Analysis of the meeting in the 3^rd of November 2007 of alterglobalist, civil and social movements and tendencies of the CIS countries

At present time Russian internet is discussing of the meeting. We present your enlightened attention several opinions of the participants:

Stanislav Markelov, president of the Institute of Superioroty of Law.

1. The meeting was held in atmosphere of creative chaos: everything and all was taking place by itself, without over-organization. Flexible forms of self-organization are very important.

2. All, who wanted, took chair to speak

Human Development and Practice

(Opening comments at Conference on Participation, Change and Human Development at Centro International Miranda in Caracas, Venezuela on 27 March 2007)

Michael A. Lebowitz

New Wings for Socialism

by Michael A. Lebowitz

MONTHLY REVIEW

Chapter 5. Socialism Doesn’t Drop from the Sky

Talk presented to the National Conference of Revolutionary Students for the Construction of Socialism of the XXI Century in Merida, Venezuela on 22 July 2005

Michael A. Lebowitz is the author of Beyond Capital: Marx's Political Economy of the Working Class (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003); Build it Now: Socialism for the Twenty-First Century (Monthly Review Press, 2006); and The Socialist Alternative: Real Human Development (Monthly Review Press, forthcoming). He is currently living and working in Venezuela at Centro Internacional Miranda.

• Socialism Doesn’t Drop from the Sky (July 2005)
• New Wings for Socialism (January 2007)
• Human Development and Practice (March 2007)

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