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  • From the archives

    Women Who Won The Right to Vote

    19 September 2013, by Joyce Cowley

    This article was published in the theoretical review Fourth International, Volume 16 No.2, Spring 1955, pp.48-56. This version is republished from the Marxist Internet Archive Encyclopedia of Trotskyism. Transcription & mark-up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.

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  • From the archives

    Women in the Chinese Revolution

    19 September 2013, by Frances Conway

    This article was published in the theoretical review Fourth International, Volume 12 No. 4, July-August 1951, pp.109-113. This version is republished from the Marxist International Archive Encyclopedia of Trotskyism. Transcription & mark-up by Einde O’Callaghan for ETOL.

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  • Obituary

    Idalberto Ferrera Acosta (1918-2013), Cuban Trotskyist

    19 September 2013, by Éric Toussaint

    Last July 2, 2013, Idalberto Ferrera Acosta, age 95, died in Havana. Idalberto devoted his entire life to the Revolution. In 1933-1934 he joined the Bolshevik-Leninist Party, the Cuban Trotskyist organization. He was a militant in the union and political movements in Guantanamo and Santiago de Cuba. The actions of Cuban Trotskyists were very important in the 1930s because they had significant influence in the unions in several regions in Cuba, particularly in the East (Guantanamo, site of the U.S. Navy base, and Santiago de Cuba) and in Havana [1]. Idalberto Ferrera made active contributions.

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  • Economy

    Banks versus the People: Parts 6-9

    9 September 2013, by Éric Toussaint

    IMF declarations that do not please European leaders

    In October 2012, the IMF provided a key explanation of why the crisis was getting worse in Europe. Its Research Department wrote that every euro cut from public spending would result in a .90 to 1.70 euro decrease in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Wolfgang Münchau, who is editorialist at the Financial Times, concludes that in this time of crisis a 3% fiscal adjustment (that is a 3% decrease in public spending) would produce a 4.5% decrease in GDP. Therefore, the current policies being pursued by European governments have been leading to a drop in economic activity making it impossible to decrease the amount of public debt.

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