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The Commune Lives

François Ollivier , Olivier Besancenot — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

Every day Argentina slides further into crisis. Industrial production fell by 20% in December. Tens of thousands of people are falling into poverty every day.

- IV338 - March 2002 / Argentina

Birth of our power

Ernesto Herrera — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

Some images recall the Paris Commune of 1871. Not because they are comparable events, of course, but because they bring to mind Marx's phrase, 'the political form at last discovered'. Pre-revolutionary crisis, dual power, revolutionary days, insurrectionary situation.

- IV338 - March 2002 / Argentina

Enron in Argentina

Andrew Pollack — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

Do a quick search of the Web on the terms Enron and Argentina and you mostly get either references comparing the two, or a recent satire in which Kenneth Lay claims immunity by claiming Enron IS Argentina. You might even stumble on the Mother Jones article detailing Dubya's lobbying of the Argentine government on behalf of Enron when he was governor of Texas.

- IV338 - March 2002 / Argentina

A great leap forward

Anne Leclerc , Emile Jourdin, Pierre Rousset — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

A great leap forward was made between the first World Social Forum (WSF) last year and the second, which took place in Brazil from January 31 to February 5, 2002. A new international solidarity was developed.

- IV338 - March 2002 / World, Social Forum

Resistance to neo-liberalism, war and militarism: for peace and social justice

2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the face of continuing deterioration in the living conditions of people, we, social movements from all around the world, have come together in the tens of thousands at the second World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. We are here in spite of the attempts to break our solidarity.

- IV338 - March 2002 / World, Social Forum

EnronOnline and the Not-So-New Economy

Andrew Pollack — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

ENRON, America's seventh largest company, has collapsed. The firm had lied about its profits and stands accused of a range of shady dealings. Enron had pushed hard for and profited mightily from deregulation of energy markets.

- IV338 - March 2002 / United States (USA)

Theses on Globalisation and the Palestinian Resistance

Dr Majed Nassar, Nassar Ibrahim — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Palestinian tragedy is the consequence of the imperial globalisation policy that is based on oppression, occupation and unlimited support for Israel in its regional aggression.

- IV338 - March 2002 / Palestine

Rhetoric and Repression

Maia Valecha — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

While the war rhetoric from the Indian and Pakistan governments continues, it is important to note that, since 1947 when British rulers left the subcontinent transferring power to the local bourgeoisie and creating two nations on the basis of religion, India and Pakistan have fought three full-fledged wars and a mini-war in 1999.

- IV338 - March 2002 / Kashmir

Will China shake the world?

Liu Yufan — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

Private business is rapidly replacing the public sector in China. Rapid economic growth and corruption is leading to huge social tensions. Will China present a challenge to US economic and political domination in the coming decades?

- IV338 - March 2002 / China

Foreign investment and capitalist enterprise

Catherine Samary — 2002-03-07T00:00:00Z

The privatisations and opening to foreign capital have been characterized systematically - from Albania to Russia, Romania and the Czech Republic - by recurring corruption scandals, rigged financial deals and privatisations of state functions.

- IV338 - March 2002 / Eastern Europe