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Permanent Revolution Readers Group
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This group is for anyone who reads and/or appreciates the publication Permanent Revolution which was formed in 2006 when 35 expelled members of Workers Power - nearly all of them trade unionists - got together to form a new organisation. Since then, this has been one of the best looking publications on the British far left and has provided provocative and informative articles on economics, theory and world events. Feel free to share ideas and start discussions related to the journal's content... (read more)
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Permanent Revolution 9, Summer 2008, Out Now!

There is no shortage of self-reverential looking back to 1968 in the media – the generation of “68-ers” who now run a lot of it have made sure of that. For all that, May 68 continues to traumatise our rulers. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, for example, recently fulminated against its “moral and intellectual permissiveness”.

In this issue we neither romanticise nor vilify these events. Rather, in two articles – one on the events in France, the other on the international setting – we examine the forces that took to the streets that year and the legacy it has left us with. Our film review continues the ’68 theme.

In an exclusive interview with a leading Venezuelan trade unionist we unravel the class dynamics of the Bolivarian revolution and present it alongside a series of impressions from a comrade who visited recently.

Will China fall prey to the fall-out from the global credit crunch? We attempt an answer in this issue when we examine what lies behind its rapid economic growth and the left’s confusion on the matter.

Finally we search among the ruins of Labour’s disastrous spring election results and see if we can detect signs of life for the far left.

On the inside back cover you will find the programme of our weekend discussion event, which explores the many sides of ’68 alongside many other areas of debate. We hope to see you there – it is at the University of London Union, 27-29 June.

The Editors

World Review

Food prices: a crime against humanity

Briefings

NUT action / Academy strikes show the way / Abortion vote – only
a temporary victory / US dockers against imperialism’s wars / Convention of the Left / Italy – right rules the roost / Zimbabwe / Bolivia – right wing elite on offensive / Self-determination for Tibetan people

Britain / The fag end of New Labour

The lowest ever share of the vote in the May local elections and the first by-election gain for the Tories against Labour for 30 years. Things can only get better? The class alliances that brought Blair to power and kept him there are fast fragmenting. But why is it the Tories who are benefitting, not the left? Mark Hoskisson explains

1968 / An excess of history

International student protests, French general strike, a mass anti-war movement, uprisings against Stalinism. What linked them all? Keith Harvey and Stuart King assess the legacy of a turbulent year.

France 68 / Everything was possible

A Friday night in May and French students tear up cobblestones in Paris and build barricades. Within days millions of workers are on general strike. Emile Gallet and Christina Duval examine why France was ripe for an explosion.

Economy / China syndrome

The left seems incapable of coming to terms with the magnitude of the rise of Chinese capitalism. Bill Jefferies and Keth Harvey address the arguments of those who see its growth as dependent on the US and just another bubble about to burst

Venezuela / Interview with Orlando Chirino

Orlando Chirino is a national co-ordinator of the largest Venezuelan trade union federation the UNT. In this extended interview he surveys the current state of the class struggle in Venezuela, in particular the role of trade unions in the “Bolivarian revolution”.

Venezuela / Images of the class struggle

This spring Wladek Flakin spent several weeks in Venezuela going to strike meetings and talking to activists.
Here are his impressions.

Feedback

David Walters says the left should say “yes” to nuclear power

Reviews

Revolution and Counter-Revolution by Kevin Murphy / Marxist History-Writing for the 21st Century by Chris Wickham / If I Am Not For Myself by Mike Marqusee / China’s Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation by David Shambaugh / Between Comrades ed. Donal Nevin / High Jinks – the cinema of ’68

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