Sustainable development has become a fashionable phrase in Western Europe, although the actual programs of integration are totally contradictory to real sustainability.

A Manchester economist, previously in the CPGB, now convenor of the Red-Green Study Group, which published the pamphlet "What on Earth is to be Done?"

A multiparty negotiation on the new Constitution of Hungary resulted in a draft, which has been criticised by many non-governmental organisations.

The draft and principles of the new constitution are contradictory to various values shared by the people at the beginning of the transition. The draft is a step backwards on the availability of democratic institutions as well.

The late philosopher explains how Marxism has been misunderstood and misinterpreted in the period of the system change in Eastern Europe. While criticising leading ideologues of the transition, he also points out common features in the Marxist and liberal positions.