LPSSE launch: Capitalism, Colonialism, Canada /w Bryan Palmer

In these uncertain and dangerous times, The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education (LPSSE) is a space to listen, discuss and challenge the contemporary relevance of socialism. The inaugural presentation … Watch video »

In these uncertain and dangerous times, The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education (LPSSE) is a space to listen, discuss and challenge the contemporary relevance of socialism. The inaugural presentation is by Bryan D. Palmer, Professor Emeritus at Trent University.

Introduction by Sam Gindin.

13:00 1500 to 1790: Capital Cravings and the Coming of Colonialism
20:50 1790 to 1890: Capitalism Consolidated; Colonialism Constricted
34:00 1890 to 1960: Capitalism Ascendant, Colonialism Extended, Resistance Restrained
44:05 1960 to 2022: Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Colonialism, and Capitalist Crisis

Recorded in Toronto, 13 January 2023.