BRICS and the New American Imperialism

Vishwas Satgar (Author, Editor) Vishwas Satgar, a democratic eco-socialist, is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. He edits the Democratic Marxism series and is the principal investigator for the Emancipatory Futures Studies in the Anthropocene project.Ferrial Adam (Author) Ferrial Adam is an environmental justice activist and is presently working towards her PhD on citizen science and environmental justice in South Africa's water sector.Samir Amin (Author) Samir Amin was one of Africa's leading Marxists and world-systems analysts. He is well known for his work on non-Eurocentric Marxism, imperial rent, the global monopoly phase of capitalism, delinking; his call for a Fifth International of workers and peoples and his anti-imperialism.Patrick Bond (Author) Patrick Bond is Professor of Political Economy in the School of Governance at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.William K Carroll (Author) William K Carroll is Professor of Sociology at the University of Victoria and is co-director of the Corporate Mapping Project.Christopher Chase-Dunn (Author) Christopher Chase-Dunn is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Research on World-Systems at the University of California.Alexander Gallas (Author) Alexander Gallas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Kassel, Germany.Ana Garcia (Author) Ana Garcia is Professor of International Relations at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro and a visiting scholar in the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.Karina Kato (Author) Karina Kato is Professor in the Postgraduate Programme on Development, Agriculture and Society (CPDA) at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro.Nivedita Majumdar (Author) Nivedita Majumdar is Associate Professor of English at John Jay College, City University of New York.Keamogetswe Seipato (Author) Keamogetswe Seipato is the co-ordinator of the Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power that is based at the Alternative Information and Development Centre in Cape Town.

• Tables and FiguresAcknowledgementsAcronyms and AbbreviationsChapter 1 Old and New Imperialism: The End of US Domination? – Vishwas SatgarPart I: Global Crisis, BRICS and RivalryChapter 2 Fossil Capital, Imperialism and the Global Corporate Elite – William K. Carroll Chapter 3 Water Wars in the World and South Africa – Ferrial AdamChapter 4 Subimperial BRICS Enter the Bolsonaro-Putin-Modi-Xi-Ramaphosa Era – Patrick BondChapter 5 A Road to Development? The Nacala Corridor at the Intersection between Brazilian and Global Investments – Ana Garcia and Karina KatoPart II: Global ResistanceChapter 6 The Vessel: An Alternative Strategy for the Global Left – Christopher Chase-Dunn Chapter 7 Towards the Fifth International? – Samir AminChapter 8 The Campaign to Dismantle Transnational Corporations – Keamogetswe SeipatoChapter 9 Mass Strikes in a Global Conjuncture of Crisis: A Luxemburgian Analysis – Alexander GallasChapter 10 The Novel in a Time of Neoliberalism – Nivedita MajumdarConclusion – Vishwas SatgarContributorsIndex

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