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He came out of a trap door flashlight in hand, without his elegant vestments and his rings - impediments for the task at hand. In his nightshirt and slippers he slipped into the bathroom next to the dormitory and sat on the toilet waiting.

There are three major forces acting in the contemporary world: the anti-globalization movement, increasingly opposed to the dominance of Euro-U.S. capital and imperial wars; Washington\’s militarization of global and domestic political-economy; and the increase of lamebotismo among Third World leaders eager to curry favor from Washington in exchange for loans, access to markets or simply because of ideological servility.

A discussion of the struggle for socialism today should begin what is and is not socialism. It is important to have political clarity about false alternatives as well as the basic components of a socialist society.