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Relay #24 October - December, 2008

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It is difficult these days to keep up with events. Just this week two of
the leading financial dailies came out declaring that whole banking systems
may have to be nationalised, as did the Governor of the Bank of England.
The financial crisis is now spilling over into an economic crisis. This has
yet to spell the end of neoliberalism, and particularly its class
structures. But the ideology of neoliberalism and many of its policies are
plainly discredited. In Canada, this context has been no small part of the
parliamentary crisis unfolding.

This issue of Relay takes up several of these themes with contributions
from Evans, Graefe, German and others covering the new -- and maybe soon
defeated? -- federal government, and the limits of poverty reduction
strategies, while Shmidt, Munoz and Stanford assess the evolving credit
crisis in North America.  These events provide new political openings. One
critical one is in the US, and a number of selections here assess the
American left after the election. Further, Wainwright, Spourdalakis, and
Kipfer assess some of the exciting developments of the emerging left in
Europe, notably in Greece and in new anti-racist politics of the Paris
Social Forum.  Finally, Ovadia and Ghorbanifard contribute assessments of
Iran and the scramble for oil in Africa.

~~~ Table of Contents ~~~

* Canada *

~ Where is the Class? Reflections on Election 2008 by Bryan Evans
~ The Harper Victory: The Nightmare of Déjà Vu All Over Again? by John
Peters
~ Poor Prospects: McGuinty's Poverty Strategy by Peter Graefe
~ Recession and Ontario's ‘Poverty Reduction’ by Beric German


* Credit Meltdown and Economic Crisis *

~ Wall Street Panic, Main Street Pain by Ingo Schmidt
~ The Global Crisis and Mexico by Hepzibah Munoz-Martinez
~ When the Bucks Stop by Jim Stanford


* The Emerging Left *

~ Rethinking Political Parties by Hilary Wainright
~ Left Prospects in the Post-PASOK Era by Michalis Spourdalakis
~ Tackling Urban Apartheid: The Paris Social Forum by Stefan Kipfer


* The US Election and the American Left *

~ US Post-Election Musings 2008 by Makani Themba
~ A Legislative Agenda for the First 100 Days by Bill Fletcher, Jr.
~ The Life of the Party by Khalil Hassan
~ Refounding the Left by Solidarity
~ Revolutionary Work in Our Times by Stephanie Luce and Karin Baker
~ What Does the US Left Need? by Steven Sherman

* International *

~ AFRICOM and the New Scramble for African Oil by Jesse Salah Ovadia
~ My Journey Home by Mehrangiz Ghorbanifard


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