Michael Pröbsting
Trump’s new National Security Strategy outlines US imperialism’s policy for a multi-polar world
Michael Pröbsting — Trump’s new National Security Strategy is not only a crucial document for understanding the current state of US imperialism; it closes a debate that began with the onset of a new historic period in 2008/09.
Michael Pröbsting — While Foster and Ness make correct criticisms of left-wing authors who ignore imperialist superexploitation of semicolonial countries, both fail to understand the essence of the Marxist theory of imperialism.
Imperialism: ‘Antagonistic cooperation’ or antagonistic contradictions? A reply to Promise Li
Michael Pröbsting — Imperialism today is not a system characterised by “antagonistic cooperation” but rather by antagonistic contradictions.
Age of ‘Empire’ or age of imperialism? A reply to Claudio Katz
Michael Pröbsting — Contrary to Claudio Katz’s claims that world capitalism is domination of a single US-led “Empire”, it continues to be characterised by inter-imperialist rivalry.
On the transformation of social property relations under China’s party-state regime
Michael Pröbsting outlines how Marxist state theory accounts for China’s political regime overseeing one mode of production and then facilitated its transformation into another.
Michael Pröbsting — The rapid process of capitalist development in China and its rise as an imperialist power is one of the most important questions for Marxists today.
Lenin on Serbia’s role in World War I: A useful analogy for the current Ukraine war?
Michael Pröbsting looks at Lenin’s actual position on the defence of Serbia in World War I and why it is wrong to apply it to the Ukraine War today.
Western imperialism’s ideological crisis
Michael Pröbsting — There are glaring and growing contradictions between the official ideological justifications and actual foreign policies of Western imperialism.
Michael Pröbsting — Developments in the second decade of the twentieth century demonstrated that a dominating currency does not guarantee the hegemonic role of a declining Great Power.
Michael Pröbsting — The struggle against imperialist aggression and wars has always been an elementary feature of the revolutionary program in modern times.
The Global South has become the focus of inter-imperialist rivalry
Michael Pröbsting — We have entered a historic period where several imperialist Great Powers are rivalling for hegemony. This development is accelerating global instability, wars and economic crisis.
Egypt: EU, IMF prop up General Sisi dictatorship
Michael Pröbsting — Why are imperialist powers so eager to give billions of US Dollars to Egypt’s regime? The answer lies in the nature of dictatorship