On Samir Amin’s Call for a Fifth International

Authors

  • Valentine M. Moghadam Northeastern University, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2019.953

Keywords:

Samir Amin, Fifth International, World Social Forum, Right-wing Populism

Abstract

In his prodigious output, from works on capitalist development to analyses of Islamist movements to involvement in the World Social Forum, Samir Amin’s was a consistent voice for struggle against capitalism’s domination of the world and its peoples.  In this brief essay I address his call for a shift from movement to organization, indeed, toward a kind of Fifth International (Amin 2018a) and explain why I endorse it.

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Published

2019-09-03

How to Cite

Moghadam, V. M. (2019). On Samir Amin’s Call for a Fifth International. Journal of World-Systems Research, 25(2), 270–279. https://doi.org/10.5195/jwsr.2019.953

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Vol. 25 No. 2 (2019): Summer/Fall 2019

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Forum: Samir Amin's Call for New International of Workers and Peoples

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