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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.

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.

Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: The Rise of Chinese Capitalism

Chapter 1: China is Capitalist

Chapter 2: The Emergence of a New Great Power

Part II: Class, Social, and National Struggles

Chapter 3: Class Struggle in the Countryside, Cities, and Factories

Chapter 4: Feminist Resistance and the Crisis of Social Reproduction

Chapter 5: China’s National Questions

Part III: Imperial Rivalry and Crises of Global Capitalism

Chapter 6: The US v. China:The 21st Century’s Central Inter-Imperial Rivalry

Chapter 7: China and Global Capitalism’s Ecological and Climate Crises

Chapter 8: Pandemics in an Epoch of Imperial Rivalry

Part IV: International Solidarity from Below

Chapter 9: “China” in the US: The Roots and Nature of Diasporic Struggles

Conclusion: Neither Washington, Nor Beijing: International Solidarity Against Imperial Rivalry

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Zeitgeschichte & Politik
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: ab 1949
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9798888901007
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Lin, Kevin
Liu, Rosa
Friedman, Eli
Smith, Ashley
Hersteller: Haymarket Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 213 x 141 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Kevin Lin (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.06.2024
Gewicht: 0,272 kg
Artikel-ID: 127378467

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