%0 Journal Article %T Capitalismo, crise e lutas de classes contemporaneas: quest£¿es e pol¨ºmicas %A Braz %A Marcelo %J Servi£¿o Social & Sociedade %D 2012 %I Cortez Editora Ltda %R 10.1590/S0101-66282012000300005 %X the text presents issues and controversies related to the present moment of capitalist development. divided the exhibition into four parts that relate to them. the first discusses the conditions of contemporary capitalism and its crisis. the second shows the actual data that condense the contradictory development of capitalism in two levels: barbarism and restoration. the third part raises some practical and theoretical questions to reflect on the current conditions of class struggle. finally, a brief assessment suggests that some paths. %K contemporary capitalism %K contemporary crisis %K class struggles %K political party %K social movements. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-66282012000300005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en