, Ellen Meiksins Wood, Gilbert Achcar, Peter Drucker and Pierre Rousset.

21 works, 5 of them on this site. Fourth International documents and the classics first, then by the number of teaching materials that cite them.

1. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of CapitalismV. I. Lenin · 1916 · external link · cited in 28 teaching materialsAlso: 4edu · marxists.org
2. Fourth International document Capitalist globalization, imperialisms, geopolitical chaos and their implicationsFourth International (17th World Congress) · 2018 · Document of the 17th World Congress · on this site · cited in 17 teaching materialsAlso: 4edu · International Viewpoint
3. Fourth International document A new world situationFourth International (15th World Congress) · 2003 · 15th World Congress · on this site · cited in 12 teaching materialsAlso: 4edu · archive.4edu
4. Report on the International SituationFrançois Sabado · 2011 · Europe Solidaire · on this site · cited in 4 teaching materialsAlso: International Viewpoint · ESSF
5. Fourth International document Down with the Gaddafi regime! Stop the imperialist intervention now! Support the Libyan revolution!Fourth International Bureau · 2011 · International Viewpoint · on this site · cited in 3 teaching materialsAlso: International Viewpoint
6. Fourth International document Report on the international situation (Introduction, IV, V and VI)Fourth International (International Committee) · 2021 · International Committee · on this site · cited in 3 teaching materialsAlso: fourth.international
7. Imperialism in the 21st CenturyClaudio Katz · 2002 · International Viewpoint no. 345 · external link · cited in 28 teaching materialsAlso: International Viewpoint
8. The 'New' Imperialism: Accumulation by DispossessionDavid Harvey · 2004 · external link · cited in 15 teaching materials
9. What could be the international implications of Donald Trump's election? Questions on the evolution of the global geopolitical situationPierre Rousset · 2016 · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 9 teaching materials
10. Chinese ambitions - An imperialism in formation (part I)Pierre Rousset · 2014 · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 8 teaching materialsAlso: ESSF
11. Imperialism TransformedPeter Drucker · 2022 · Against the Current · external link · cited in 7 teaching materials
12. Empire of CapitalEllen Meiksins Wood · 2003 · Verso · external link · cited in 6 teaching materials
13. Imperialism(s), Russia, China - a contribution to the debate centred on the historical contextPierre Rousset · 2022 · International Viewpoint · external link · cited in 4 teaching materialsAlso: International Viewpoint
14. Seven theses on the current period, the war and the anti-war movementGilbert Achcar · 2004 · Crimes of War: Iraq, ed. Falk, Gendzier, Lifton, Nation Books · external link · cited in 4 teaching materials
15. A new historical epochDaniel Bensaïd · 1995 · Portuguese text only · cited in 3 teaching materials
16. Anti-Fascism and the Fall of Atlanticist LiberalismGilbert Achcar · external link · cited in 3 teaching materials
17. Balance-sheet of U.S. ImperialismGilbert Achcar · 2008 · International Socialist Review 61 · archived copy · cited in 3 teaching materials
18. Multipolarity mantra authoritarianismThe India Forum · external link · cited in 3 teaching materials
19. The Wretched of the EarthFrantz Fanon · 1963 · Grove Press, New York · Spanish text only · cited in 3 teaching materials
20. The new imperialismDavid Harvey · 2003 · Oxford University Press · Spanish text only · cited in 3 teaching materials
21. Unity and StruggleAmilcar Cabral · 1979 · Monthly Review, New York · external link · cited in 3 teaching materials