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21st Century Socialism
Thursday, 24th July 2008
In Depth
Televised debate. Participants: Calvin Tucker (co-editor of 21st Century Socialism), Cristina Palomares (FAES Foundation, Madrid), Francisco Dominguez (Director, Centre for Latin American Studies, Middlesex University). Presented by Alan Mendoza of the Henry Jackson Society. More ...
What lessons can be drawn from China's spectacular and sustained economic growth? More ...
The way that Russia marked the 15th Anniversary of the end of the USSR, the final events of which took place between the 8th and 31st of December 1991, has caused consternation in the Western media. More ...
The Ma’an News service is a valuable resource. While its TV stations inform and entertain the locals, its news agency (MNA) sends the world 24-hour news from beleaguered Palestine. Viewers of its well-designed website receive minute-by-minute information in Arabic, Hebrew and English, with local news from ten districts in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, accompanied by high quality, and often shocking, photographs. More ...
The greatest successes in industrial development and prosperity of the last fifty years have been produced by state ownership and investment, central planning and regulated monopoly rather than by the 'free market'. More ...
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Current Affairs
by Hilary Keenan
We in Britain live in a right wing country. The UK led the world in privatisation; we have a growing gap between rich and poor; the Labour Government boasts of our de-regulated labour market; and now it appears likely that the Conservative Party will win the next general election. Yet our nation's most popular institution, the 60th anniversary of which we are currently celebrating, is based on principles which are intolerable to capitalist ideology. More ...
Speech by Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, at a public meeting in London on 25th June, in which he sets out his party’s strategy to achieve Irish re-unification. More ...
Editorial
The Irish have spoken, the EU is in turmoil, the powerful are in conflict. Sinn Fein, the party which headed Ireland's No campaign, offers a way forward- not just for Ireland, but for the majority of people in Europe. More ...
Opinions
The increasing injustice and environmental destruction of recent years has been justified by the alleged 'efficiency' of the market. But both theory and evidence show that markets are economically inefficient, wasteful of human and natural resources. More ...
Opinions
As the rich people sip their drinks in the club house, they’ve got to figure out a way to get their power back. There is always the possibility that they might succeed. More ...
Headlines
Meeting at the European Council in Brussels, EU foreign ministers have agreed to revoke the unjust sanctions against Cuba, which have been in place since 2003. More ...
En Español
Pregunta: ¿Cómo llamaría Ud. a una organización que, al verse sorprendida haciendo declaraciones falsas, rehusa contestar preguntas legítimas o iniciar una investigación?
Respuesta: ¡Transparencia Internacional! More ...