The Vision Document of AAP* brings no surprises. It puts down in black and white what its main protagonists have been saying for the last two years.

Socialism is no longer what it once was. Is its new face more Latino? Bio-socialism, bio-power, buen vivir1 and other paradigms are being debated on various political stages. A conversation with René Ramírez opens up new channels in this dialogue and marks its major milestones with wide-ranging reflections.

The hectic discussion over the Kashmir meeting in Delhi in October entitled ‘Azadi – The Only Way’ has made it urgent to revisit the debate between Lenin and Luxemburg on the right of nations to self-determination. Lenin, starting from his experience in imperialist Russia, insisted on the right of nations like the Ukraine to self-determination (in the sense of their right to form separate states), contending that denial of this right would merely strengthen Great Russian nationalism. In a colonial situation, Lenin was surely right.