Workers' Liberty 11, January 1989

The Fourth International after 50 Years

Fifty years on, we look back at the foundation of the Fourth International; the ruling-class caricature of socialism; and class struggle in Russia. By Sean Matgamna Click here to download article as pdf .

Modernism and postmodernism in architecture

Click here to download article as pdf . Some architects defend hated modern buildings by saying "The Eiffel Tower (Crystal Palace, etc.) was hated in its day!" However, many modern buildings were not hated or protested about in their "day". It's now, after years of looking at them, that the outcry has come against soulless tower blocks and ugly offices. In their day they were praised. In his book 'Heroes', journalist and filmmaker John Pilger shamefacedly quotes a 1968 article he wrote praising Sheffield's Hyde Park Flats "great glass towers...that face, not blades of soot, but trees and green...

"Post-Fordism": collapsing into the present

Click here to download article as pdf . Capitalism has changed and is changing. Vast new areas in the Third World have industrialised. The introduction of small, cheap, flexible computers is revolutionising finance, administration, retailing, manufacturing. The majority of the workforce in many capitalist countries is now "white-collar" - but white-collar work is becoming more industrial. Dozens of other shifts and changes are underway. Which of them are basic? How are they connected? What implications do they have for socialists? Into this debate has marched the Communist Party's magazine...

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