An introduction and critique of various tendencies within the 1968 French left. The analysis and behaviour of different groups in the radical movement.

On Stephane Courtois: Le livre noir du communisme, Robert Laffont, Paris, 1997. The "Black book ofd communism" was written for political propaganda purposes and thus enjoyed an outstanding career. The review compares the theses of this challenging book to the facts of history.

The article is based upon the memoirs of Ilona Duczynska, Karl Polanyi's wife. The author reconstructs the impressions, experience and impact that shaped the world view of the twelve year old girl, and created  a foundation for her later revolutionary commitment.

In November 1997, the fourth international conference of Eszmélet and the Left Alternative Association provided forum for representatives of the anti-Stalinist and anti-capitalist left for exchanging views about the neoliberal reconstruction and the possible alternatives.

An edited version of the lecture presented for the international left conference in November 1997 on the tendencies of the European left and their relations since World War I. The author argues that perhaps the most important task of the left is to build international co-operation and particularly to promote the dialogue of the East and West European left on alternatives to neoliberalism.