The US is an empire. Is it the only empire?

A new essay by John Bellamy Foster strawmans Marxist skeptics of the emerging world order.

John Bellamy Foster, writing for The Monthly Review, warns us about The New Denial of Imperialism on the Left. Well into the piece, however, it becomes clear that he’s taking aim at a very different position:

The interimperialist argument today depends on presenting the People’s Republic of China as an imperialist (and straightforwardly capitalist) powe…