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'''Compradors''' are a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] class in [[Colonialism|colonized]] and [[Neocolonialism|neocolonized]] countries that collaborates with foreign [[Imperialism|imperialists]]. Compradors are often descendants of the [[Feudalism|feudal]] lords that were rich and influential before colonization. In some [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] countries that lack a comprador class, a group of neo-compradors arises that does not control the [[means of production]] but acts on the behalf of [[Imperial core|Western imperialist]] [[NGO|NGOs]] such as the [[National Endowment for Democracy|NED]] and attempts to organize [[Colour revolution|color revolutions]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Sammy Ismail|newspaper=Al Mayadeen|title=Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism|date=2023-02-02|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203170148/https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism|archive-date=2023-02-03|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref> | '''Compradors''' are a [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]] class in [[Colonialism|colonized]] and [[Neocolonialism|neocolonized]] countries that collaborates with foreign [[Imperialism|imperialists]]. Compradors are often descendants of the [[Feudalism|feudal]] lords that were rich and influential before colonization. In some [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] countries that lack a comprador class, a group of neo-compradors arises that does not control the [[means of production]] but acts on the behalf of [[Imperial core|Western imperialist]] [[NGO|NGOs]] such as the [[National Endowment for Democracy|NED]] and attempts to organize [[Colour revolution|color revolutions]].<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Sammy Ismail|newspaper=Al Mayadeen|title=Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism|date=2023-02-02|url=https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203170148/https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/neo-compradors:-the-leftist-foot-soldiers-of-imperialism|archive-date=2023-02-03|retrieved=2023-02-05}}</ref> | ||
== Etymology == | |||
The term 'comprador' comes from Portuguese and referred to Asians who lived in ports and bought goods for the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] to hold them until more ships arrived to load them.<ref name=":02">{{Citation|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]|year=2017|title=Red Star over the Third World|chapter=Enemy of Imperialism|page=76|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacecu7gb2ei65us6ip3r2ugcgkblneqcftbm456mb6bzvprkbqk55qm?filename=Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20Red%20Star%20Over%20the%20Third%20World-LeftWord%20Books%20%282018%29.pdf|city=New Delhi|publisher=LeftWord Books}}</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 17 June 2023
Compradors are a bourgeois class in colonized and neocolonized countries that collaborates with foreign imperialists. Compradors are often descendants of the feudal lords that were rich and influential before colonization. In some anti-imperialist countries that lack a comprador class, a group of neo-compradors arises that does not control the means of production but acts on the behalf of Western imperialist NGOs such as the NED and attempts to organize color revolutions.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The term 'comprador' comes from Portuguese and referred to Asians who lived in ports and bought goods for the Portuguese to hold them until more ships arrived to load them.[2]
By country[edit | edit source]
Iran[edit | edit source]
British colonialists appointed the Pahlavi dynasty to control Iran's oil supply. The last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was overthrown in 1979, and a new anti-imperialist government took power and executed the comprador capitalists in revolutionary courts.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sammy Ismail (2023-02-02). "Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism" Al Mayadeen. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
- ↑ Vijay Prashad (2017). Red Star over the Third World: 'Enemy of Imperialism' (p. 76). [PDF] New Delhi: LeftWord Books.