Accumulation or social security? – An old dilemma of the bourgeois national economy. The price of the victory of the first over the latter is the loss not only the security in the economy and the society but also of the globe.

Inspired by the millions of fans of the Harry Potter books, the author addresses an important social question of our mediatised word how texts produced by fans, that can be created and shared on the net freely, influence the consciousness of people? Some authors believe that these texts are promoting a new, democratic and global political participation.  According to Gupta, this freedom is only virtual: fans do not question the existing order that produce profits only for the selected ones, while allow for "free" participation of the masses. Thus despite the creativeness of the texts no real exit points of the system offered by them.

Suman Gupta: Re-reading Harry Potter. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, Chapter 24.

On the book of Zsuzsa Ferge: Társadalmi áramlatok és egyéni szerepek [Social Currents and Personal Roles] Napvilág, Budapest 2010

What kind of problems derive in the present Greek crisis from the fact that the launch of the euro was based on the relations of exchange and conditions of the German economy? It is possible at all for a less developed economy, during a lasting crisis, to successfully compete with more developed economies thus repaying its loans taken – when the Maastricht criteria seriously limit its economic policies making impossible to follow Keynesian, anti-cyclic and development policies. 

Original:  Dimitris Konstantakopoulos: La crise grecque : Première « bataille » d'une « guerre » pour l'Europe. Revue Internationale Utopie-Critique, mars, 2010

The author presents a summary of the eight years in power of the Brazilian president that began in 2002. Lula had not broken with his successor's orthodox economic policy but his social programs in fact brought about substantial changes in the life of the poorest. His agricultural and industrial development policies have strengthened the international position of Brazil that was also supported by his foreign policy promoting the integration of Latin America. The most important achievement of the Lula ear probably is the increased self-awareness of the Brazilian society that is setting a further horizon than the limited results of the past eight years.

Original: Pierre Baudet: Le Brésil de Lula, huit ans plus tard . Memoires des luttes 21 jiun 2010