Class Struggle
n°108
July 2016
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France - ”Loi Travail”, the lessons of four months of protest
For nearly 4 months, workers have been staging stoppages and protests across France, including a dozen national days of action and strikes, against a draft law, officially known as the "law for the modernisation of the labour code". This draft was released on February 17th by the Labour minister and … - 2
Britain - The EU referendum, Brexit and the dance of the demagogues
Voters woke up on 24th June to the news that the "Leave" camp had won. Headlines were screaming: "We're Out!". Once again, opinion polls had got it all wrong.Many "Remain" voters had probably never even considered this possibility. But some "Leave" voters had not expected it either. … - 3
Britain - The Parliamentary Labour Party versus Corbyn
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faced the threat of crucifixion by his own MPs in the immediate aftermath of the EU referendum. But this was not due to his "lacklustre" pro-remain campaign, as his fellow Remainers and the media claimed. After all, the 67-year old Labour leader hardly exhibits … - 4
Chilcot report on Iraq - Blair is blamed, but it's a whitewash for the crimes of imperialism
The Chilcot enquiry was originally commissioned by Gordon Brown's Labour government, in June 2009, to look into "the period from summer 2001, before military operations began in March 2003, and our subsequent involvement in Iraq right up to the end of July this year [2009]". The inquiry held …