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Socialist Revolution and Latin American Unity

Zbigniew Marcin Kowalewski — 2005-04-30T15:33:50Z

Zbigniew Kowalewski analyses the formation of multiple states in Latin America as a consequence of the defeats of bourgeois democratic revolutions before these states were born, and argues that the development of the Latin American revolution will pose again the unity of the continent, in the perspective of permanent revolution.

- IV366 - April 2005 / Latin America

How the Sri Lankan government has used the tsunami...

Vickramabahu Karunarathne — 2005-04-30T00:00:00Z

Does the development strategy undertaken by the Alliance government after the Tsunami have any relevance to the avoidance of catastrophes, as some would want us to believe? Do their plans for radical change in the socio-economic set up really aim to resurrect the lives of the people?

- IV366 - April 2005 / Sri Lanka

The challenge of the anti-capitalist Left

Salvatore Cannavò — 2005-04-28T18:51:55Z

Salvatore Cannavo argues that in making its turn towards a governmental alliance with the centre-left "Union", Italian Communist Refoundation has abandoned its priority to the social movements and its ambition of creating a third, militantly anti-capitalist, force in Italian politics.

- IV366 - April 2005 / Italy, New parties of the left

Â¡Cochabamba! - Story of the Water Wars

Phil Hearse — 2005-04-24T17:28:11Z

A new book on the water struggle in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba casts new light on a key battle, and raises fundamental questions of strategy for popular struggles.

- IV366 - April 2005 / Bolivia, Reviews

The Center Left, Nationalism and Socialism

Claudio Katz — 2005-04-24T12:27:16Z

Claudio Katz looks at the meaning of the new governments in Latin America, especially those in Brazil, Venezuela and Argentia, and asks what they mean for the hopes and struggles of the poor and oppressed.

- IV366 - April 2005 / Latin America

Approaching a political turning point

François Sabado — 2005-04-20T19:03:17Z

LCR leader Francois Sabado says that May's referendum has the potential for a major shift in the French political terrain.

- IV366 - April 2005 / France

The Breakthrough for the Left Bloc

Pedro Sales — 2005-04-20T18:42:59Z

In the elections that were held on February 20th, Portugal turned left. The Socialist Party has an absolute majority in Parliament, the Portuguese Communist Party slowed down its irreversible decline and the Left Bloc made an unprecedented breakthrough, going from 3 to 8 MPs.

- IV366 - April 2005 / Portugal

Vietnam: 30 Years After

Tuan — 2005-04-02T10:54:30Z

Thirty years after the victory of the Vietnamese national liberation struggle, IV's sister magazine Inprecor (Paris) interviews Tuan, a Vietnamese of French nationality, who goes back every year to his native country to rediscover many friends and acquaintances.

- IV366 - April 2005 / Vietnam

The assassination of Hariri and the Sorcerer's Apprentice

Camile Dagher — 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On February 14th, 2005, Rafic Hariri, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, was assassinated in a horrible crime that resulted in dozens of innocent deaths and injuries, and huge destruction of the hotels and other buildings in the vicinity. The reverberations from the explosion are still continuing, and will probably continue for years to come.

- IV366 - April 2005 / MENA (Middle East/North Africa)

IV366 - April 2005 PDF

2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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- IV366 - April 2005 / PDF