—Riley, 8 April 2014 In her 20 March ”Reply to Roxie on Russian Investment” Barbara took up Roxie’s earlier challenge that “if a parallel could be proven today – that Russia is pumping value...
Examining Recent Trends in Foreign Investment — Decker, 27 March 2014 Russia inherited much of its economic base from the Soviet Union, which by unplugging from global capitalism and employing centralized planning was able...
Barbara, 20 March 2014 As promised, here is a link to the document which contains the tables I showed you at the last London local meeting – the whole document is worth reading:...
—Breitman, 23 March 2014 It seems to me that the current discussion is at heart not simply one of different perceptions of what Russia is and how she can be best categorised, given the...
—Lichtenberg, 12 March 2014 Nobody disputes that Russia has some investments in Ukraine. It is also clear that the trade balance between Russia and Ukraine is in Russia’s favor. If Russia is really the...
—Draft for discussion, Barbara, Bill, Josh, 5 March 2014 The following draft was circulated and discussed prior to the 2014 Conference, but neither voted on nor published. The Nimps considered that the following passage...
—Dorn, 25 February 2014 (with interpolated comments by Riley, 2 March 2014) The conflict in Syria allows us to look very concretely at the role Russia plays in the world and whether Marxists should...
—Logan, 18 September 2013, with Riley’s 26 October 2013 interpolations 1. In the very weak state the IBT now finds itself in, our failure to either resolve the argument about Russian imperialism or to...
Reply to Decker/Dorn on ‘Russian Imperialism’ —Riley, 15 July 2013 “…the concrete analysis of the concrete situation is not an opposite of ‘pure’ theory, but – on the contrary – it is the...
19 June 2013 Dear comrades, We have not been convinced by Tom’s document to change our position on the imperialist character of Russia. Aside from dismissing major sectors of the economy and failing to...