Schlagwort: Economic Crisis
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Martin Cock: Capitalism’s lost continent
[Militant International Review, No. 58, August 1994, p. 8-12] The Rwandan horror, argues Martin Cock, is a symptom of a wider African crisis. Within the space of a few horrific months, the image of Rwanda has changed from Gorillas in the Mist to blood-letting, massacres and tribalism. Up to 500,000 people have been killed since…
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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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The World Situation
Like the majority of Marxists internationally you say there was a change in economics in the mid-1970s. Before, we had a very long period of development of capitalism worldwide, not only in the advanced countries but also the beginning of national liberation movements. But after the mid-1970s a new cycle of capitalism began. The world…
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Peter Taaffe: Tribune and the struggle for socialism – policies do not break with capitalism
(Militant No. 255, 9 May 1975, p. 4-5) The two elections in 1974 marked a decisive turning point in the post-war development of the Labour movement in Britain. In the preceding four years under the whip of Heath’s ‘counter-revolution’ against their rights and conditions the working class had been enormously radicalised. This was reflected in…
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Lynn Walsh: A Warning to Labour
[Militant No. 25, April 1967, p. 1 and 3] Pollock, Rhonda West, Nuneaton, Honiton A Warning to Labour Attack Capital to Regain Support The recent by-elections in Rhondda West, Pollock Nuneaton and Honiton have each registered a sharp rejection of the policies of the Labour Government. Neither the Liberals nor the Tories made any significant…