Hungary 56 - The Myths and the Reality

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Stalinism
Titoism
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Central Europe
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1956: Hungarian and Polish Uprisings
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Revolutionary Perspectives

Introduction · The 25th anniversary of the workers’ rising in Hungary of October 1956 gives us the opportunity to demolish both the myth of reactionaries that it was simply a nationalist rising without any particular working class content, and that of the libertarians who blind themselves to its failure and to its reactionary national aspect in order to praise the councilist form it took.

Latin America: Between Populism and Imperialism (Part II)

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Latin America
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(Article continues from RP#38: · The Working Class in Latin America · Marx always recognised that the basis of the proletariat’s antithesis to capitalism was forged on a daily level in the struggle for immediate economic goals. He recognised that if the working class did not fight in this way then it would not develop the collective sense to organise and overthrow capitalism at a later stage.

Class struggles in France, Human Rights, Democracy and Profit

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Revolutionary Perspectives

The class struggles which forced the French government to retreat on the new contract of first employment (CPE - Contrat Première Embauche) are a welcome development. These struggles, which are discussed in depth in texts in this edition, indicate the working class is beginning to fight back against the attacks of the capitalist class.

Car Workers - Only International Unity Can Bring Victory!

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British Isles
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Revolutionary Perspectives

Although the economic crisis in Britain doesn’t officially exist, with pundits and politicians all talking up the health of UK plc, its effects nevertheless continue to devastate parts of the working class. The latest sectors to be hit are car workers at Peugeot and Vauxhall. Less than a year since MG Rover announced 6,000 job losses, Peugeot has announced the closure of its Coventry plant with...

British State Terrorism

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British Isles
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Revolutionary Perspectives

It is now almost a year since the London bombings of July 2005 and, as we predicted, these bombings have provided the pretext for a further assault on civil rights and an escalation of repression. On the one hand, acts of parliament have been used to provide the legal basis for repression while, on the other hand, the forces of repression have been used to create a climate of terror.

Shipwreck of US Ambitions

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United States of America
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

Society on the point of breakdown · In late May and early June, first Blair and then Bush visited Baghdad to congratulate the new Prime Minister Maliki and proclaim that the formation of his government represented a new dawn for Iraq. These visits by the architects of the invasion, and their joint admission of the mistakes made after that invasion are a sign of desperation rather than a...

Immigration and Global Capitalism

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United States of America
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

Introduction · On Mayday over 1 million workers staged marches in cities across the US against the immigration bill passed by the US congress. This bill, which was passed in December 2005, will turn illegal immigrant workers into criminals and open the way for their deportation. It also proposes the use of greater force to keep illegal immigrants out of the US; the US/Mexico border is to be...

The Human Future: Capitalism or Communism?

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Marxism
Basics: 
Socialism and communism
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

The pages of this journal are filled with reports which illustrate time and again the suffering degradation and alienation which exist in today’s world. Time and again we have argued that these things are the inevitable effects of the capitalist system of production. The reasons for this are derived from the fundamental fact that capitalism is economically dependent on exploitation leading to the...

Palestine: No End to Barbarism in Sight

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Middle East
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

The recent massacre of a Palestinian civilians, including three children on a Gaza beach is a grim indicator that there is no end in sight to the continuing barbarism that is the Israel/Palestine conflict. It is likely that the eight deaths and 20 injuries came from indiscriminate artillery fire from Israeli gunboats, which in turn claimed to be responding to Palestinian rockets launched from...

Gas gets Heavier

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Revolutionary Perspectives

We are publishing below two articles from Battaglia Comunista 4 of this year. These articles deal with the increasing specific weight of gas reserves within the imperialist system, in the light of the increase in oil prices. This price has continued to increase since the articles were written, reaching a level closer to $70 per barrel rather than the $46-7 per barrel mentioned in the first...

Gas Follows Oil

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Davide Casartelli
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

Oil’s Price Increase Contributes to the Thirst for Gas · Given the increasing difficulties in its oil supply, the US’s recent energy plan has turned that country’s attention towards internal production and marketing of gas. Its subterranean reserves are considerable, although this is partially obscured by the large investment needed to exploit them and the high overall cost.

Gas at the Centre of Imperialist Manoeuvring

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Eastern Asia
Russia and Eastern Europe
Publications: 
Revolutionary Perspectives

The Recent Accord between Russia and China Consolidates the Strategic Axis between Moscow and Peking · The whole world economy is based on the growing consumption of energy and, consequently, oil is at the centre of imperialist conflict. The USA is the first in line in cornering the oil market for itself by force of arms, as we have said so often in the context of its military interventions in the...

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