Basics of the Three

Basics
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 US Imperialism

“Sick and tired of the lies/So your plans I have to spoil/

Tell the truth about the war/We over there killin' for oil.”
-Do D.A.T.
 Meaning of Imperialism
• Neo-imperialism, armies no longer needed, • “Advanced” Readings
money now adequate for control.
– Amin, Imperialism and Unequal
• “Imperialism is not necessarily direct formal
Development (Monthly Review Press,
control of one country by another, but the
economic exploitation of one by another.” 1977).
• “The super-exploitation of poor countries allows – Fanon, A Dying Colonialism (Grove Press,
the capitalist industrial nations to keep some of 1994).
their own workers content with slightly higher – Lenin. Imperialism: The Highest Stage of
living standards. Capitalism (Resistance Books, 1999).
• JoMa stated that unless America • “Basic” Readings
“engaged in imperialist expansion, the
– Blum, Rogue State: Third Edition (Zed
American ruling class of monopoly
Books, 2006).
capitalist would not be able to cope even
temporarily with the crisis of – Petras, et. al. Empire with Imperialism
overproduction. Imperialism is the last (Zed Books, 2005).
way out for the monopoly capitalist to
postpone their revolutionary overthrow.”
 Bogus Independence &
Unequal Treaties
• Heavy US investment in the Philippines
after “independence.”
• Laurel-Langley Agreement.
• US-RP Mutual Defense Treaty.
 US Monopoly Control in
the Philippines
• US control of investment in banks,
natural resources, and other major
industries.
 Feudalism

“A mass of nameless at the oasis/That hides the graves beneath the master's hill/
Are buried for drinking/The rivers water while/Shackled to the the line at the empty well.”
-Zach de la Roca, Rage Against the Machine
 Meaning of Feudalism
• JoMa states, “Feudalism is a mode of production in which the
principle forces of production are the peasants and the land
which they till and the relations of production are basically
characterized by landlord oppression and exploitation of the
peasantry.”
• Readings
– “Advanced”
• Sison, Philippine Society and Revolution (Ta Kung Pao,
1971).
• Ibid. Philippine Economy and Politics (Aklat ng Bayan, 2002).
– “Basic”
• Rosca, Jose Maria Sison: At Home in the World, Protrait of a
Revolutionary (Open Hand Publishing, 2004).
 Characteristics of
Feudalism
• Landlords
– Own vast cultivable land.
• Peasants/tenants
– Rent plots or live on
landlords’ land.
– Till land for landlord.
– Put into share cropping.
• Hacienda system
– Large-scale cultivation of
commercial crops.
– Specialization in
agriculture in different
areas (food is exported).
• Sham land reform
– Land grabbing and
resettlement.
• Extent of feudal and
semi-feudal exploitation
• Political power of the
landlord class
– Land rent and usury
– Slave wage farm labor
– Political connections
Bureaucrat Capitalism

“Never snitch to the locals or the feds/See they tryna break us off so
they don't have to break bread/Cause Uncle Same ain't the baker,
he's the butcher…
Stop flyin Ol’ Glory man, cut it down/If your job ain’t payin right, shut it
down.”
-Boots Riley, The Coup
 Meaning of Bureaucrat
Capitalism
• The Philippines is ruled by a party system
which is run by elites and is used to benefit
the elite and advance their agenda.
• Readings
– “Advanced”
• Harvey, Limits of Capital (Verso, 2006).
– “Basic”
• Appignanesi, Marx for Beginners (Panthenon Books, 1979).
• Mandel, An Introduction to Marxist Economic Theory
(Resistance Books, 2002).
• Singer, Marx: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University
Press, 2000).
 Sources of Graft and
Corruption
• Money bribes. • Foreign capital and
• Political favors. corporations.
• Competing US,
• Landed class and
Japanese, and
elites go to Chinese interests.
government. • Use fascist polices
Government elites to stay in power.
go back to landed – PNP and AFP
class. abductions, anti-
terrorism laws, etc.