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  Theory & Marxism

  Trotsky: Trotsky’s relevance today

  May 5, 2000 This article is based on a speech made by Peter Taaffe in Belgium in April 2000.

  SIXTY YEARS AGO this August, Stalin’s hit man, Raymond Mercader, murdered the greatest living revolutionary of that time, Leon Trotsky. It was not just the Trotskyists who felt the terrible blow of his death but [...]

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  Theory & Marxism

  Trotsky: The assassination of Trotsky

  May 5, 2000 Lynn Walsh, editor of Socialism Today, journal of the Socialist Party, CWI in England and Wales.

  Sixty years ago, the dictator Stalin orchestrated the murder of Leon Trotsky, exiled and isolated in Mexico. Stalin was motivated not merely by personal rivalry and malice but by the ruling bureaucracy’s need to crush [...]

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  Theory & Marxism

  Trotsky: Index

  May 5, 2000 CWI

  To commemorate the contribution of Leon Trotsky in building the workers’ movement internationally, we print here three articles which look at different aspects of his political work. Their publication mark the sixtieth anniversary of the [...]

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  Our activity

  cwi: analysis – Global Capitalist Turmoil And The Future For Socialism

  May 5, 2000 CWI statement

  THE CWI, Committee for a Workers’ International, sends May Day greetings to the working class and oppressed peoples of the world.

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  Ecuador

  Ecuador: Uprising – The struggle continues

  April 3, 2000 Tony Saunois, April 2000

  The ‘dollarisation’ of the Ecuadorian currency, that was implemented during the week beginning 13th of March immediately sparked new protests and strikes. Demonstrations by students, workers and peasants were called on the 16th of March [...]