Samir Amin the Implosion of Global Capitalism the Challenge for the Radical Left

Globalized capitalism – only yesterday having declared the "end of history" did not survive more than two decades before imploding. But what "other world" is being called forth to succeed it? Will capitalism enter a new phase in its deployment, less unbalanced globally and more centred in Asia and South America? Or will we see a truly polycentric world in which various popular democratic alternatives that arise are confronted by violent measures of capitalist restoration? The way to shed light on the nature of the ongoing systemic crisis is to return to a reading of the historical trajectory of capitalism. Such a debate opens the way for the radical left, if it can be bold, to be major catalysing forces for change, capable of advancing the emancipation of workers and peoples.