periphery and global capitalist system [was: Putin and the left}

Chris Burford cburford at gn.apc.org
Wed Jan 29 23:54:14 PST 2003


At 30/01/03 15:47 +0300, Chris D forwarded:


>Rossiiskiye Vesti
>No. 2
>January 2003
>[translation from RIA Novosti for personal use only]
>PUTIN SHOULD RELY ON A DEMOCRATIC LEFT BLOC
>Mikhail DENISOV, Viktor MILITAREV


> The economic system created in Russia is a trap. ..... This system
>does not have self-improvement facilities because it is part of
>the global capitalist system, which prevents the periphery from
>reaching the standards of income comparable to those of the
>centre while shifting the burden of transition processes to the
>periphery.

Interesting, concise, formulation.

Chris Burford London



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