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China’s
future?
China is experiencing phenomenal economic growth as
it opens up to the capitalist system. Remarkably, this policy is being
driven by the Chinese Communist Party, in power since the revolution of
1949. This raises many questions: on the nature of China’s state and
economy; on how long it can continue down this road; and to what final
destination. In the first of a series of articles Socialism Today will
carry under the heading, the China debate, PETER TAAFFE reviews a new
book which attempts to tackle these issues.
Editorial:
Will Bush bomb Iran?
ALARM BELLS HAVE been ringing, left and right. John
Pilger, the radical journalist, wrote an article, Iran: The War Begins
(New Statesman, 3 February), warning that a US air attack on Iran was
imminent. The US journalist, Seymour Hersh, reported that Bush had
ordered the Pentagon to draw up plans for air strikes against Iran, and
special US forces were already carrying out undercover operations inside
Iran. (Guardian, 26 February) At the same time, the veteran cold-war
warrior, Zbigniew Brzezinski, was warning the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee (SFRC) of a "plausible scenario for a military collision with
Iran". (1 February)
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago Britain fought a five-week war
with Argentina over the Falkland Islands or Las Islas Malvinas. Our
strategy and tactics on the war, and our answer to ultra-left critics,
were explained in an article by Lynn Walsh, published in Militant
International Review (Issue 22, June 1982), as the task force sailed
towards the South Atlantic. We believe that the programmatic and
theoretical issues raised at that time remain important issues for
Marxists today.
This online version is the original article in full.
The version published in Socialism Today, Issue No.108, April 2007, has
been slightly shortened for reasons of space. Some explanatory footnotes
and subheadings have been added to the original.
The end of
the slave trade: myth & reality
Two hundred years ago parliament voted to end the
brutal slave trade. That was after the British empire had been built on
the bones of millions of Africans torn from their homes. Today, William
Wilberforce, figurehead of the British abolition movement, is portrayed
as the liberator of the slaves. HANNAH SELL explains that other mighty
forces, especially slave uprisings, were behind the 1807 act.
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Deadlock over Kosovo
Still a tinderbox
Nigeria
Preparing for a rigged election
Social housing
No future with New Labour
Raising the curtain
East German cinema on DVD
Cover cartoon: Suzanne Muna
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