Abstract:We held the 'Revolutions' conference in 2017 to commemorate the Russian Revolution and redeem the actual record of revolutions in the Third World for the left. A quarter-century after the demise of the USSR, we found liberal capitalist triumphalism unwarranted. Two of the most important expectations to which it gave rise -that the world had become 'unipolar' and that it would enjoy a 'peace dividend' -remained unfulfilled. Instead, the world became multipolar and the West, led by the United States, engaged in … Show more
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