Visitors are invited to review posts to the blog since July 16, 2013. The goal of the blog is to provide a foundation for understanding structures of colonial and neocolonial domination of the world-system and for understanding the revolutionary movements that have sought to develop alternative structures. The intention is to formulate an understanding of the essential characteristics of revolutionary processes, in order to contribute to the establishment of the subjective conditions necessary for a new popular revolution in the United States.
I provide here a review of the most important themes.
Epistemological reflections: “What is personal encounter?” 7/25/2013; “What is cross-horizon encounter?” 7/26/2013; “Overcoming the colonial denial” 7/29/2013.
The origin and development of the modern world-system: “What is a world-system?” 8/1/2013; “The modern world-economy” 8/2/2013; “Unequal exchange” 8/5/2013; “The origin of the modern world-economy” 8/6/2013; “Modernization of the West” 8/7/2013; “Conquest, gold, and Western development” 8/8/2013; “Consolidation of the world-economy, 1640-1815” 8/19/2013; “New peripheralization, 1750-1850” 8/20/2013; “The world-economy becomes global, 1815-1914” 8/21/2013.
Neocolonialism: “Neocolonialism in Africa and Asia” 9/11/2013; “Neocolonialism in Cuba and Latin America” 9/12/2013; “The neocolonial world-system” 9/13/2013; “The characteristics of neocolonialism” 9/16/2013.
U.S. imperialism: “The origin of US imperialist policies” 9/18/2013; “US Imperialism, 1903-1932” 9/19/2013; “Imperialism and the FDR New Deal” 9/20/2013; “The Cold War and Imperialism” 9/24/2013; “Kennedy and the Third World” 9/25/2013; “The Alliance for Progress” 9/26/2013; “US Imperialism in Latin America, 1963-76” 9/27/2013; “Imperialism falters in Vietnam” 9/30/2013; “Jimmy Carter” 10/1/2013; “Reaganism” 10/4/2013; “Imperialism as neoliberalism” 10/7/2013; “The “neocons” take control” 10/8/2013; “Obama: More continuity than change” 10/9/2013; “Imperialism as basic to foreign policy” 10/10/2013
Colonialism, semi-colonialism, and neocolonialism in Latin America: “The open veins of Latin America: Gold and silver” 8/16/2013; “Contradictions in colonial Latin America” 8/22/2013; “Semi-colonial Latin American republics” 8/23/2013; “Free trade in the 19th century” 8/26/2013; “The punishment of independent Paraguay” 8/27/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Sugar” 8/28/2013; “Indigo, coffee, and liberal reform” 9/2/2013; “The Open Veins of Latin America: Coffee” 9/4/2013; “Liberal reform in 19th century Honduras” 9/5/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Rubber” 9/6/2013; “The open veins of Latin America: Coffee, Part II” 10/14/2013; “The Open Veins of Latin America: Bananas” 10/15/2013; “The Underground Sources of Power” 10/16/2013; “Petroleum in Latin America” 10/17/2013; “Petroleum in Venezuela” 10/18/2013; “Copper in Chile” 10/22/2013; “Tin in Bolivia” 10/23/2013; “Iron in Venezuela and Brazil” 10/24/2013; “The natural resources of the periphery” 10/25/2013.
The American Revolution: “The US popular movement of 1775-77” 11/1/13; “American counterrevolution, 1777-87” 11/4/13; “Balance of power” 11/5/13; “Popular democracy” 11/6/13; “Social and economic rights” 11/7/13; “Right of nations to self-determination” 11/8/13; “The rights of women” 11/11/13; “Sustainable development” 11/12/13; “The limitations of American democracy” 11/13/13; “What is revolution?” 11/14/13.
The French Revolution: “Bourgeois revolution in France, 1787-1799” 11/25/2013; “The French Revolution in global context” 11/26/2013; “Class and the French Revolution” 11/27/2013; “Popular assemblies” 11/28/2013; “Popular militias” 11/30/2013; “Revolutionary Terror” 12/2/2013; “Revolution and religion” 12/3/2013; “History from below” 12/4/2013.
The Haitian Revolution: “Slave rebellion in Haiti” 12/9/2013; “Toussaint L’Ouverture” 12/10/2013; “The problem of dependency” 12/11/2013; “Toussaint seeks North-South cooperation” 12/12/2013; “Toussaint and racial conciliation” 12/13/2013; “Toussaint and revolutionary terror” 12/16/2013; “The isolation and poverty of Haiti” 12/17/2013; and “Lessons from the Haitian Revolution” 12/18/2013.