Class Struggle
n°89
October 2010
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Britain - TUC leaders show determination... not to rock the boat
After two years of systematic attacks against workers' jobs, wages and conditions across the economy and following the Con-Dems' announcement of massive cuts in public expenditure, some may have expected this year's TUC conference in Manchester to come up with some sort of response to the urgent problems facing the … - 2
South Africa - The working class strikes back
The situation in South Africa may have been a regular news topic during the Football World Cup in July, but little was said about the social struggles taking place in the background. Yet this year has witnessed the most powerful wave of strikes since the downfall of the racist regime … - 3
USA - From the 2009 anti-concession vote by Ford Workers to the 2010 UAW Convention
The American union machineries are notorious for the straightjacket they impose on workers' militancy. This is even more true in the present crisis. The article we reproduce here, which deals with the particular case of the United Auto Workers (UAW), was originally published in the journal of the American Trotskyist … - 4
Iraq - The making of a dysfunctional pawn in the imperialist regional game
In the run-up to this November's "mid-term" congressional election in the US, Obama had to be seen delivering at least on one thing - his promise to withdraw the troops from Iraq. Hence the media fanfare surrounding the "end of combat operations" declared on August 31st. Never mind that this …