Class Struggle
n°15
April 1997
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Britain - Revolutionaries and the May 1st general election
Not even Tory politicians themselves seem to have any more doubts as to the outcome of the May 1st general election. In view of Labour's 26% lead in the polls, a replay of the 1992 opinion polls' fiasco is no longer considered a possibility. Even the arch-conservative business weekly The … - 2
Britain - The union bureaucracy and Labour's return to office
For several years already, the union machineries have been preparing themselves for Labour's return into office. The first major public move in this direction took place over two years ago with the "relaunch" of the TUC under John Monks' leadership. Under the more "marketable" image of "New Unionism", this … - 3
France - The lethal threat of the National Front will have to be met with a working class counter-offensive
Over the past decade, far-right parties have developed in several European countries, as ugly and threatening political by-products of the economic crisis. In Britain, by contrast, despite the impact of the crisis, which has been in many respects more drastic than elsewhere, the far-right remains, so far, little more … - 4
South Korea - Working class militancy and the myths of the ”economic miracle”
December 26, 1996 saw the outbreak of what was to develop into a 24- day long general strike involving several hundred thousand workers in South Korea's major heavy industries. This was effectively the first time a general strike had been called in the country since 1948. On January 18, the … - 5
Algeria - What way out for the Algerian peoplen caught in the war between the army and the Fundamentalists?
Five years after the cancellation of the legislative elections in Algeria, the first round results of which had indicated a probable majority for the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), the power struggle between this party and the government has turned into a civil war in which the poorer classes of the …