Sozialistische Klassiker

Schlagwort: USA

  • Lynn Walsh: Doppeldipper fahren

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    [eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Socialism Today, Nr. 160 Juli-August 2012. Double Dip, „doppeltes Eintauchen“ ist die englische Bezeichnung für eine W-förmige Rezession] Führende kapitalistische Vertreter*innen sind ratlos, während sie sich bemühen, mit der Krise in der Eurozone und ihrer Bedrohung für die Weltwirtschaft klarzukommen, und scheitern. Weder der G20-Gipfel in Mexiko noch die…

  • Socialism Today: Japan, the US and the coming world downturn

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    [Socialism Today, No 28, May 1998, p. 2-4] Japanese capitalism is sliding into a slump. We predicted this in January, when many economic pundits were still dismissing the Asian crisis as a little local difficulty. Now our prognosis has been confirmed by the president of the giant Japanese electronics group, Sony. Japanese industrial leaders are…

  • Socialism Today: US/Iraq: War threat averted – for now

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    [Socialism Today, No 27, April 1998, p. 14-18] The planned US air strike against Iraq was narrowly averted by the agreement reached by UN General Secretary, Kofi Annan, in Baghdad on 24 February. Thankfully, many thousands of Iraqi men, women and children, already suffering from the devastating effects of sanctions, escaped more death, injury and…

  • Socialism Today: No Way Back to New World Order

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    [Socialism Today, No 26, March 1998, p. 2-4] It now appears most probable, as we go to press, that the US will soon unleash a prolonged air strike against Iraq. The Clinton administration has delivered an ultimatum to Saddam, based on a maximum demand for unlimited scope for the UN weapons inspectors, which the Iraqi…

  • Phil Clarke: OJ jurors find US justice system guilty

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    [Socialism Today, No 3, November 1995, p. 6] The vast media coverage of the OJ Simpson trial sucked viewers and readers into discussion within the terms presented in the court soap opera – did he, or did he not, do it? Many got confused about where their sympathies lay in answering that question. On the…

  • Dave Cotterill: Clinton’s Haitian gamble

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    [Militant International Review, No. 59, October-November 1994, p. 2-6] With Aristide’s return the problems facing the US invasion force have only just begun. Dave Cotterill writes. The joyous popular welcome to the US forces who landed in Haiti turned sour in less than a fortnight. When US marines stood by while the police and armed…

  • Militant International Review: After the cold war

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    [Militant International Review, No. 50, March-April 1993, p. 2-7] This is the most disturbed period in world relations since that which followed the Versailles treaty at the end of World War One. The Collapse of the Stalinist regimes of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union has dramatically altered world relations. From 1945 to 1989 the…

  • Kevin Simpson: The Balkans at war

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    [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,…

  • Sam Lewenstein: Peace Settlement – Or preparing for a new war?

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    [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…

  • Michael Roberts: The end of the upswing

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    [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…