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, by KATZ Claudio
The call to build socialism of the twenty-first century has re-opened the strategic discussion on the Latin American left. Once again characterizations of socialism and courses of action are being analyzed to advance the socialist objective.
This reflection includes six large themes: material (…)
, by BRABAZON Honor, BROGAN Peter, ROBINSON William I.
In September of 2006 Honor Brabazon and Peter Brogan interviewed Robinson for Upping the Anti (www.leftturn.org). In this interview Robinson traverses a wide terrain, from an in-depth historical summation of the sweeping structural changes that have occurred in Latin America over the past few (…)
, by BENSAÏD Daniel
This article takes up issues arising in a discussion on revolutionary strategy to be found in the LCR’s theoretical journal Critique Communiste in March 2006 [1] and continued at a seminar in Paris in June. Other participants included the editor of Critique Communiste Antoine Artous, LCR (…)
, by BENSAÏD Daniel, Praxis
Eight years ago, on January 12, 2010, Daniel Bensaïd passed away. We republish here a not very well-known but thought-provoking interview, which he gave to the Argentinian review Praxis in May 2006. In the piece he develops the idea that neoliberal globalization makes it necessary for (…)
, by HOUTART François
This is the text of a conference given at the meeting, “No to the FTAA – another America is possible” on 11 April 2006 at Havana.
The meeting: “No to the FTAA (ALCA) – another America is possible” has become a tradition and is part of a strategy of presenting the new historical subject to (…)
, by BELLO Walden
“AN ARMY OF THE PEOPLE”
That something interesting and unusual is taking place in Venezuela first really struck me when, in response to a sarcastic comment about an anti-war meeting of the 2006 World Social Forum taking place in an Air Force bas e, a member of the audience rose and, in the (…)
, by SABADO François
This article is an edited version of a report given at a cadre school for comrades with national responsibilities in the French Ligue communiste révolutionnaire (LCR, Revolutionary Communist League). It aims to bring up to date some key elements of revolutionary strategy in an advanced (…)
, by ROUSSET Pierre
This is the written version of the contribution given at the “Capability Building Seminar” for Filipino Progressive Groups: “Toward a Democratic, Pluralist and Humane Framework and Strategy for Social Change”, Silang, Cavite, Philippines, May 26-28, 2005.
Introduction
The topic being very (…)
, by ALAM M. Junaid
John Holloway, well-known left intellectual and author of the popular polemic Change the World Without Taking Power: The Meaning of Revolution Today, recently offered a concise presentation of his strategic vision on revolutionary change at ZNet. In his essay there, he strongly rejects the idea (…)
, by CALLINICOS Alex, HOLLOWAY John
John Holloway:
I don’t know the answer. Perhaps we can change the world without taking power. Perhaps we cannot. The starting point-for all of us, I think-is uncertainty, not knowing, a common search for a way forward. Because it becomes more and more clear that capitalism is a catastrophe (…)
, by BENSAÏD Daniel
1. ‘Spit on history’, John Holloway answers us. Why not? But on which history? For him apparently there is only one history, a one-way history, the history of oppression that even contaminates the struggle of the oppressed. As if history and memory were not themselves battlefields. As if a (…)
, by HOLLOWAY John
John Holloway[1]
“Drive your cart and your plough over the bones of the dead.” [2]
That is my response to those[3] who criticise my book[4] for being anti-historical. This article is not a defence of the book: I can think of nothing more boring. We need to drive the argument (…)
, by WAINWRIGHT Hilary
Written version of Wainwrigh’s speech in the debate on ‘Strategies for Social Transformation’, at the European Social Forum, October 16, 2004. The other speakers were John Holloway, Fausto Bertinotti and Phil Hearse. Their contributions are also avaible on our website, except the one of (…)
, by HOLLOWAY John
Written version of Holloway’s speech in the debate on ‘Strategies for Social Transformation’, at the European Social Forum, October 16, 2004. The other speakers were Phil Hearse, Fausto Bertinotti and Hilary Wainwright. Their contributions are also avaible on our website, except the one of (…)
, by HEARSE Phil
Written version of Hearse’s speech in the debate on ‘Strategies for Social Transformation’, at the European Social Forum, October 16, 2004. The other speakers were John Holloway, Fausto Bertinotti and Hilary Wainwright. Their contributions are also avaible on our website, except the one of (…)
, by WAINWRIGHT Hilary
First, I don’t come from Europe as a missionary with a model of democracy in my pocket.
I come from a country where the Prime Minister claims to rule in the name of the people yet the majority of voters either voted for other parties or abstained from voting altogether. I come from a country (…)
, by ROY Arundhati
Transcript of full speech by Arundhati Roy in San Francisco, California on August 16th, 2004.
I’ve been asked to speak about “Public Power in the Age of Empire.” I’m not used to doing as I’m told, but by happy coincidence, it’s exactly what I’d like to speak about tonight.
When language has (…)
, by HARMAN Chris
Sometimes the symbolism of events gives them an importance out of all proportion to the numbers of people directly involved in them. Such was the case with the protests outside the Seattle meeting of the World Trade Organisation on 30 November 1999. The demonstrations themselves were not (…)
, by HOLLOWAY John
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1. The starting point is negativity.
We start from the scream, not from the word. Faced with the mutilation of human lives by capitalism, a scream of sadness, a scream of horror, a scream of anger, a scream of refusal: NO.
Thought, to be true to the scream, must be negative. We do not (…)
, by LÖWY Michael
John’s paper is, as the title says, much more than an answer to my critical comments. [1] I can agree with much that he has to say on capitalism, on “our” power and “theirs”, and on democracy. By the way, I’m pleased that my remarks encouraged him to clarify his views on democracy, a (…)
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