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US imperialism
The Marxist left's politics of alliances at the beginning of the 21st century
By Jose Ramon Balaguer Cabrera
José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba. This article first appeared in Cuba Socialista, the theoretical and political magazine of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
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Contemporary imperialism and the validity of the struggle for socialism
Marxism: key to determining content of struggles and allies
Vietnam's long history of struggle
By Nguyen The Phiet
The author is the Vietnamese consul general in Sydney. This is an edited and abridged version of a talk given to an educational conference of the Australian Democratic Socialist Perspective in January 2005.
I have been asked to present a brief account of our history and of our anti-French and anti-US struggles and the important factors that made our struggles victorious, particularly those factors which I think are still relevant in our efforts for national defence and construction of our socialist homeland.
Vietnam has an age-old history. The ancient Viet, the ancestors of the presentday Vietnamese, and several other ethnic groups settled in Vietnam's territory right from the dawn of humankind. They explored and conquered nature to survive and develop. Over thousands of years of nation building, they had to fight continuously against foreign invaders and foiled invaders' attempts to assimilate this nation.
Vietnam has a history of building and safeguarding the country for thousands of years. This history can be divided into the following periods:
