"He is writing his plebeian demagogy on an abstract Ubbi Dubbi language" said one of the critics of György Lukács. The present article is an attempt to make clear the "demagogy" of Lukács.

This issue is featured with variety. From time to time, it is an important task of Eszmélet to address the question: "what comes after capitalism?" A well-known Russian author presents that corruption is an integral part of capitalism in East-Europe and in the world. This system cannot get rid of corruption, based on objective reasons and invariably to the depth of its crisis. We have to prepare ourselves to be able to understand the new developments of world systems that put in the focus the renewed debate on the essence of semi-periphery.  Analysing this problem also helps to suggest effective anti-capitalist strategies in the different regions of the system. We also address again the baseline question: "what is the communist project after the collapse of state socialism and in the new economic crisis of capitalism?" Is the crisis inducing the existence of economic forms that point beyond the market economy based mode of production or this kind of questions indicate political infantilism? Ignoring the internal link between liberalism and fascism can be such a mistake that was pointed put by György Lukács decades ago – his heritage is still actual and relevant. One of our articles examines what happened to trade unions in Europe in the decades ruled by neoliberalism. Its "prehistory" should also be cleared: "what were the reasons lying behind the emergence of eurocommunism?" The lesson still should be drawn

The question 'what can come after capitalism' is still an open question, because after the present crisis – it is certain – nothing can be the same as it used to be. Trends are open. It is possible that status quo could be restored in the short run but it is likely that conditions prevailing before the crisis or similar ones will reappear only transitorily.

After decades of intellectual desolation Marx tops the bestseller lists again, at least this is what thousands of sold copies of his Capital indicate. After the grand narratives of the recent past suggested infallibility, the correct, deep, historical and dialectical – or simply Marxian – analysis of capitalism and globalisation earns respect again.