In-depth with Jared Ball and Brian Becker: imperialism in Lenin’s time and ours

Feb 11, 2016

Dr. Jared Ball of The Real News network interviews author and organizer Brian Becker about the PSL’s recent book Imperialism in the 21st Century: Updating Lenin’s Theory a Century Later, which can be ordered here.

Dr. Ball and Becker talked about Lenin’s theory of imperialism and its relationship to the world today, differences between revolutionary and “democratic” socialism, and how the PSL views the current stage of imperialism in comparison to the time of Lenin’s writing.
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