Class Struggle
n°95
April 2012
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Britain - Welfare Reform: deserving of universal discredit
The ConDem's Welfare Reform Act, first proposed in November 2010, finally passed through the House of Lords on 29 February 2012. After the obligatory "Royal assent" on 8 March, it became law. For over a year it had been in various "committee" stages and then its final version ping-ponged … - 2
France - Revolutionary communists and the presidential election
British commentators seem to have been flabbergasted by the French presidential election whose first round has just taken place on 22nd April. The Economist magazine put this astonishment in a nutshell in a recent issue. Its headline was "France in denial - the West's most frivolous election". … - 3
Syria - Between imperialist power games and the threat of civil war
At the time of writing, an estimated 12,000 people have paid with their lives for voicing their opposition to Bashar al-Assad's rule in Syria and there is no indication that the bloodshed is likely to end any time soon. The origins of the Syrian wave of protests can be … - 4
Russia - Twenty years after the end of the USSR
We publish here a slightly abridged translation of an article first published by our French comrades of Lutte Ouvrière in the February issue of their monthly journal (Lutte de Classe - No141) On December 4, 20 years after the Soviet Union disappeared, there were massive demonstrations denouncing the rigging …