The decade long imperialist war waged by the US in Afghanistan now obviously seems to be lost. The defeat is partly due to the internal affairs of Afghanistan, the special features of the Afghan society and partly due to the mistakes and crimes made by the political and military leadership of the US. The war and its expected outcome are the failure of Washington and also the personal political fiasco of president Obama.

Original article: James Petras: Afghanistan: The Longest Lost War. Global Research, June 16, 2010 http://www.globalresearch.ca/PrintArticle.php?articleId=19758

The crisis of the old-fashioned left in Europe is well known and discussed in broad public. On the other hand, less is told about the challenges facing the traditional left in former colonies. The study addresses the case in Kerala in South India, searching answers why indigenism gains ground on the account of class based political thinking among adivasis – outcasts of the caste system – and why they became disappointed by the paternalist ideology of the communist party? The study also shows that the self-organization of adivasis does not exclude the cooperation with the traditional left.

The author of the The God of Small Things presents lively her illegal visit to the Maoist rebels in the forests of Chhattisgarth, centre India. Naxalits – whom the Indian government found its greatest security threat – in fact are fighting for protecting the tribes that lost their traditional life form and dignity and against industrial and mining companies that want to expel them and against central authorities supporting these firms.

Arundhati Roy: Walking With The Comrades Gandhians with a Gun?  Outlook [India], March 29, 2010. http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?264738.

On the book of Béla Galló: Az újkapitalizmus régi világa [The Old World of the New Capitalism] Napvilág, Budapest 2010

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