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Photo: Salvador Allende addressing a massive crowd of supporters In September 1970, Salvador Allende became the first Marxist president democratically
Kim Moody reviews John Womack Jr.'s book "Labor Power and Strategy" and responses to his contributions, focused on the significance of workers' positional power in labor struggles.
Article: The Cycles and Spirals of Capitalism: The Rise and Fall of Italy, The Netherlands, Britain and Yankeedom - How long has capitalism existed? Has it always been with us all the way back to tribal societies or a product of the modern age? Is there any pattern to its evolution or is it random? Can capitalism go on forever or does it have fatal internal weaknesses? Why does capitalism grow flush in some countries, then die out and re-ignite elsewhere? What is happening in the world-system in the 21st century has never happened before.
Aufheben's excellent account of the development and transformation of China and the Chinese working class from the time of Mao until today.
Beverly Silver traces the growth of workers power in the auto industry and the resultant outsourcing of industry to lower wage areas of the globe, where workers organised again and fought for better conditions, effectively spreading a militant workers' movement across the globe.