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    Venezuela's CANTV: What should a 21st century "socialist” telecommunications company look like?
    Daniel Chavez

    Venezuela's revolution has often been tied to the slogan “Socialism in the 21st Century.” What might that might mean concretely in changes under way in the renationalised state telecommunications company, CANTV?

    The new opiate of the masses
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    If the new law recently passed by the State Duma goes into force, it will deliver a big blow to the Russian culture, education and public health.

    The struggle of electricians in Mexico goes on (Part 2, final)
    Manuel Perez Rocha

    Behind the shutdown of the Mexico's Central Power and Lighting Company is Calderón's obligation to fulfill his commitments with foreign corporations.

    The AvtoVAZ fairy tale
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    For those who believe that privatisation automatically increases efficiency, just take a look at today’s AvtoVAZ, once considered a flagship of Soviet industry.

    "Two boots are a pair"
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The corruption of the Russian state entirely corresponds to the choice of domestic bourgeoisie, as reflected in a TV debate.

    The Ghost of Nationalization
    Boris Kagarlitsky

    The government isn't prepared to face the contradictions of a policy that takes over and nationalises enterprises from inefficient and corrupt owners at taxpayers' expense, yet then seeks to restore the same companies to the same corrupt private hands.

    When corporations capture the state
    Praful Bidwai
    The danger of a corporate capture of government isn't imaginary, and corporations represent narrow profit-seeking interests of businessmen whose forte is not Constitutional values.
    Reforming public water services
    Satoko Kishimoto

    Q and As on why reforming public water services is the best way to deliver clean water to all.

    Public spending, public control
    Hilary Wainwright

    Local experiments in public reform are more democratic and cost-effective than the government's centralised bailouts

    Public service reform … but not as we know it!
    Hilary Wainwright

    The need for convincing alternatives to market-led politics is urgent, especially as the government continues to defer to the financial markets rather than to challenge them.

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