it needs to be underlined that although we can identify and analyze the process of globalization, we shouldn’t imagine that it will go on forever and that it is irreversible. The history of the 20th Century goes against such a view. In the same way, although there is no stable prospect of Keynesian policies or left reformism, that does not mean there will be no attempts at reformist strategies in the medium term. In a situation of crisis and with mass pressure from below there will be a development of reformism. In the meantime, as the French comrade said, it would be a big mistake to think that because there is a process of bourgeoisification of the workers’ parties, and because of the sharp shift to the right of the trade union leaders, reformism is going to disappear. On the contrary, reformism is still there and is still the major obstacle to a working-class fight-back against the capitalist offensive.