Links July-September 1994 [antikvár]

The positive response around the world to the first issue of LINKS has confirmed our estimation of the need for such an international journal discussing issues of socialist renewal. We introduced ourselves in the first issue as a magazine for the post Cold War left; a determinedly socialist, anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist magazine that rejects the Stalinist distortion of the socialist project, a magazine that takes into account ecological, feminist, and anti-racist questions, a magazine that is taking steps to unify and bring together the forces for socialism in the world today, a magazine that aspires to unite Marxists from different political traditions because it discusses openly and constructively. LINKS organised a planning and assessment meeting in Sydney immediately after the International Green Left conference. All the forces initially involved in the editorial board, with the exception of the South African comrades, were represented. The meeting was hosted by the Democratic Socialist Party, and was also attended by Dulce Maria Pereira from the Brazilian Workers Party; Luciana Castellina, from the Italian Party of Communist Refoundation; from the Philippines, Sonny Melencio from MAKABAYAN, Tony Cabardo from SANLAKAS and Ronald Llamas from BISIG; Carl Bloice, Peter Camejo, Malik Miah and Mike Wyman from the Committees of Correspondence in the US; Keith Locke from the New Zealand NewLabour Party and Alliance; Vickramabahu Karunarathne from the Sri Lankan New Socialist Party; Phil Hearse from the Fourth International; Hassan and Yahya from the People's Committee in Indonesia; Serge Thion, political analyst from France; and Dr Nguyen Khac Kinh, Deputy Director of Vietnam's National Environment Agency. Participants endorsed the progress so far, and discussed ways of broadening out the contributions to LINKS even further, the need for involving socialists from places such as India, Canada, Britain, and broader input from Europe. Comrades from Indonesia, Brazil, and Italy agreed to participate in the LINKS project. The meeting recognised the need to have more women representatives involved in the process, and also to make LINKS 3