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November 9: Thirty years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall
The Decline of “Triumphant Capitalism” Luis Meiners
Thirty years have passed since the fall of the wall that divided Berlin. This event shook the foundations of the postwar world order and produced profound changes, whose consequences continue shaping the contemporary world. The interpretation of these facts is a matter of strong controversies in the revolutionary left and beyond, and is crucial for current tactical and strategic debates. The fashionable cry of the “end of history” turned out to be more an expression of desire for bourgeois triumphalism than an accurate analysis of political dynamics. We have lived three decades 85
marked by instability, particularly accentuated since the capitalist crisis that began in 2008. The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Eastern European Stalinist bloc marked the end of the post-war world order, characterized by pacts between the victors, resulting in a “bipolar” order. A new stage of the world class struggle initiated. That is, there was an important change in the 85
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