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Kevin Simpson: The Balkans at war
[Militant International Review, No. 49, Autumn 1992, p. 12-19] Why has civil war exploded into life in a region where national and ethnic tensions had apparently been reduced for over forty years? Kevin Simpson examines the Balkan crisis. Dubrovnik, Split, Sarajevo … names that before 1989 were only mentioned in the media as picturesque resorts,…
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Militant International Review: Europe unravels
[Militant International Review, No. 49, Autumn 1992, p. 2-5] The tumultuous events of recent weeks in western Europe will impact on political and economic developments across the globe. They are an important turning point in world perspectives The shattering of the exchange rate mechanism, and the subsequent events surrounding this, represent a major defeat for…
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Sam Lewenstein: Peace Settlement – Or preparing for a new war?
[Militant International Review, No. 48, Summer 1992, p. 17-23] Sam Lewenstein looks at the prospects for the Middle East peace talks. The beginning of the Middle East peace talks took place in a blaze of world-wide media coverage. For the first time sworn enemies sat across negotiating tables. Hopes were raised for a final end…
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Elizabeth Clarke: Soviet Union in turmoil
[Militant International Review, No. 45, New Year 1991, p. 42-49] The Soviet Union is being torn apart by contradictory processes of revolution and counter-revolution, argues Elizabeth Clarke. Workers‘ patience with the deprivations of the mismanaged planned economy have been exhausted The Soviet Union is being torn apart by contradictory processes of revolution and counter-revolution. The…
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Michael Roberts: The end of the upswing
[Militant International Review, No. 45, New Year 1991, p. 32-39] What are the perspectives for the world economy? Michael Roberts explains. At their international summit in July 1990, the finance ministers of the top seven capitalist nations (G7) exuded confidence that the economic boom which began in 1982-3 would continue indefinitely. They were happy to…
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Militant International Review: Crisis in the Gulf
[Militant International Review, No. 45, New Year 1991, p. 14-31] We print here an extensive editorial statement, originally drafted in October, which examines the background to the crisis, the economic and political consequences in the region and internationally, and the attitude of Marxists to a possible war. A brief update follows on page thirty. That…
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Michael Roberts: A capitalist new dawn?
[Militant International Review, No. 43, Spring 1990, p. 33-37] The theory of ‘Post-Fordism’ denies that socialism is the next progressive stage in the development of the productive forces. Michael Roberts examines the arguments. The theorists of modern capitalism have latched onto the collapse of Stalinism in Eastern Europe to proclaim the permanent triumph of capitalism.…
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Militant International Review: Why has the slump been delayed?
[Militant International Review, No. 38, Autumn 1988, p. 24-25] Dear Comrades, The editorial of MIR Number 36, Winter 1988, on the world economy said: “While one could not theoretically rule out the possibility of a temporary agreement which would only serve to postpone the slump a year or two, while making it more severe when…
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Jeremy Birch: Third World living standards and the post-war boom. . . ‚An unending nightmare of squalor and destitution‘
[Militant International Review, No. 31, Summer 1986, p. 12-15] During the prolonged world economic upswing of 1950 to 1973 more was produced than in all the centuries of human endeavour combined up until then. This brought rising living standards compared to the inter-war years and virtual full employment to Europe and North America. Based upon…
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Alan Woods: Latin America on the brink
[Militant International Review, No. 24, November 1983, p. 12-26] The ending of the exceptional period of upswing in the world economy from 1950 to 1975, and the beginning of a new period of organic capitalist crisis, has opened up an entirely different situation on a world scale, a fundamental feature of which is the phenomenon…