Amy Goodman
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African Economist Samir Amin on the World Social Forum, Globalization & the Barbarism of Capitalism
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15:42Now PlayingAs tens of thousands gather for the World Social Forum in Tunis, Tunisia, we speak to one of the most prominent radical thinkers in Africa the Egyptianborn economist Samir Amin. He is considered one of Africa's leading political economists and was one of the pioneers of describing modern human history from the perspective of the Third World, arguing that the countries of the South were not latecomers to capitalism, but were integrated into the global economy from the start in a position of dependency to the rich, industrialized North. He is presently director of the Third World Forum in Dakar, Senegal considered a precursor to the World Social Forum and since 1997, has been the chair of the World Forum for Alternatives. Amin has written thousands of journal articles and opinion pieces as well as more than 30 books with titles such as "Imperialism and Unequal Development," "Global HistoryA View from the South" and "The Liberal VirusPermanent War and the Americanization of the World." The historian Ama Biney says Amin is "an intellectual titan in the canon of African radical thought."
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