Issue 21

May-August, 2002: A new American century?

New Labour's cloak for neoliberalism

by Shane Hopkinson

A. Callinicos, Against the Third Way: an anti-capitalist critique, Cambridge, Polity Press, 2001, 152 pp.

Shane Hopkinson is a member of the Australian Democratic Socialist Party.

European Anti-Capitalist Left meets

The third Conference of the European Anti-Capitalist Left took place in Brussels, Belgium, on December 12-13, 2001.

Porto Alegre II: Call of social movements

This call was issued from the second World Social Forum, held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 31-February 5, 2002.

Forum of Sao Paulo: 'A battle of ideas for a better world'

This is the text of the Final Declaration of the Tenth Meeting of the Forum of São Paulo.

A preliminary report on China's capitalist restoration

By Liu Yufan

Liu Yufan is a leader of the Hong Kong socialist group Pioneer.

The world after September 11

This is the text of the perspectives resolution adopted by the United States International Socialist Organization (ISO) convention in January.

Militarism underpins globalisation

By Francisco Pascual

Links 21: Editor's introduction

Much has changed in international politics since September 11 and the United States invasion of Afghanistan. But these changes need to be understood in context, to be situated within what has not changed. Several articles in this issue analyse aspects of US imperialism's drive for a new version of the post-World War II "American century".