N°  7  June 2000 Sommario (in italian) By The Editors THE SECOND SHOCK     About the Pintor's Proposal   After the regional elections and the referendum, it is even more necessary to take stock of the state of the Italian Left. This means thinking about where and how to start rebuilding it. In doing so, the unavoidable debate of the "alternative Left" launched by the proposal of Luigi Pintor must be dealt with. Points of view from four comrades who currently adopt different positions are offered in this edition. Giampasquale Santomassimo IF NOT NOW, WHEN?   Dino Greco STARTING FROM WORK   Paolo Cacciari A LABORATORY IN THE LAGOON   Giuseppe Chiarante UNITY BASED ON WHAT?     Germany and Great Britain   Lucio Magri THE THIRD WAY PUT TO THE TEST WITH THE ELECTIONS     Joseph A. Buttigieg THE AMERICAN LEFT'S ARCHIPELAGO   An American academic in the Marx/Gramsci mould analyses the current radical Left in the USA, which can be characterised by a tendency towards militant resumption and an increase in movements, while still paying the price for the fragmentation of experince and culture. Seattle provides hope yet also poses some problems. However, this is only the beginning.   Tariq Ali CITIZEN KEN   Louis Haddad CHINA AND THE ASIAN CRISIS   Luigi Cavallaro HOW NEW IS THE NEW ECONOMY?   Renato Parascandolo THE GOOD THING ABOUT PUBLIC TV     Analytical Dialogue in Tragic Times   Doriano Fasoli THE FREUD-ZWEIG'S CORRESPONDENCE   Roberto Giusti NO MAN'S LAND     Confusal Dispute about MGO   Marcello Buiatti BIOTECHNOLOGY, WHEAT AND THE CHAFF     A Session of the UNO about the Women   Laura Mentasti WHAT A WORLD     A Report of the World Bank   Guglielmo Ragozzino THE VOICELESS VOICE   Poverty is dealt with in the inquiry by the World Bank. By using many resources and with unusual openess, those who live in poverty have their say and recount what it means for the under-privileged masses. They tell of how poverty should be tackled and the difficulties created by decay when seeking a way out.   Aldo Bonomi e Marco Revelli REPLYING TO ROSSANA ROSSANDA   As a further development to the debate on militancy in the twentieth century which was raised in Carta, the authors maintain that the prevailing system cannot be challenged today if a specific field of politics is not rejected. In expressing the lives and projections of individuals, this can be done by rebuilding experiences and ideas from the grassroots. This summary has links to the Italian titles and where possible, with the version in its original language