Ten years after 1989 – The emergence of a new European left
The emergence of a New Left in Western Europe and the mass support for the post-communist parties in Eastern Europe shows that vast numbers of the world population do not accept the existing social order. What began in 1989 resulted in losses for many. In that light we have to pay attention to the new and radical tendencies of the international left ignored by many analysts and professional political scientists.See the coming published version in Kate Hudson: European Communism since 1989: towards a new European left, Macmillan Publishers, 1999.
The twilight of the European project
The Balkan war of 1999 Spring brought to an end the project of Western and Eastern Europe, i.e. the plan of post-Cold War unification. This would have been a viable project only if the Western states had wanted to rebuild the region on the basis of international norms instead of the principles of dominance and great power relations.
Bombs and human rights or the militarization of politics
With launching the 1999 Balkan war, the politicians of the Western community handed over the direction of politics to the people of the military Even the German Greens did so, although previously they wanted to prevent the militarization of politics. The agression was carried out with reference to human rights, while the latter can only be assured on tho basis of civil society and not the bombs of the military or the improductive discussions of some philosophers.
The politics of ‘cruising’
A U.K. minister became victim of a strange sex scandal recently. The social pheomenon in the background of the story is highlighted by the article from Socialist Outlook.
The Hungarian women’s movement and the ‘sexual question’ in the early 20th century
The major political tendencies of the pre-war period: bourgeois radicalism, social democracy, and Catholicism, manifested themselves in the women's movement as well. In their own way, they took a position on issues like intra-family relations or prostitution.