Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

China in Global Capitalism

Building International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry

Av Kevin Lin, Rosa Liu, Eli Friedman, Ashley Smith

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As the rivalry between the US and China enters a dangerous new phase, reaffirming the politics of anti-imperialism is a task more important than ever.From trade wars and pandemic politics to rioting workers, intercontinental balloons, and battles over TikTok, the US media tends to present contemporary China—when it’s discussed at all—in sensationalist terms. This portrayal has only intensified as China’s relationship with the United States has grown increasingly hostile. Whether in the form of overtly racist rhetoric and aggressive trade actions, or the more buttoned down but equally antagonistic efforts to oppose Chinese interests abroad, the US has made clear that it has no interest in giving up its position as global hegemon. This seemingly endless cycle of nationalism, jingoism, and reactionary politics on both sides of the Pacific suggests a downward spiral that could plausibly result in catastrophic military confrontation.Against Imperialism forcefully makes the case that workers and socially marginalized people in both the US and China must oppose our rulers’ claims that they have our best interests in mind as they ratchet up their rivalry. Rather, if we’re to avert nuclear calamity, we must oppose imperialism in all its forms, and regardless of its source and rhetoric.Through snapshots of China’s growing social movements—from its labor struggles to feminist campaigns, and more—Lin, Liu, Friedman, and Smith provide some of the building blocks we’ll need to construct a movement that centers international solidarity across borders.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2024-06-11
Mått: 139 x 215 x 14 mm
Vikt: 399 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 224
Förlag: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 9798888901380

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Kevin Lin is a researcher focusing on labor and employment relations, collective actions, and civil society in China. He is based in Hong Kong. Rosa Liu is a writer and activist based in China. Eli Friedman is associate professor and chair of international and comparative labor at Cornell University’s ILR School. He is the author of Insurgency Trap: Labor Politics in Postsocialist China and coeditor of the English edition of China on Strike: Narratives of Workers’ Resistance. He splits his time between the US and China. Ashley Smith is a socialist writer and activist in Burlington, Vermont. He has written in numerous publications including Truthout, The International Socialist Review, Socialist Worker, Jacobin, New Politics, Against the Current, and many other online and print publications.

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"Books of the Year 2025," —Michael Roberts Blog"This volume is a powerful reminder of the complexity of China and the need to stop indulging in hackneyed analyses of this vast country and its amazing people." —Counter Currents"Understanding China is essential to understanding 21st century capitalism – and how to fight it. As Friedman et al argue, ‘the left must not allow the borders of the nation state to confine our political imagination; our organizing must be as international as global capitalism itself.’ [China in Global Capitalism offers] crucial contributions towards building an internationalist and anti-imperialist left opposed to all forms of exploitation and oppression." —Charlie Hore, RS21

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