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Fra International Socialism Journal nr. 108

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Contents (ISJ 108, Autumn 2005)

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Notes on contributors (ISJ 108, Autumn 2005)

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Chris Harman: Analysis: Three faultlines

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This summer saw the clear emergence of another faultline in the world system, alongside those caused by the Bush government’s inability to crush the resistance in Iraq, and the rising wave of revolt in Latin America. The new faultline is in Western Europe. It is the subject of the opening section of this journal.

Stathis Kouvélakis: France: the triumph of the political

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The result of the French referendum on 29 May 2005 was immediately greeted in France, but also internationally, as a major political turning point rather than just another election result.

Stefan Bornost: Germany: the rise of the left

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After years of relative stability German politics is changing rapidly. Massive attacks on the welfare state have led to upheaval in the trade union movement, major splits in the reformist camp and a regrouping of the left.

Pepijn Brandon: A note on the Dutch referendum

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On 1 June 2005 a large majority of the Dutch electorate rejected the proposed EU constitution. With a 62 percent ‘No’ vote on a 63 percent turnout, the Dutch ‘No’ was even more pronounced than the French ‘No’ two days previously.

Jane Hardy + Andy Zebrowski: Poland and the new Europe

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Colin Barker: 25 years ago: The rise of Solidarnosc

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Ian Taylor: Respect: the view from below

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Interviews with candidates and activists from East London

Mike Gonzalez: Bolivia: the rising of the people

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Sérgio Dominguez + Rui Polly + Paulo Trinidade: The left and the crisis of the Lula government

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Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) government in Brazil was hit by a devastating political crisis over the summer.

Alex Callinicos: Imperialism and global political economy

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Irfan Habib: Critical notes on Edward Said

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Edward Said was rightly admired for his courageous opposition to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Consequently many on the left also accepted all the arguments of his book Orientalism, including its criticisms of Marx. But, argues the eminent Indian historian Irfan Habib, these are completely misplaced.

Chris Harman: Making sense of socialism today

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A review of Claudio Katz: "El Porvenir del Socialismo" (The Future of Socialism), Herramiento, Buenos Aires

Pete Glatter: 1905: The consciousness factor

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The first revolution to be based on the mass strike reached its peak exactly 100 years ago. Pete Glatter looks at the changes in consciousness that culminated in the formation of the world's first workers' council and an armed uprising.

Ian Birchall: Pierre Broué: A rare combination

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Pierre Broué (1926-2005) who died in July, was one of the most important historians in the revolutionary socialist tradition.

Neil Davidson: When history failed to turn (A review of Pierre Broué: "The German Revolution, 1917-1923")

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August Nimtz: Winning and losing (A review of Paul Foot: "The Vote: How It was Won and How It was Undermined", Viking, 2005, £25)

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Judy Cox: Putting Marx back in the picture (A review of Martha Gimenez and Lise Vogel (eds): "Science and Society Special Issue: Marxist-Feminist Thought Today", vol 69, no 1 (January 2005), £3.50)

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Any effective challenge to women’s oppression must be based on a Marxist analysis—that is the central argument of a special edition of the respected American left wing journal Science and Society.

Chris Harman: Half-explaining the crisis

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What is the explanation for neo-liberalism sweeping aside nearly all other ways of running a capitalist economy in the last quarter century?
(A review of Gérard Duménil and Dominique Lévy: "Capital Resurgent" (Harvard University Press, 2004), £35.95)

Anne Alexander: Mujahideen on mopeds (A review of Hugh Roberts: "The Battlefield: Algeria 1988-2002" (Verso, 2003), £17, and Luis Martinez, The Algerian Civil War (Hurst, 2000), £16.50)

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Gareth Jenkins: Engaging culture (A review of Alan Sinfield: "Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain" (Continuum, 2004), £9.99)

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John Newsinger: An inferior brew (A review of Neil Redfern: "Class or Nation: Communists, Imperialism and Two World Wars" (Tauris Academic Studies, 2005), £47.50)

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Academic discussion of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) has in recent years been dominated by attempts to minimise the organisation’s subordination to Moscow.

Chris Harman: Pick of the quarter

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A regular survey of articles which readers will find useful. Some, although by no means all, are available on the web.

James Woodcock: Feedback: Transport and climate change

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In the last issue of this journal Paul McGarr started a welcome debate on climate change. His analysis of the magnitude of the problem is spot on as are many of the solutions he proposes but I want to argue that a different kind of transport is both desirable and necessary.