In Russia, the system change destroyed all possible forums of the intelligentsia that was involved in discussing alternative theories of socialism. This magazine is aimed at filling this gap, from a democratic and socialist point of view and without any commitment to the existing political parties. The editors also search for an alternative to the wild and criminal capitalism and economic chaos in the new Russia.

The author criticises the so-called revisionist school that in France and other European countries turned against the conventional analysis based on class. The theses of Furet on the history of "communism" are severely interrogated.

In the 1970s, István Bibó's views occupied a central place in the thought of the democratic opposition in Hungary. When the system change was completed the new "democrats" lost their interest in Bibó. The reason is that he4 always was a socialist and the orchestration of the contemporary political struggles in Hungary is deeply alien to his political culture.

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