Class Struggle
n°45
July 2002
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Britain - After five years of Blair's ”flexible labour market” - towards a casualised working class
For months now this government has been concentrating its fire power against immigrants. Carefully worded statements verging on racism have been made by ministers to impress on "British" workers the idea that Blair was out to defend their schools, health service and way of life against some "foreign threat." … - 2
Northern Ireland - Is the ”peace process” under threat? No, but the working class is!
In Mid-May, almost exactly one year after the Catholic Holy Cross girls' school in North Belfast's Ardoyne was singled out as a target by UDA-UFF gangs, the mostly Catholic Short Strand area, in East Belfast, came under attack from the UVF. This time, the loyalists' objective was crystal clear. … - 3
India-Pakistan - After six months of a ”phony war”
India and Pakistan have now been at war for six months. One could talk about a "phony war" since, for the past six months the two sides have been trading verbal abuse without either side being willing to take the initiative of launching an offensive on the ground - for … - 4
USA - The collapse of Enron: ”<i>A tribute to American capitalism</i>”
Enron, WorldCom, Xerox, who will be next? One by one some of the world's largest companies have collapsed like castles made of cards, revealing astronomical debts. And overnight tens of thousands of workers have found themselves without a job as a result.Officially this is blamed on "lack of transparency", … - 5
Italy - Rifondazione Comunista: ”turn to the left” or shift to the right?
Rifondazione Comunista (or PRC - the party which was formed by a faction of the Italian Communist Party when the majority of the latter decided to drop all references to communism) held its fifth conference in Rimini at the beginning of April. Its general secretary, Fausto Bertinotti, described it as …