[R-G] Relay #25 available for download

[Anthony Fenton]

Relay #25 January - March, 2009

http://www.socialistproject.ca/relay/#iss25

The political events of the last months have focused on the barbarism  
that came to mark the last days of the Bush Administration: the awful  
brutality of the Israeli war on Gaza and the economic chaos ripping  
across the world market from the financial crisis. This issue of Relay  
looks at these developments and the role of the Canadian state in  
supporting the Israeli war and adopting the neoliberal policies that  
continue to dominate responses to the economic crisis.

Political and economic barbarism is forcing the Left to take a deep  
look at itself. It has been obvious for many years that new political  
formations are going to have to be built that push beyond the social  
democratic and communist organizations, as formed in orthodox  
communist parties or in Trotskyist and Maoist parties, that dominated  
the 20th century. These are starting to break through in a myriad of  
ways and places.  This issue of Relay continues its coverage of these  
debates and movements of the emerging Left. The key zone to date for  
Left Renewal has been Latin America, and a variety of perspectives on  
prospects for continued advance are also canvassed.

The imperative question to answer for socialists in Canada is whether  
the economic crisis will also begin to form new agendas for socialism  
for here as well.

~~~ Table of Contents ~~~

Canada: From the Financial Crisis to the Crisis in Gaza

Gendering Democracy, Democratizing Social Policy - Tammy Findlay
Bank Bailouts and the 2009 Federal Budget - Steve da Silva
Statement on the Federal Budget - OCAP
Canada and the Israeli War on Gaza - Todd Gordon
We Are All Gazans Palestine - GFTU

Canadian Workers and the Crisis

Poverty Reduction Gets Reduced  - OCAP
Breaking the Cycle or Going Around in Circles?  - Peter Graefe
The Auto “Bailout”: Necessary – but not Sufficient  - Herman Rosenfeld

The Emerging Left

Women Feel the Backlash - Kathy Lowe
Breakthrough for Québec Solidaire - Paul Kellogg
Democratic Centralism & Broad Left Parties - Socialist Resistance
The Renewal of Radical Politics - S.J. D'Arcy
How Should We Respond to the Crisis? - Ken Kalturnyk and Karen Naylor
Declaration of the Assembly of Social Movements at the World Social  
Forum
 From Davos to Belem: A Take of Two Spirits - Carl Bloice
France: LCR Dissolves Itself to Form NPA - Sylvia Zappi

Latin America

Perspectives for Socialism in a Time of a World CapitalistRecession/ 
Depression - James Petras
Ecuador: New Progressive Constitution Adopted - Duroyan Fertl
Refounding Bolivia Through Democratic Means - Raul Burbano
Indigenous Autonomy Finally A Reality? - Martin Garat
Why the Venezuelan Amendment Campaign Is So Important - Diana Raby
A Tale of Two Bolivarian Cities  - nchamah miller
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