A Problem of the Transition to Socialism: The Relation between Less Developed and More Developed Capitalist Countries

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John Clarke, former major organizer for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, recently posted the following:

There are general considerations that come into play when we consider how a socialist society would develop. Obviously, no detailed blueprint can be drawn up ahead of time but there are obvious questions that would have to be addressed. One of the big ones is how we would actually deal with the vast global inequalities and exploitative arrangements that the imperialist system has put in place. A post I put up yesterday on tourism got me thinking along these lines.

Right now, hundreds of thousands of people in countries like Canada head south in jets and ships to enjoy holidays in poor and oppressed countries. The whole operation reinforces inequality, exploitation and environmental degradation. Yet, workers and communities in these countries are forced to depend on this oppressive arrangement. No serious working class internationalism could exist side by side with this horror.

The question of how we would dismantle this vile set up and what we would replace it with is an example of the complex and challenging period of world wide social transform that lies ahead of us.
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I come from a working-class background. My lost paid job was a teacher, substituting for a number of years before obtaining a permanent position. I obtained my doctorate in 2009. I am an unapologetic critic of capitalism and the way in which various institutions and ideologies reinforce it.

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