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

A diary-like article about the events and publications of 2002 about the political developments in Hungary and the prospects of the Left. A review of the special edition of the history periodical Múltunk on Socialism is linked to the analisys of the new coalition government.

Two new constructions have been accomplished recently betwen the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö. Standing paralel they reveal the dual nature of the modern world order. One of them is a construction to the destruction of the natural environment, while the other is an example to ecological innovation.