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How, why and when capitalism was restored in China

November 28, 2021by James Robb 3 Comments

Part 8 of China in the age of American decrepitude The overthrow of capitalism in China in the early 1950s took place under very unfavourable circumstances. From nearby Korea, US […]

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Bonapartism, China, Chinese revolution, communism, Cultural Revolution, education, frame-ups, Indonesia, Maoism, religion, Soviet Union, Stalinism, witch-hunts, working class

Donald Trump and the transition to Bonapartist rule

April 1, 2017by James Robb 7 Comments

The Twitter Bonaparte casts a shadow – second of two parts Donald Trump was elected to the US presidency in a world different in countless ways from the world of […]

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Bonapartism, capitalist state, class struggle, France, government spying, immigration, Marxist theory, United States, working class

Travels in Sabah, Kalimantan, Java, and Bali

Planet of the orangutans
At least there are still plenty of mudskippers
Indonesia’s silent tragedy
What a difference 37 years makes
Street Musicians of Jogjakarta
The icecream seller of Muara Muntai and the myna
Plundering the forests of Kalimantan
Stilt villages on Pulau Gaya
Palm-oil money and poverty in Kota Kinabalu
Oil palms in Sabah

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