GAIC: Radicalism (August 15)

Recommended content:

1. "A Brief Introduction to Marxism".

2. "Critical Theory" by James Bohman

3. "How Privileged Are You?" Quiz by Buzzfeed

4. Pages 93-101 of the textbook.

5. Key points:

Key actors	Social classes, transnational elites, multinational corporations, social minorities
View of the Individual	Actions determined by economic class and social status
View of the state	An agent of the structure of international capitalism, the executing agent of the White, patriarchal bourgeoisie
View of the international system	Highly stratified, dominated by the capitalist system
Beliefs about change	The objective
Major theorists	Hobson (imperialism as an economic tool of the elites), Marx (The Capital and the Communist Manifesto), Wallerstein (World-System theory), Lenin (empires as a stage in history)
Power	The elites have it and must be fought for it