Kategorie: CWI and prehistory
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Socialism Today: Tiger Economic Meltdown Threatens World Recession
[Socialism Today, No 25, February 1998, p. 2-4] „Large numbers of supposedly well-informed experts completely failed to warn of the fragility of the East Asian economic region until after the event. I find this unforgivable”. Hamish Mckae, The Independent, 13 January, 1998. „All the classic symptoms of an impending economic crisis are visible … After…
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Socialism Today: East Asian Market Tremors – End of the Cycle or End of Cycles?
[Socialism Today, No 22, October 1997, p. 2-4] East Asian Market Tremors – End of the Cycle or End of Cycles? All the classic symptoms of an impending economic crisis are visible. Wall Street jitters, volatility on world stock markets. The collapse of Thailand’s speculative boom, followed by helter-skelter devaluations of other South East Asian…
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Margaret Creear: Lesbian and Gay Liberation: Will Labour make a difference?
[Socialism Today, No 20, July-August 1997, p. 17-20] The anti-Tory electoral tide swept into parliament large numbers of MPs from oppressed groups, including high profile successes for gay MPs Stephen Twigg – who defeated Michael Portillo – and Ben Bradshaw, who saw off the homophobic Dr Adrian Rogers, president of the Conservative Family Institute. Margaret…
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Geoff Jones: Do Computers Dream of Chess Tournaments … ?
[Socialism Today, No 19, June 1997, p. 22-24] Deep Blue’s recent victory over World chess champion Gary Kasparov did not represent the triumph of conscious machines over humankind. But then, what is consciousness? Geoff Jones writes. After Deep Blue’s victory, one commentator joked that they wouldn’t accept the computer as intelligent until it appeared on…
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Andrea Enisuoh, Hugo Pierre, Nasima Patel: What Future for Britain’s Black Population
[Socialism Today, No 19, June 1997, p. 18-21] Darcus Howe describes the mood in the black community after 1 May as one not of exhilaration but of ‚a huge sense of relief that the 18 year siege is over‘. Yet days later the New York-based Human Rights Watch described racially-motivated attacks in Britain as having…
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James Long: Africa: The continent capitalism abandoned
[Socialism Today, No 10, July-August 1996, p. 20-24] In the 1950s, with African nationalism at its height, the buzzword in Africa was „development‘. Since that dream of growing prosperity, Africa, despite its immense natural wealth, has become a continent beset by famine, drought, civil war and brutal dictatorships. What went wrong? James Long reports. „Africa’s…
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Margaret Jones: Natural-born killers?
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 25-28] Did Darwin really believe that society was biologically predetermined to be competitive rather than co-operative? Margaret Jones argues that the ’social Darwinians‘ have got it wrong. Want to succeed in business? Your firm will need to think hard about its ‚predatory pricing strategies‘, if it is to…
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Margaret Creear: Moral Panic
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 10-13] The Dunblane killings, the death of Philip Lawrence, and the high profile exclusions of unruly school students, have all acted as a magnet to politicians to parade their views on the ‚remoralisation‘ of Britain. Unscrupulously tapping into genuine fears to gain votes at the approaching election, argues…
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Tony Saunois: Latin American Left – Mass Struggles, Ideological Crisis
[Socialism Today, No 13, Nov 1996, p. 14-18] The struggles of the ‚popular sectors‘ in Latin America are rapidly growing. But, paradoxically, much of the Latin American left is shifting to the right. Tony Saunois reports. From the Rio Grande in the north, to Tierra del Fuego in the south, Latin America is a continent…
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Mark Everden: The Pink Pound – Whose Liberation?
[Socialism Today, No 10, July-August 1996, p. 12-14] Many businesses are turning to the lesbian and gay „niche market‘, as many in the lesbian, gay and bisexual communities turn their back on politics and opt for lifestyle‘ alternatives. Is this really the way forward? Mark Everden reports. For many lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, the…