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| World Social Forum
The WSF at the crossroads Report by Hubert to the Fourth International’s International Committee
Created in 2001, after two consecutive years of big mobilisations against the institutions symbolising neoliberal globalisation, the WSF began modestly (15,000 participants) at the first WSF in late January 2001 in Porto Alegre. The process then consolidated itself very rapidly, first in Latin America and in Europe (1st ESF in November 2002 in Florence) and reached South Asia in 2003 (1st Asian Social Forum in 2003 in Hyderabad). -> read article... |
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| Venezuela
The Challenge of Socialism in the 21st Century Some initial lessons from Venezuela
There is a tension at the heart of Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution. It’s been there for several years. It is the tension between the revolution’s anti-neoliberal and anti-imperialist achievements – which are undeniable – and its socialist promise – which remains just that, a promise. -> read article... |
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| Cuba Discussion
“The Battle of Ideas” and the Capitalist Transformation of the Cuban StateThe present state of Cuban society is critical. This is only palpable after having lived for a certain time in Cuba and in any case it is very difficult to come to this conclusion without possessing a level of information to which the average Cuban does not have access. -> read article... |
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