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Rossana Rossanda
DO SOMETHING LEFT WING. IT'S NOT AGAINST THE RULES
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The Left has arrived at the elections in a very bad state, something that could have been avoided. Even among the profound strategic differences that cannot and should not be removed, there are not objective obstacles to finding some element of reformist policy to work on. However, the main thing preventing this is the refusal of the governing Left to entertain neo-liberalism
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Luciana Castellina
FROM SEATTLE TO PORTO ALEGRE
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Pietro Ingrao
PUBLICANS AND PHARISEES
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Giorgio Nebbia
COWS, URANIUM AND GMO'S
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BSE, depleted uranium and biological engineering have, in the space of just a few weeks, brought the fragility of life on our planet to the forefront. Unfortunately, the ability to connect these phenomena is still lacking and the mechanism from which they originate - the domination of the market and profit - is not at all apparent.
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Michele Giorgio
LABOUR IN PIECES IN ISRAEL
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The heavy defeat at the Israeli elections on 6th February comes after long period in which the Labour party has drawn nearer to economic policy and social positions that have a more liberal edge. Rather than rethink the choices that are leading them to gradually disappear, the labourites, led by ex-premier Barak and with the full commitment of Shimon Perez have accepted an alliance offered by the strong position of the winner, Likud hard-liner, Ariel Sharon. And thus, peace with the Palestinians grows even further away.
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Jamil Hilal
HALF A STATE
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A reconstruction of the precedents that led the PLO to sign the Oslo agreements in 1994. In these there were provisions for the opening of negotiations between Israel and the PLO for the creation of an independent Palestinian state by May 1999. Instead, the continuous obstacles erected by Israel have prolonged the interim phase of Palestinian authority activity, which today exerts power over a territory that is much more restricted than that outlined in the demands by the PLO, far exceeding the limits fixed. Jamil Hilal describes the political and economic scene in the areas over which the Palestinian Authority governs, their social composition and the disequalities that are taking shape with the emergence of a new capitalist class. Reference is also made to the role Fatah, which has taken control of institutions including police and security apparatus, concluding with the questionable management of the aid provided by international donors.
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Giorgio Cremaschi
SIGNS OF A FIGHT, TRADE UNIONS PARALYSED
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Osvaldo Squassina
UNEVEN WAGES
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Maurizio Zipponi
CGIL: THE COURAGE TO TAKE A RISK
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Fulvio Perini
TRADE UNION AND PEACE
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Giampasquale Santomassimo
COMMUNISM IN THE PLURAL
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Alberto Burgio
THE EMPIRE OF COMMUNIST CAPITAL
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Joseph Halevi
ECONOMICS, A SCIENCE IN CRISIS
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Wang Hui
WHAT'S BREWING IN CHINA?
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A far-reaching interview with the editor of a widely-circulated magazine illustrates that, in spite of the authoritarian political system, an explicit political and cultural debate is developing. A debate which not only involves conservatives and liberals, but in which for the first time a new Left emerges that is radical and not nostalgic, marxist but not dogmatic .
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Giuseppe Chiarante
THE '56 OF AN IRREGULAR
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The discussion on a crucial moment in the history of the Communist movement continues. Chiarante attempts an original reconstruction of the positions that were being fought for in the Soviet Communist party at that time. He illustrates above all how, for the twenty years that followed, the Italian Communist party appeared to put off and be excessively careful in its relationship with the USSR, and yet it also displayed an extraodinary political and cultural vitality.
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