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Livio Maitan 1923-2004

2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

Italian revolutionary socialist and long time leading member of the Fourth International, Livio Maitan has died.

- IV361 e-Supplement - Autumn 2004 / Italy, Obituary, Fourth International

Livio Maitan - a man of different times

Lidia Cirillo — 2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

Livio Maitan was a man of different times, but not for reasons of age. Rather, he was a man of different times because he was an organic intellectual - a rare breed that, while not entirely extinct, has precious few surviving members.

- IV361 e-Supplement - Autumn 2004 / Italy, Obituary, Fourth International

The Case for an Alternative

Solidarity — 2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

The following is excerpted from the concluding section of the US socialist organization Solidarity's pamphlet “Bush's Wars, the 2004 Elections and the Movements”.

- IV361 e-Supplement - Autumn 2004 / United States (USA)

The Green Party and the 2004 election

Ann Menasche — 2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

In an election year when so many antiwar activists, progressives and even socialists are embracing the “anybody but Bush” (“ABB”) rationale for giving backhanded support to pro-war, pro-corporate John Kerry, the Green Party of the United States emerged from its June convention deeply divided.

- IV361 e-Supplement - Autumn 2004 / United States (USA)

Democracy Is the Key

Peter Camejo — 2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

This interview with Peter Camejo, Ralph Nader's running mate, was conducted by Ann Menasche for the US socialist journal “Against The Current”

- IV361 e-Supplement - Autumn 2004 / United States (USA)

The Mystery of the 2004 Elections

Peter Camejo — 2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

THERE IS A mystery to the 2004 presidential election; a silence has fallen on America regarding a glaring contradiction. As we enter the second half of 2004, there is massive popular opposition to the war in Iraq and to the USA Patriot Act — possibly a majority of Americans. Yet these same people are about to vote in overwhelming numbers for John Kerry for President.

- IV361 e-Supplement - Autumn 2004 / United States (USA)

Mass movement against social “reform”

Daniel Berger — 2004-10-16T00:00:00Z

During August 2004 a movement against reform of unemployment benefits exploded across Germany. Between August 2 and August 30 the number of demonstrators grew from 600 (in one town) to 140,000 (in nearly 200 towns).

- IV361 e-Supplement - Autumn 2004 / Germany