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Militarism and imperialism in the 21st century

Claude Serfati — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

The relationship between militarism, war and capitalism has a new relevance at the beginning of the 21st century. This 'war without limits', the new political programme adopted by the Bush Administration, marks a significant change.

- IV348 - March 2003 / War drive/Anti-war movements

Against the machine

Gilbert Achcar — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

Anthony Bégrand interviewed Gilbert Achcar for the French revolutionary socialist newspaper, 'Rouge'.

- IV348 - March 2003 / War drive/Anti-war movements

Towards a new International?

Michael Löwy — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

The 'Fifth International' is not the "spectre haunting Europe and the world" of which Marx wrote in the 'Communist Manifesto', but is an idea that is beginning to circulate.

- IV348 - March 2003 / Debate section

The two souls of Lula's government

João Machado — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

Lula's victory has been celebrated as a great popular victory in Brazil and in Latin America in general. After all its not every day that a trade unionist and workers' leader is elected as president, somebody who is a popular leader and the main organizer of a mass party of the left.

- IV348 - March 2003 / Brazil

Some facts and figures

João Machado — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

When the presidential electoral campaign opened, Brazil was on the verge of defaulting on the payment of its foreign debt.

- IV348 - March 2003 / Brazil

Between 'argentinazo' and 'Lula effect'

Ernesto Herrera — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

If in the streets of Venezuela a decisive political and social confrontation is unfolding, the experience of the Argentine events and Lula's victory in the Brazilian presidential elections once again poses strategic questions for the left and the social movements.

- IV348 - March 2003 / Latin America

Taking the capitalist road

Roland Lew — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

The 16th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) took place in mid- November. It has become a routine and well-controlled event, held at a fixed date (every five years), which was far from the case in the past (Congresses were held in 1928, 1945, 1956 and then 1969, subsequently becoming more regular). It has also become a non-event: it took place apparently as predicted and, more strikingly, as predicted for several years. The headlines of the world's newspapers proclaimed that 'the Chinese party Congress has embraced capitalism'.

- IV348 - March 2003 / China

Wang Fanxi

Gregor Benton, Pierre Rousset — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

On December 30, 2002, the Chinese Trotskyist leader Wang Fanxi died of heart failure in Leeds, Britain, aged 95. Born in Xiashi near Hangzhou in 1907, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1925, abandoning his literature studies at Beijing University for the revolution. In 1931, he was expelled from the CCP and helped set up the Left Opposition led by Chen Duxiu, the CCP's founder and a giant of modern Chinese thought and letters.

- IV348 - March 2003 / Obituary, Fourth International, China

From the Resistance to the new movements

Fausto Bertinotti, Livio Maitan — 2003-03-07T00:00:00Z

Livio Maitan, a regular contributor to 'International Viewpoint', has just published La strada percorsa - Dalla Resistanza ai nuovi movimenti: lettura critica e scelte alternative ("The Road Taken - From the Resistance to the New Movements: A Critical Reading and Alternative Options"), with a preface by Fausto Bertinotti.

- IV348 - March 2003 / Italy, Reviews