Globalisation: Uneven and Combined Capitalist Development /5

Elif Çağlı, 2 June 2005

The period of colonial expansionism of capitalism was accompanied by wars and territorial annexations driven by the ambition of the great powers to acquire ever larger colonies. The economic characteristic of this period was the increasing export of commodities to foreign markets, the import of cheap raw materials...

published on 18 January 2024

Globalisation: Uneven and Combined Capitalist Development /4

Elif Çağlı, 2 June 2005

One of the issues that needs to be carefully examined today is the view that imperialism, or globalisation as it is now called, is holding back underdeveloped countries and regions. Does the dominant position of capitalist countries, which are much more economically developed and powerful, really have a

published on 26 December 2023

On "Turkish-type" Civil Fascism

2 January 2017

When we remember the two forms of fascism, namely military and civilian fascism, it is clear that, unlike Turkey's past experiences, what we are experiencing is a civilian type of fascism, not a military one. In contrast with the 12 September military fascism, the regime that is currently being established did not...

published on 18 November 2023

Globalisation: Uneven and Combined Capitalist Development /3

Elif Çağlı, 2 June 2005

Capitalism, which proceeds on the basis of the struggle of opposing tendencies, exhibits an uneven and combined development. This mode of production proceeds at different rates of development in enterprises, sectors and countries, and this unevenness is the motive force for the expansion and spread of...

published on 15 November 2023
From Bonapartism to Fascism

Preface

Elif Çağlı, 23 August 2004

It is clear that the analysis of the bourgeois state and its different forms is of central importance in Marxist theory. Based on the problems in this field, Marxist circles have over the years conducted debates and took different approaches. The differences in analyses on the extraordinary forms of rule of the...

published on 27 October 2023

Solidarity Actions for the Palestinian People Spread Across the World

Marksist Tutum, 26 October 2023

Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, massacre of thousands of Palestinians, and the intensification of its attacks following Hamas’ rocket attacks are being protested in many countries with demonstrations attended by hundreds of thousands of people. Despite the bans ordered by the governments that support Israel, 300...

published on 26 October 2023
From Bonapartism to Fascism

Part 3

Elif Çağlı, August 2004

The form of establishment of the bourgeois order in Turkey has completely different characteristics than the development process of the bourgeois order in the Western European countries, where the classic examples of bourgeois revolutions are seen. In France, for instance, bourgeois development began yet in the...

published on 20 October 2023

From Bonapartism to Fascism

A Marxist Analysis of Extraordinary Bourgeois Regimes
Elif Çağlı, August 2004

In this book, Elif Çağlı, by taking into consideration a wide range of experiences ranging from Louise Bonaparte's experience of 18 Brumaire during the Marx era in France to the Bismarck era in Germany, from Italian and German fascism to Spain and Portugal, from Greece to Latin America, reveals the forms and...

published on 20 October 2023

Globalisation: Uneven and Combined Capitalist Development /2

Elif Çağlı, 2 June 2005

Although capitalist development gradually created a single world market, this mode of production initially emerged only in a region with certain conditions, the West, where feudalism flourished. It is well known that human history does not have a uniform line of progress. While the feudal mode of production...

published on 18 October 2023

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