Permanent Revolution 11, Winter 2009, available to download

For sale from 5 December, the winter 2009 issue of Permanent Revolution has articles on the economic crisis, China, Feminist Fightback, Obama's election victory, debating Kautsky's legacy, climate change, and much more..64 pages Price £2.50. Order online or by post

World Review
Their crisis, our solutions

(World Review PDF)

Briefings

Briefings (PDF)

Labour and climate change /Lessons of a derailed public sector pay round / Stop the victimisation of Adrian Swain! / Sheffield Academy struggle / Amicus election / Preparing for the Convention of the Left / Sex workers under attack / Venezuela elections/ Interview with Zimbabwean socialist / German students on the streets / How Australia’s indigenous people fought back

USA / “Someone new to disappoint you?”

Someone new to disappoint you? (PDF)

Barak Obama inherits a major challenge after his historic victory in the US presidential elections: how to manage US imperialism’s decline and revive its economy, while sustaining the widespread support he garnered during his campaign. George Binette assesses his policies on the economy, the world and climate change.

World economy / Boom and bust

World economy (PDF)

The US recession is deepening and spreading to other countries. Keith Harvey explains how the roots of the crisis lay in the feverish expansion of Asian capitalism and fundamental shifts in the nature of banking under neo-liberal globalisation.

China’s economy / Firewall or final domino?

(Chinas economy PDF)
 

Growth in China has slowed this year. But Bill Jefferies contests the widely held view on the left that China is particularly vulnerable due to a dependence on exports for its continued expansion.

Women / Making sense of feminism

Women/ Making sense of feminism (PDF)
 

As supporters of women’s rights many socialists are happy to call themselves feminists as well. Eleanor Davies insists it is not that simple.

Polemic / Debating Kautsky’s legacy

Debating Kautsky (PDF)

The leading theoretician of the Second International before the First World War became and opponent of the Bolsheviks and the Russian Revolution. Revolutionary Strategy argues there is still much to learn from Karl Kautsky. Dave Esterson takes issue with the book’s argument, while its author Mike Macnair responds.

Feedback (PDF)

Paul Flewers on the intellectuals and Russia / Dave Douglass makes the case for digging up more coal

Reviews (PDF)

The economic crash of 1907 / Democrats’ endless war / Origins of Zionism / TV: The Wire / Film: Baader-Meinhof complex; Time and the City / Salute!

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