Class Struggle n°25 · March 1999

For twenty years now the fundamentalist mullahs have been in power in Iran, and for twenty years what they call the "Islamic Republic" has been subjecting the Iranian population to a brutal dictatorship accompanied by the kind of social regression which, in the name of Islamic law, targets the whole …

Nearly two years into the New Labour government, there are signs which indicate that attempts are being made to revive some form of left opposition to Blair's leadership within the Labour Party. At this stage it is hard to tell how far these tentative moves will go in their …

Following his abduction from Kenya by Turkish secret agents, Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan was jailed in Turkey. He now faces the prospect of a prompt trial which is likely to be expeditious. This allows Turkey's political leaders to claim a victory in the guerilla war which has been fought for …

Ten years ago, when the power struggles at the top level of the bureaucracy broadened to encompass the whole of the dominant social layer and released a horde of previously underground forces, thus causing an open political and social crisis, our tendency was confronted with the question of understanding, from …

Next June's euro-election will be a national test for Jospin's Socialist Party-led government in France, after two years in office - just as it will be for Blair in Britain. But neither in France nor in Britain will Europe be an issue in this election, except maybe for rival factions …

Political life in France in 1998 has been a direct extension of the situation produced by the failed dissolution of the National Assembly (a failure from Chirac's point of view) in April 1997. The institutions of the 5th Republic have shown themselves to be just as capable of functioning …

The results won by LO's slates in the 1998 regional elections confirmed the score made by Arlette Laguiller in the 1995 presidential election. These results showed the continuing existence of a far-left electorate which is, on the one hand, larger than LO's traditional electorate since 1973-74, and, on the other …

For Europe, radical measures against unemployment! The future lies with a united Europe, without borders between the peoples. But the Europe that they intend to build has nothing in common with the interests of workers, the unemployed, and youth. It serves the industrialists and the financial groups. Their Europe …