Class Struggle
n°106
December 2015
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Britain - Bombing the Middle East can only feed terrorism
As this issue of our journal goes to press, Cameron is trying to put together a substantial enough majority in the Commons to back up his long-standing ambition to expand the RAF's bombing mission from Iraq to Syria. After his humiliating defeat in parliament over this issue, back in … - 2
Britain - The Labour Party: new leader, old politics
The election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader on 12 September caused great delight among the quarter of a million party members who voted for him and a great shock to his opponents. Since then, very little has gone right for this 66-year old outsider, now the official head … - 3
Britain - Trade Union Bill: they won't stop the class struggle!
How many times have we heard politicians and commentators celebrating the "end of the class struggle", as if the working class had finally been cowed into agreeing to its exploitation? Of course, they can dream, if that's what they want. But whatever they may think - or want us to … - 4
Britain - Rail renationalisation: for whom?
Eighteen years after railway privatisation, the issue came has once more come to the fore, thanks to Jeremy Corbyn, who has promised renationalisation should Labour come back into office under his watch. Unquestionably this pledge played a role in creating the "radical" image which prompted a quarter-of-a-million people to vote … - 5
Refugee crisis - A capitalist world strangled by wars and poverty
Never had the social catastrophe unfolding in the Middle East and northern Africa been so crudely highlighted than over the past few months. The fact that hundreds of thousands of refugees, young and old, women, men and children, should risk their lives by crossing the Mediterranean in unseaworthy boats, … - 6
US car Workers - After 33 years, Chrysler workers said NO!
When the UAW announced it had arrived at a new contract with GM, avoiding a strike deadline by only minutes, a "labour expert" from Cornell University explained: "It's sending a message to the membership that we took them to the strike deadline. You need to have the membership think, … - 7
Postscript: profits and pay, Ford and Fraud
In the end, first tier Ford US workers were offered 3% pay rise in the first and third years of their 4-year contract and two 4% lump sum bonuses in years 2 and 4. They were also, in addition, offered a £6634 "signing bonus" which included £664 profit sharing. But …