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Bolivian Government Authorizes Workers to Take Over Closed or Abandoned Firms
On October 7, President Evo Morales issued a government decree that allows workers to establish “social enterprises” in businesses that are bankrupt, winding up, or unjustifiably closed or abandoned. These … Keep reading »
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What Future for Social Democracy?
On 9 September 2013, a red-green alliance led by the social democratic Labour Party lost the Norwegian general elections. Only two weeks later, the German Social Democrats (SPD) only came … Keep reading »
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Forget the Welfare State?
The welfare state has been under pressure since the mid-1980s and the onset of neoliberal economic policies across Europe. Capital has used the current crisis to intensify this pressure further. … Keep reading »
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Prospects for a Continental Workers’ Movement: A Friendly Debate
The two articles that follow are part of a debate on the prospects and problems of building international working-class solidarity and struggle. They focus on these issues for the case … Keep reading »
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Agrarian Sovereignty and the Agrarian Question
As activists and scholar-practitioners from around the world gathered in New Haven, Connecticut last weekend at the Food Sovereignty conference to debate the future of the world food system, it … Keep reading »
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The Norwegian National Election
Europe’s Most Leftist Government Defeated by Right-Wing Coalition The red-green coalition government in Norway, whose political platform when it took power in 2005 was called the most progressive in Europe, experienced … Keep reading »
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The German Election, 2013
Interview with Katja Kipping, co-chair of Die Linke Stefan Huth (SH): The national election is in full swing – how has it been going for Die Linke so far? Which issues … Keep reading »
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How Occupation Was Dressed Up as Peace
Interview with Ali Abunimah The “peace process” between Israel and the Palestinians that began with the signing of accords in Oslo, Norway, 20 years ago this month was widely celebrated at … Keep reading »
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AFL-CIO Convention: Leaving Existing Members Behind?
As American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) leaders packed up to leave Los Angeles last Wednesday, they basked in the glow of favourable media coverage of … Keep reading »
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A Week in August in South Africa
The Factions in COSATU, Economic Fear-Mongering and the State We’re In It is reported that Lenin once observed that there are decades when nothing happens and then there are weeks … Keep reading »
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Beyond the Economic Crisis: The Crisis In Trade Unionism
Discussions on the left about the economy might be summarized as warning that things are going to get a lot worse before they get…worse. This is not just a matter … Keep reading »
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Contested Reproduction and the Contradictions of Socialism
This essay is from a talk given to the Centre for Political Emancipation in Belgrade, Serbia on 6 May 2013. It can also be seen on YouTube. Some Explanations About … Keep reading »