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| 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... |
| Russia
The workers’ and trade-union movement in 2009: consolidation and dispersionAt the beginning of 2009 Russian workers took the crisis in a rather passive way, even though in May-July we witnessed a surge of activity, initially in the form of an explosion of street actions and other forms of protest that were fairly uncontrolled and not envisaged by the legislation on the resolution of work-related conflicts. Subsequently, we saw a slow but persistent growth in the number of industrial disputes, with many more meetings being held. The increase in tensions was expressed outside the public space, including by individual acts (hunger strikes, sit-down strikes and even, sometimes, suicides). -> read article... |
| Economy
The debate on the rate of profitA polemic on the rate of profit has developed over the last few months. This article seeks to review this debate which turns around four essential questions. -> read article... |
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