Session: 3/3

When: Wednesday, November 12th at 1:30 PM

Where: Sooke Library Multipurpose Room​​, 6671 Wadams Way

Email sookeregionlifelonglearning@gmail.com to register!

This three-part program will attempt to facilitate an understanding of the form, content, and mechanics of colonial and neocolonial exploitation in the framework of global imperialism and capitalist decay. We’ll focus on the following:

• What is the motive force behind colonial exploitation?

• How does the ideological justification for colonialism relate to its economic dynamics?

• How did earlier forms of colonialism differ from later forms?

• Under what conditions were anticolonial movements able to achieve successes against European empires? Have those conditions changed?

• Have former colonies and semi-colonies maintained political and economic independence? Have standards of living risen or fallen in recent years, and why?