Class Struggle
n°67
May 2006
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Britain - Ryton's closure: the only reply to capitalist greed is to fight back
According to the announcement made in April by French car giant PSA-Peugeot, the Ryton car factory is meant to be closed by July 2007, with one shift being cut by the end of 2006. Overall, this will result in the loss of 2,300 direct permanent jobs, several hundreds of casual … - 2
Britain- Labour's local election campaign, demagogy and overbidding
As the present issue of Class Struggle goes to press, two days before this year's local elections, their actual outcome remains an open question. But long before election day, this Labour government looked set for yet another electoral blow - after losing ground in local government for eight consecutive years, … - 3
Britain - The fight over public sector pensions - a lost opportunity?
On 28th March this year, local government workers went out on strike for 24 hours against the government's plans to cut their pensions and remove their right to retire at 60 on a full pension provided they had done 25 year's service. They had waited one year for this strike … - 4
France - A wave of protest against anti-working class attacks
The wave of protests which spread across France in March and April generated little real interest, but a lot of idiotic comments in the British media. The protesters were usually described as "rioters" and the movement as a whole, as a follow-up to last Autumn's suburban riots. Yet, it was … - 5
USA - The car giants' scams to turn the screw on workers
The following article is reprinted from the April issue (#51) of Class Struggle, the quarterly journal published in the USA by the Trotskyist group The Spark. At the end of March, the top UAW (United Auto Workers Union) leadership -negotiated a "special attrition plan" with General Motors and Delphi …