The World Social Forum in Porto Alegre has became well-known but the internal divisions of teh movement need deeper political analysis (fron the New Left Review)

In April 2002, a coup d'etat was orchestrated againts the president of Venezuela but people of the country fought for his return (from Le Monde Diplomatique).

The leader of the popular left in Brazil has contested several elections but this time he leads the opinion polls. He has changed, though, through the years (from Red Pepper).

Table of contents

1. Agárdi Péter : Reflexions on the state of socialism
2. Hegyi Gyula : The song of the windmill
3. Melegh Attila : The moving East – global maps and the status law
4. Jean-Yves Camus : The changing face of the far right in Western Europe
5. Bayer József : Far right parties in East-Central-Europe
6. Jichak Arad : The extermination of Soviet Jews
7. Samson Madievski : History of an exhibition
8. Werth Márk : The Ungváry phenomenon
9. Krausz Tamás : On Gaspar Miklos Tamas: The situation
10. Rigó Anett : On Peter Szigeti: The attraction of reality
11. Bernard Cassen : The emergence and history of ATTAC
12. Andor László : Variations of anti-globalisms
13. Michael Hardt : Porto Allegre: today’s Bandung?
14. Ignacio Ramonet, Maurice Lemoine : The kidnap and return of Hugo Chavez
15. Roger Burbach, Hilary Wainwright : Lula before the presidental elections
16. Horváth Gizella : Letter to Georges Nemeth