The Protracted Conflict

End of Neocolonialism?

Marxist theory in this century has been much concerned with the phenomena of “imperialism” and “colonialism,” and Marxist political leaders have stressed the role of “the struggle against colonialism” in the international socialist revolution. The great fortresses of world capitalism, the Marxists taught, sustained their vigor by sucking the blood of their subject colonies. If the colonies liberated themselves, therefore, even if they did not dosoona socialist platform, this would fatally undermine the economic and strategic foundations of the capitalistimperialist powers and ripen them for overthrow.

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End of Neocolonialism?

Marxist theory in this century has been much concerned with the phenomena of “imperialism” and “colonialism,” and Marxist political leaders have stressed the role of “the struggle against colonialism” in the international socialist revolution. The great fortresses of world capitalism, the Marxists taught, sustained their vigor by sucking the blood of their subject colonies. If the colonies liberated themselves, therefore, even if they did not dosoona socialist platform, this would fatally undermine the economic and strategic foundations of the capitalistimperialist powers and ripen them for overthrow.