On Tuesday July 24, 2001, the National Assembly of social, territorial and unemployed organizations took place in La Matanza, in the Province of Buenos Aires. The assembly had been planned for more than a year but the political crisis unleashed by the 7th adjustment undertaken by the government in only a year and a half precipitated its convocation.
Colonialism and the Death Penalty
14 October 2001, byThe Federal Death Penalty Act of 1994 approved by the United States provides for the application of the death penalty in a series of newly defined federal crimes. In Puerto Rico, this law has provoked a wide debate: a discussion which combines the issue of capital punishment with questions arising from the specific colonial status of Puerto Rico.
Basque rights and Spanish democracy
14 October 2001, byThe Basque elections saw a confrontation between two opposed nationalisms: the nationalism of reconquest of the Spanish state and the Basque nationalism of resistance.
Ecology debate
14 October 2001The International Executive Committee (IEC) of the Fourth International meeting in October 2000 adopted a draft resolution on "Ecology and Socialism" which was published in IV 327. The IEC decided that the text should be discussed publicly in the press of the international. We publish below three contributions to this debate.
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