For most of our history, Australia’s enemies have never been on foreign shores. Rather, the real enemy of Australian working people was and is the ruling class that profits from imperialist ventures.

10 Things You Should Know About Imperialism

1. Imperialism

In 1917, Marxist Vladimir Lenin wrote Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. In this work, Lenin develops the Marxist understanding of Capitalism in the age of Imperialism. Imperialism has continued to develop in Capitalist societies and takes on many forms not bound by the traditional occupation and colonisation which took place in the 18th to the 20th centuries. Below are the most important examples of imperialism which have continued on into the modern day: