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In the period 1989–91 a tidal shift in global power structures occurred, which removed the Soviet Union, and hence one of the two ‘superpowers’, from the scene. Clearly, human history has recently taken a new turn; the march of capital is once again unrestricted, and no-one knows where it will ultimately lead us.1 The fact above all that most of the world’s people — including those in the former state socialist countries — remain bogged down in the most backward forms of capitalism is of especial importance, because it leaves the possibility of revolution, long the trademark of communists, on the agenda.
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Post, K. (1997). The Problematic. In: Revolution’s Other World. Institute of Social Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25864-2_1
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