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Occupy and the Tasks of Socialists

The post provides a deep – power and class structure – analysis of the Occupy Wall Street movement which emerged on the autumn of 2011. The movement, following the philosophy of spontaneous anarchy, rejects all fixed hierarchy of decision making. This "perfect spontaneity", however, opened room for arbitrary decisions and for actions of self-appointed "avant-garde" groups that were destructive for the movement as a whole. The Socialist felt joined the events late but this still provides an opportunity have not seen for decades for rebuilding a capable and radical left in the US.

Original article is Pham Binh: Occupy and the tasks of socialists. Links – International Journal of Socialist Renewal, 2011. december 14. http://links.org.au/node/2657

No. 93 | (Spring 2012)

The first block of this issue of Eszmélet is addressing the nature of global capitalism, which shows more and more convincingly symptoms of the capital system, which cannot be cured without structural changes. The second important topic is the analysis of the neoconservative, neo-Horthyist state system developed by Orbán after the 2010 "system change". This shows the practical consequences of the global crisis on the semi-periphery of Europe. Third, a closer look is taken into the significant anti-regime, and radical anti-capitalist social movements of the year 2011, especially the shocking US movement of Occupy Wall Street!, whose significance mainly lies in the fact that public discussion finally started to address the system itself, the global crisis of capitalism. At the end, a comprehensive study is analysing the possibility of a democratic planning-based socialist society – beyond the market.