An article on the website of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal begins: "Imperialism is constant for capitalism. But it passes through various phases as the system evolves. At present the world is experiencing a new age of imperialism marked by a US grand strategy of global domination. One indication of how things have changed is that the US military is now truly global in its operations with permanent bases on every continent, including Africa, where a new scramble for control is taking place focused on oil."