The study is a critical evaluation of Wallerstein's theory on "historical capitalism": drawing general theoretical conclusions especially on changing social forms and demanding a stricter class based approach. In the countries of the former "Eastern Block", the world-systems analysis is more useful in sociology and in historical science than the trendy theoretical tools, which replace the backward looking soviet "historical materialism", like the "civilization" based approach, the "clash of civilisations" or even fully desisting theories. It is time for social scholars in East Europe to read the inspiring sources of Wallerstein, namely the works of Latin American and African authors of the dependence school.
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Was Lenin a hacker?
According to Mckenzie Wark's A Hacker Manifesto, which sometimes called Communist Manifesto 2.0, controllers of information production and information distribution have taken the power from traditional capitalists over the whole system. The article evaluates the merits and limitations of the book.
The 1910 Mexican revolution from the perspec-tive of the historical long term
At the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, it is disputed again. The revi-sion of this story (as well) is done with vehemence. Such a logical framework is applied, which does not want only to reconquer the past. Its actual goal is the selective actualisation of personalities, actions, developments and situations, casting them in a different light, to legitimize and stabilise the actual developments, social groups and personalities of the very present. Restore historical facts to find our ways in the present.
El Salvador: The assassination of Archbishop Romero
On the night of March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero was shot through the heart by killers, carrying out orders that came straight from the reactionary oligarchy that rules over the country. He was killed because he was giving voice to the needs of the oppressed. To this day justice has not been done and the masses are still waiting. By his stand for the oppressed and martyrdom Romero became an icon for the theology of liberation.
THe original article is in the In Defense of Marxism, March 25, 2010. http://www.marxist.com/el-salvador-assasination-of-archbishop-romero.htm )
The actuality of István Bibó
The edited version of the lecture given at the Eszmélet Academy of Social Critique: the heritage of Bibó as a chapter in the humanist tradition of Hungary. [Kossuth Klub, February 8, 2011.]