Class Struggle n°20 · May 1998

Judging from the headlines in the run-up to the first anniversary of Blair's accession to power, his is a success story. From Brussels to Paris, Northern Ireland to Israel, and of course Iraq, Blair always has something to say, a lesson to teach and a sermon to make, to these …

Ever since Blair got into office, the TUC leadership have been engaged in protracted behind-the-scenes negotiations with employers and government representatives over the issue of union recognition. As this journal goes to print, these discussions are likely to be coming to a head with the imminent release of the government's …

Is the Northern Ireland "peace agreement" a "blueprint for the future" as Blair's ministers claim? Will it open a "new peaceful era" in Irish and British history? Is it even "not a solution, but the potential for a solution", as Sinn Fein put it, in their weekly paper, An …

On March 8th, this year, a headline appeared in the British Sunday newspaper, The Observer: "Britain's talks with hired killers: Foreign office admits ambassador's link to notorious mercenaries plotting against Sierra Leone government". There followed an article revealing that the British ambassador to Sierra Leone had engaged in …

The strike by workers of the Teamsters union, the IBT (International Brotherhood of Teamsters) against UPS (United Parcel Service), which took place in August last year, was the most important strike in the US in many years. It was a big, national and militant strike, involving 185,000 workers and the …