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In the present paper we try to recover the reflection of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on the American workers' movement of their time, especially as regards to the role of socialists. It is our understanding that this reflection of Marx and Engels contributes, although little explored, to the understanding of the conception of both - the materialist conception of history -, not because it contributed to its final elaboration, but through the practice that the authors made this when they analyzed what was happening on the other side of the Atlantic. The reflection of these two authors may still be, in addition to merely theoretical issues, quite current - hence the focus on issues of political party strategy - since the parties that claim the working class today are, after all, much more than in the second half of the nineteenth century, but on the other hand, much less expressive than in the second half of the twentieth century. It is, in fact, one of several particular contributions of the conception of the two German authors.

Nach den Wahlergebnissen vom September 1992, die der Verlierer Savimbi nicht anerkannte, brach in Angola erneut der Bürgerkrieg aus. Der Artikel schildert den Verlauf seit dem Herbst 1992 und nennt die Hintergründe der verschiedenen Interessengruppen. Dazu gehören u.a. separatistische Bestrebungen Savimbis und die Machtkämpfe um die öl- und diamantenreichen Gebiete, in die auch die USA involviert sind. Ein weiterer Beitrag schildert die ethnisch motivierten Gewalttaten im Januar 1993 in Luanda. (DÜI-Spl)

The author compares the negotiating process of two agreements: Canada/USA and Argentina/Brazil. The main topic discussed is the harmonization of economic policies. In order to create a free trade area or a common market, governments have to face a difficult choice, between the economic benefits of integration and the political costs of restricted sovereignty. Two different configurations of this dilemma are analysed in this paper

Descrevem detalhadamente o modelo de geração de empregos do Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento (MGE/BNDES) – um modelo insumo-produto para a economia brasileira que usa dados do Sistema de Contas Nacionais (SCN) e da matriz insumo-produto (MIP). O MGE é utilizado pelo BNDES há mais de duas décadas como ferramenta para análise dos efeitos dos seus financiamentos. Além de explicarem as últimas atualizações do modelo, os autores fazem estimativas do MGE em relação a emprego, massa salarial e valor adicionado para o período 2014-2021.

Existe uma vasta literatura internacional sobre patentes como indicadores de progresso tecnologico, mas esta abordagem tem sido pouco explorada no Brasil. O presente trabalho usa dados sobre patentes no pais para avaliar os resultados dos gastos em pesquisa e desenvolvimento a partir de um levantamento inicial das estatisticas sobre patentes de invencao concedidas a residentes. A fonte primaria de dados e o Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial. Estes dados se revelam informativos sobre o desempenho do Sistema Brasileira de Ciencia e Tecnologia (SBCT). (Pesqui Planej Econ/DÜI)

This article examines a study by Theodor Adorno about the radio phonic utterances of the extreme right-wing political activist in the USA, Pastor Martin Luther Thomas, in the 1930s. In examining these discourses through the method of content analysis, Adorno sought to understand the motives that led individuals to perpetuate the same economic relations as their forces had overcome, instead of replacing them with a superior and more rational form of social organization. After more than 70 years, this study is undoubtedly an indispensable instrument for understanding the current social scenario, mainly politic.

North Korea has seen the increase of its insecurity when the Cold War's bipolar stability was replaced by a multipolar system where the USA plays a predominant role within the structure of power. The incompatibility between the structure of power & Pyongyang, prolonged by the reform incapability demonstrated by Kim long-Il's regime & aggravated by George W. Bush policy, conditioned the North Koreans to develop nuclear weapons as a survival guarantee. The continuation of the agent-structure incompatibility should prevent North Korea from surrendering its nuclear capacity in the near future. References. Adapted from the source document.

Iran's nuclear program has gained importance in the international agenda & the discussion of the case by the United Nations Security Council has been marked by the radicalization of Tehran's speech. This text aims to provide information about the origins & evolution of Iran's nuclear program & to assess the motives that have inclined the Iranian leadership to take the risk of provoking a direct confrontation with the USA at this particular moment. Finally, the article seeks to anticipate some of the scenarios that can emerge from the present crisis. References. Adapted from the source document.

