Francisco Sobrino, Member of the Editorial Board of Herramienta, a Journal of Marxist debate and critique Buenos Aires, Argentina This paper seeks to contribute to the collective thinking on this issue and on the more general problem of the seemingly… Continue Reading
Mining communities of las Claritas (from brochure of Por Todos nuestras luchas) The movement of the small miners of las Claritas seemed to have reached an agreement with the state to put an end to a century of exploitation, repression… Continue Reading
Part one: The Soviet Occupation of northern Korea Originally published in Kukchejuui sigak eso pon hanbando [The Korean Peninsula from an Internationalist Perspective]. Seoul, Ch’aekpolle, 2002. Translation by Owen Miller.] Only ten years ago the majority of the left in… Continue Reading
Interview with Orlando Chirino and Stalin Pérez Borges national co-ordinators of the National Workers’ Union (UNT), and driving forces at the heart of the Class-based, Socialist and revolutionary Current, that is pushing for an immediate second congress of the UNT… Continue Reading
Originally published in Ta Hamkke 56, May 2005, translation by Owen Miller In February 1956 the Communist Party of the Soviet Union held its 20th congress at which Krushchev openly criticised Stalin. This incident brought a great wave of change… Continue Reading
Originally published in Ta Hamkke 57, June 2005, translation by Owen Miller I won’t deal with all the detailed facts in Han Kyu-han’s article, but limit myself to addressing the big picture: was North Korea’s economy doing well in the… Continue Reading
Héctor Soto, is the vice minister for Culture for Human Development (el viceministro de la Cultura para el Desarrollo Humano) Culture not only about arts but it now includes an anthropological point of view, its about a culture of resistance… Continue Reading
Stuart Piper reports from Venezuela on a significant new development whcih follows on from Hugo Chavez’ declaration calling for socialism in Venezuela. Reproduced from International Viewpoint Online magazine : IV369 – July-August 2005 Several hundred people packed into the Imperial… Continue Reading
This new translation is a useful addition to The history of an argument, by Chris Harman
A review of Ygael Gluckstein, Stalin’s Satellites in Europe This review of a book by Tony Cliff (using his real name, Ygael Gluckstein) originally appeared in 1953 in the French journal Preuves. For more on the background to this review… Continue Reading