Class Struggle n°28 · September 1999

The beginning of the conference season saw Blair and his ministers taking the initiative to try to address the dissatisfaction in the ranks of the Labour and trade union machineries. This dissatisfaction has its main origin the fact that Labour has lost support amongst its traditional electorate after two years …

It is the "crusade against poverty" which Blair and his ministers have chosen to highlight as their main concern in the run-up to this year's conference season. At the end of August, Social Security minister, Alistair Darling wrote in The Guardian: "By the end of this parliament, one and …

At the time of writing, a United Nations "peacekeeping" force has begun to land in East Timor, led by a 4500-strong contingent from neighbouring Australia. Its official brief will be to protect the East Timorese from the terror unleashed against them by pro-Indonesian militias, in the wake of an overwhelmingly …

Admittedly, the sudden deterioration of the social situation in Turkey is first of all due to the earthquake which took place in the North-West of the country during the night of August 16th. But, for all their strength and unpredictability, the movements of the earth's crust would not have had …

Earlier this year, on June 18th, tens of thousands of people took part in demonstrations across the world, intended to coincide with the G7 summit of the world's seven richest powers, which was then taking place in Cologne, Germany. Hundreds of different groups and campaigns were involved in organising these …