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Towards a European left party

François Vercammen — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

On the eve of the European Social Forum, Italy's Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) organized a two-day meeting (on November 5-6, 2002). On the agenda: the EU and the question of war, social and citizens' rights, an economic perspective and a political alternative; and a proposal for a European political party.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Europe, New parties of the left

"If not now, when?"

Rifondazione - PRC — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

The document 'Contribution of the PRC to the Discussion on a European Alternative Left' starts from the new world situation, where 'the first war of the epoch of globalization, a policy of global and permanent war' is posed.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Europe, New parties of the left, Social Forum

Birth of a new European social movement

François Vercammen — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

The European Social Forum held in Florence in November 2002 will go down in the history of the workers' movement.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Europe, Social Forum

Final documents of the European Social Forum

European Social Movements — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the Europan Social Forum a meeting of the social movements made two calls - opposition to a Europe based on neo-liberalism, and for an end to war!

- IV346 - December 2002 / Europe, Social Forum

Europe: a new phase

Flavia d'Angeli , Olivier Besancenot — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

Flavia d'Angeli is a member of the national leadership of the Partito della Rifondazione Comunista of Italy and Olivier Besancenot was candidate for the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (LCR - French section of the Fourth International) at the French presidential elections in 2002. Shortly before the European Social Forum, they spoke about their hopes for the event.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Europe, New parties of the left, Social Forum

A popular victory

Democracia Socialista — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

The result of the elections of October 2002 represents a great shift in the relationship of forces in Brazilian society. The Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT - Workers' Party) won the Presidency of the Republic, electing Lula with 61% of the votes, and became the biggest party in the National Congress with 91 deputies and 14 senators. The victory of the PT was a popular victory and a serious defeat for neo-liberalism.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Brazil

Towards the 3rd World Social Forum

Eduardo Mancuso — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

The World Social Forum in Porto Alegre is a political space under construction - a space for developing alternatives and resistance to neo-liberal globalization and imperialism. It's a process of convergence, linking up social movements, NGOs, critical intellectuals, new political vanguards and radical activists.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Brazil

The caudillo and the class struggle

Corriente Democracia Socialista — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

Former army colonel Lucio Gutiérrez was elected as president of Ecuador on November 24, 2002. The following statement was adopted by the Corriente Democracia Socialista (Ecuadorian section of the Fourth International) following the first round of the elections on October 20, 2002.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Ecuador

"A period whose outcome is open"

Corriente de Izquierda — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

At a time of the debacle of neo-liberalism and a loss of governmental legitimacy coinciding with a growth of workers', popular and student struggles, the Third Congress of Uruguay's 'Corriente de Izquierda' (CI) was held on September 14-15, 2002. The CI has 350 activists and some 800 members. It groups radical left militants of diverse origins (Trotskyists, Tupamaros, independents).

- IV346 - December 2002 / Uruguay

Solidarity across the Rhine

Alain Baron — 2002-12-14T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of September in Germany, when the federal electoral campaign entered its final phase and all eyes were on the floods in the east of the country, a veritable social bomb exploded: France Télécom announced its intention to cease financial support for its subsidiary, MobilCom.

- IV346 - December 2002 / Europe