{"product_id":"with-a-few-exceptions-colonialism-is-over","title":"With a Few Exceptions, Colonialism is Over: Capitalism from Global Conquest to Contemporary Class Rule","description":"\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eIn a narrative analysis of how capitalism came to be and how the logic of capital accumulation came to dominate the world, Kenny Lake’s \u003cem\u003eWith a Few Exceptions, Colonialism Is Over\u003c\/em\u003e challenges conventional wisdom within Marxism, postmodernism, and neodevelopmentalism. Marxist false optimism in capitalist crisis and the notion that capitalism became imperialist in the late 19th century are subjected to criticism. Postmodernists are excoriated for their failed attempts to analyze contemporary reality through the prism of capitalism’s past use of (settler-)colonialism. Neodevelopmentalists are ridiculed for their faith that capital accumulation in the hands of some power other than the US\u003cbr\u003ewill pave the way for liberation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eLake’s critiques of Marxism, postmodernism, and neodevelopmentalism serve to point out the capitulationist logic behind erroneous analysis of capitalism’s motion and development. \u003cem\u003eWith a Few Exceptions, Colonialism Is Over\u003c\/em\u003e is about knowing our enemy so we can defeat them on the battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goingagainstthetide.org\/2024\/10\/06\/israel-imperialisms-necessary-aberration-in-a-postcolonial-world\/\"\u003eIntroduction: Israel, imperialism’s necessary aberration in a postcolonial world\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goingagainstthetide.org\/2024\/10\/06\/capitalism-in-global-conquest-1492-1945\/\"\u003ePart 1: Capitalism in global conquest (1492–1945)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goingagainstthetide.org\/2024\/12\/17\/capitalism-keeps-on-rockin-in-the-free-world-1945-1975\/\"\u003ePart 2: Capitalism keeps on rockin’ in the free world (1945–1975)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/goingagainstthetide.org\/2025\/04\/07\/capitalism-in-triumph-and-trepidation-1975-present\/\"\u003ePart 3: Capitalism in triumph and trepidation (1975–present)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Going Against the Tide","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44906659512413,"sku":"GATT-CIO","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/colonialism_cover_web.png?v=1786742413","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/en-us\/products\/with-a-few-exceptions-colonialism-is-over","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}