Class Struggle
n°16
July 1997
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Britain - After the Tories' collapse, Labour's austerity drive
Eighteen years of Tory rule were brought to an abrupt end on May 1st. Dozens of Tory grandees were forced into an unexpected and humiliating career move. On election night, millions of voters watched with glee as their faces turned from blue to grey on TV. Soon most of them … - 2
Britain - Insidious attacks against the right of women to abortion
Towards the end of May, the issue of a woman's right to abortion hit the frontpage headlines of the national papers with the case of Lynne Kelly, in Scotland - who was taken to court by her husband in a bid to prevent her from having an abortion. Faced … - 3
Ireland - Five years of austerity policy and fake economic ”success”
The Irish Labour party, unlike its opposite numbers in Britain and France, experienced a major setback in the June 6th Irish general election. Its share of the vote was almost halved, together with its representation in the Irish Dail. The Democratic Left, a right-wing split of the old Stalinist Workers' … - 4
France - After the general election
The snap general election called by the French right-wing president Chirac, in May, backfired. The right-wing coalition which had been in government since 1993 was neatly defeated - at least in terms of seats. And Jospin, the Socialist party leader, took over as prime minister thanks to a narrow parliamentary … - 5
China - Hong Kong re-united with China... through the world market
By the time this issue of our journal comes out, Hong Kong will have been officially returned to China. After 155 years of colonial rule, the British state will have finally withdrawn from its last remaining imperial outpost in Asia, and for good. That the Union Jack - the blood-stained …