The aim of this paper is to point out the fact that there is a growing need of formal talks concerning some vital improvements in the trade relations between Brazil and the USA and their respective commercial roles not only in a limited regional context, but also in a new and global economic order. The mutual trade relations and possible conflicts and solutions are analysed in the light of current topics such as tariff reduction, trade reciprocity, fast-track, Mercosul, NAFTA, ALCA and the build-up of the so called positive agenda. (Polit Externa/DÜI)

As cicatrizes, queimaduras, erupções do filósofo são apenas as figurações mais literais das emoções que se depositam em nossas faces - as emoções que a filosofia em si precisa conceitualizar, por sua vez. Para Deleuze, a própria natureza do conceito emerge de tais "contatos imediatos" com algo sem precedentes e até mesmo apocalíptico, que não pode ser representado, mas, no entanto, precisa ser pensado. O filósofo sci phi usa a sensação de seus encontros em seu corpo e sua mente, quer estas sejam marcas que entalharam sua carne delicada, ou as impressões fora-deste-mundo que se resolveram em expressões, ou as experiências que formaram as dobras delicadas da matéria cinza.

Este artigo aborda a relação existente entre as crises financeiras, a ascensão da extrema direita e a relativização dos direitos humanos, especialmente, dos grupos minoritários. A Longa Depressão, a Grande Depressão e a Crise Financeira de 2008, todas crises sistêmicas do capitalismo, serviram de background para fomentar o retorno da extrema direita, e o mais preocupante, a relativização dos direitos humanos, especialmente, àqueles voltados a proteção dos grupos minoritários. O Estado passa a ser usado como forma de oprimir, ainda mais, os definidos como inimigo comum, sejam eles os pobres, os negros, os refugiados ou os homossexuais. Posto esse cenário, surge, então, uma estranha e feroz classe que se define como a dos cidadãos de bem e que usa o Estado para relativizar e negar direitos fundamentais.

This article focuses on the contradictory position of the United States in its economic policies towards Latin America. By pressuring the region to maintain its debt service, the US government left Latin American countries with little choice but to produce large trade surpluses, as voluntary capital flows to the region dried up in the 1980s. Simultaneous US insistence, however, that Latin American countries curtail their export incentive programs and liberalize their imports, makes debt servicing even more difficult and imposes heavy burdens on Latin American societies

The article attempts to identify & assess both the types of differentiation in patterns of church-state relationships across European space & the trends of change which have occurred across time. The central hypothesis to be tested is the claim advanced by some authors that contemporary trends can, when taken together, be seen to prefigure the emergence, in spite of differences, of a distinctive European common model -- one which is furthermore as different from that associated with the USA in the far West as it is from that of China in the far East. By contrast with those counterposed "Others" the emergent European model might, it is argued, be seen as an object of hope for the overcoming within Europe of the many tensions which have surfaced in connection with the recent steep resurgence of the religious factor in politics across the world. Charts. Adapted from the source document.

Este artigo busca investigar as múltiplas possibilidades educativas das comunidades virtuais, com ênfase no site de relacionamentos Orkut, analisando suas características, funcionamento e emergência no ciberespaço. Discute a possibilidade de usá-lo tanto numa perspectiva individual – o sujeito traçando seu percurso – quanto numa perspectiva social, visando formar novas comunidades virtuais em torno de interesses comuns, mas voltados para atividades pedagógicas. Dentre as diferentes comunidades virtuais existentes neste site, analisou-se apenas as comunidades virtuais constituídas com a finalidade de compreender as potencialidades da rede nos processos de aprendizagem de alunos e na formação continuada de professores. Conclui-se, inicialmente que a Internet tem transformado as relações sociais e de aprendizagem através do cyberespaço, que o grande desafio é transportar essa inovação para dentro dos muros escolares, sendo necessária a interação entre governo e sociedade acadêmica, tendo a informática educativa papel decisivo neste processo de transformação da sala de aula.