Watch this interview in Russian on YouTube.
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In this interview for a Russian Marxist YouTube channel, Comrade Joti Brar explains our party’s viewpoint on why we do not consider China or Russia to be imperialist powers and what we see as the main goal of the foreign policy of both countries.
She and her interviewer, Katerina Kirbireva, discuss questions of imperialism, anti-imperialism and socialism in today’s world, and Joti also introduces the CPGB-ML to a Russian audience, explaining our party’s aims and detailing how and why the lives of British workers are getting worse every year in this time of deep and deepening capitalist overproduction crisis.
The Russian video can be viewed and downloaded on Katerina’s Telegram channel.
The original English version is available at The Communists Telegram channel.
00:36 Is Russia guilty of waging an aggressive war in Ukraine?
09:04 What is the essential lie at the heart of the ‘imperialist pyramid’ theory?
11:22 How can we tell whether China is an imperialist state?
14:10 Has China enslaved Africa?
17:15 What is worrying about the marketisation of China’s economy?
21:32 Deng Xaoiping was a capitalist roader
25:46 Why are the imperialists using proxy forces in their wars today?
32:23 Why do Trotskyites and liberals have the same essential programme?
44:46 How do we make an objective assessment of the character of Russian society and economy today?
49:52 Why was the World Anti-Imperialist Platform founded? What is it for?
54:37 What effect have austerity and inflation had on the living standards of ordinary workers in Britain?
01:02:41 How has public sentiment shifted in Britain in recent years? What effect have wars and poverty had on the ability of the ruling class to maintain the facade of British democracy? What impact has the Gaza genocide had on the British working class’s view of politicians, media and the imperialist system generally?
01:07:47 How do we overcome workers’ fear of the seemingly all-powerful state machine and instil a sense of confidence in our collective power and ability?
