FREEZING THE NORTH-SOUTH BLOC AFTER THE EAST-WEST THAW

In: Socialist review: SR, Band 20, Heft 3, S. 25-46

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE FOCUSES ON THE CRISIS IN NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS WHICH PREDATES THE CURRENT CHANGES IN EAST-WEST RELATIONS. IT REVIEWS THE NORTH-SOUTH HISTORICAL BLOCK, THE CRISES IN IT, AND ITS RECONSTRUCTION. IT CONCLUDES BY STATING THAT ONLY A FEW SMALL, ISOLATED THIRD WORLD PLACES ARE POTENTIAL SITES OF DEEP SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION AND BEACONS INTO A TRULY POST-COLONIAL WORLD.