Palestine: Hyper-Imperialism and the Global South

In the current phase of global politics, two distinct trends have emerged in relation to imperialism. On one hand, the consolidation of U.S. hegemony has fostered a deepening of Western dominance in global affairs, with economic, political, and military power being concentrated in the hands of a few elite nations. This has resulted in a form of geopolitical stratification that has been described as hyper-imperialism.

However, resistance to this hyper-imperialism has also emerged in regions such as Palestine and China, where struggles for sovereignty and autonomy have taken root. In Palestine, this has manifested through a long-standing fight against occupation, while in China, it has taken the form of resistance against Western attempts to limit its rise as a global power.

In this talk, Vijay Prashad considers the sense in which these two strands, though different in context and form, are part of a broader global challenge to hyper-imperialism.

This event is jointly hosted with the University of Western Australia Student Guild and the University of Western Australia Palestinian Cultural Society.

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