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| Islam
The green banner of Mohamed and the expansion of world trade“A century after the date when Muhammad, an obscure camel driver, had begun to gather around him in his house a few poor Meccans, his successors dominated the approaches of the Loire and the lands beyond the Indus, from Poitiers to Samarkand”. ... from now on, Islam – which was then the ideology of modernity - would govern the expansion of markets, and do so “from the decline of the Eastern Roman Empire until the rise of Venice, and even of England”. -> read article... |
| Review
Trotsky lives!Robert Service has written, to great acclaim, a new biography of Leon Trotsky. “Trotsky moved like a bright comet across the political sky,” Service tells us. -> read article... |
| Philippines
The Second Congress of the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (Mindanao)In September 2010, the Philippines section of the Fourth International, the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (Mindanao) (Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Mangagawa-Mindanao or RPM-M) held its party congress. The Fourth International was represented by one French and one Dutch member. A historical note by Pierre Rousset sets the scene. -> read article... |