World Economy
World economy: New shocks cast cloud over recovery
The recovery in the world economy continues to assume an anaemic character.
Comment & Analysis
Comment & Analysis
Review: How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World by Francis Wheen
Among members of the Socialist Party, Francis Wheen is certainly most widely known as the author of an excellent biography of Karl Marx. Equally worth reading is his latest work, How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World.
World Economy
World currencies: Turbulent times ahead?
Eurozone leaders attending the recent G7 summit of finance ministers from the richest capitalist nations let out a howl of impotent anguish. The statement issued after their meeting (7/8 February) at Boca Raton, Florida, deplored […]
Comment & Analysis
world social forum: Mumbai – the politics of the wsf and socialism
Intervening in the World Social Forum in Mumbai was very much like intervening in one six day-long demonstration. The activity was more or less constant from eight in the morning until nine or ten at […]
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Film review: Goodbye Lenin
Goodbye Lenin is a political love story set in East Germany (GDR) around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
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world social forum, Mumbai: Mass struggle to overthrow imperialism and capitalism
A socialist world is possible and necessary
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world social forum, Mumbai: Anti-imperialism grows worldwide
Growing resistance against US imperialism worldwide was reflected in almost every meeting, demonstration, placard and badge at the World Social Forum in Mumbai.
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World social forum, Mumbai: Struggling for socialism in Sri Lanka
What kind of conditions do workers and young people face in your area?
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world social forum, Mumbai: Mumbai against Bush
Banners, posters and slogans against Bush and his war on Iraq were prominent in Mumbai (India) on 21st January.
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world social forum, Mumbai: No workers’ alternative in Indian election
"Many multinational corporations feel their mouths water at the mention of the opening up of the Indian economy. India offers a good ground for plunder. Even if only 10 per cent of the population of […]