NEWSLINK: “‘We are nothing, let us be all.’ The century of revolution. The first communist revolution had almost as many consequences for the rest of the world as it did for Russia itself. Its demise has brought about another type of universalism: capitalist globalisation.” – Le Monde Diplomatique/ Serge Halimi

“… The ‘end of communism’ seemed to settle the great debate that opposed the main currents of the international left after the Russian Revolution, the defeat of one of the protagonists entailing the victory of the other, social democracy’s revenge on its boisterous sibling. That triumph was short-lived. The centenary of the storming of the Winter Palace is coinciding with a reversal of fortune for the reformist current. The Clinton dynasty has been swept away; Tony Blair, Felipe González and Gerhard Schröder have sailed away to make money, not to mention François Hollande who could not even run again. At the same time, a form of impatience, of radicalism, has been reborn — in their countries and beyond. …”