Class Struggle
n°48
January 2003
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The threat of war - Blair's plans against Iraq - and against the working class
Just as Blair was returning safely from a ten-day family holiday in Egypt, his officials were announcing that he would be signing the mobilisation orders of 20,000 British soldiers and an unknown number of reserve personnel, in preparation for war against Iraq. Having enjoyed the sun of the Middle-East, Blair … - 2
Britain - The firefighters' strike - the ”new generation” of trade-union leaders put to the test
When the firefighters took national strike action over a 40% wage claim in November 2002, there was all kinds of speculation about a "new wave of trade union militancy". The different public sector unions had been staging one-day strikes since the Spring over wages, with some of these days of … - 3
North Korea - Another pawn in Bush's power games
In his "State of the Union" speech, on 29 January 2002, Bush lumped together North Korea, Iraq and Iran in his "axis of evil". Ever since that day, North Korea has been the target of increasingly aggressive rhetoric on the part of the US. This culminated in the last … - 4
Egypt - The Mubarak regime's fears
From Saudi Arabia to Algeria, from Syria and Lebanon to Egypt, the prospect of an American war against Iraq is a worrying one for Arab governments, because they are likely to be among the first to pay the political price. The policy of the United States as well as … - 5
The Prestige disaster - A tale of oil profiteering and state complicity
The break-up of the Prestige oil tanker off the Spanish coast last November exposed once more the profiteering and criminal practices prevailing in the oil transport industry. The tanker, carrying 77,000 tons of fuel oil, cracked its hull in a storm within sight of the La Coruna lighthouse. It …