Third World liberation movements were the strongest contemporary force for radical change

Evidence

In Marx’s theory of capitalism, the proletariat is not always and necessarily revolutionary. It was not revolutionary in the period of manufacture, becoming so only as a consequence of the introduction of machinery in the industrial revolution. The long-run effects of machinery, however, are different from the immediate effects. If the revolutionary opportunities of the early period of modern industry are missed, the proletariat of an industrializing country tends to become less and less revolutionary. This does not mean, however, that Marx’s contention that capitalism produces its own gravediggers is wrong. … If we consider capitalism as a global system … we see that it is divided into a handful of exploiting countries and a much more numerous and populous group of exploited countries. The masses in these exploited dependencies constitute a force in the global capitalist system which is revolutionary in the same sense and for the same reasons that Marx considered the proletariat of the early period of modern industry to be revolutionary. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2217 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

The Third World’s perceived radicalism generated a sense of alarm in certain quarters that helped mobilize support for positions and policies that were being advocated in some academic and political circles. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1735 (#responds-to, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Perceived Third World radicalism mobilized support for counter-revolutionary economics — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1735; Haitian revolutionaries equaled or surpassed contemporary European resistance movements.; Third World peoples powered the critique Western Marxism could not sustain (+4 more)

Related

• Third World masses revive the revolutionary role the industrial proletariat lost (similarity 0.87)
• Perceived Third World radicalism mobilized support for counter-revolutionary economics (similarity 0.85)
• Eurocentric Marxism could not grasp Third World revolutionary forces (similarity 0.79)
• The Third World remains a career opportunity for those it supposedly liberates. (similarity 0.78)
• Marxian theory is structurally unable to grasp modern imperialism (similarity 0.78)
• Marx treated exploited colonial masses as revolutionary only in early industrialization windows (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Perceived Third World radicalism mobilized support for counter-revolutionary economics #responds-to (0.85) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1735
• Third World peoples powered the critique Western Marxism could not sustain #corroborates (0.85)
• Third World masses revive the revolutionary role the industrial proletariat lost #corroborates (0.85) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2217
• Haitian revolutionaries equaled or surpassed contemporary European resistance movements. #corroborates (0.80)
• Committed nonviolent resistance defeated major oppressive regimes in the 20th century #contradicts (0.80)
• The Third World debt crisis secured neoliberalism’s victory in development discourse #responds-to (0.80) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1816
• Nonviolent mass action handed liberation to the petit bourgeoisie #contradicts (0.80)