Class Struggle
n°37
February 2001
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Britain - The coming ”dateless” and stakeless election
Although Blair has still to make his much awaited announcement regarding the date of the coming general election, unquestionably the past few months have had the taste and feel of an election campaign. And what is known, at the time of writing, of Brown's March Budget can only reinforce this … - 2
Britain - Behind the foot and mouth outbreak, the farming crisis
Coming hard on the heels of an epidemic of swine fever and the BSE disaster, the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain could spell catastrophe for many small and medium sized farms. The wholesale slaughter of pigs, sheep and cattle, across the country is likely to mean bankruptcy … - 3
Britain - The great pension robbery
For many months they have been hailed on thousands of posters and in newspaper adverts, but none was available so far. Now the long wait is over. Blair's "stakeholder pensions", the final instalment of his flagship "Welfare Reform", will see the light of day on April 6th, when the Post … - 4
Mexico - The Mexican revolution and the origin of the PRI
On July 1, 2000, the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party), the party that had ruled Mexico for 71 years, lost the presidential election to Vicente Fox Quesada, the former head of Coca Cola in Mexico and candidate of the right-wing opposition PAN (National Action Party). This led many commentators to characterize … - 5
Mexico - The revolution ”institutionalized” and... rubbed out
Up until July 2000, when Vicente Fox of the right-wing PAN (National Action Party) won the presidential election in Mexico, the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) and its predecessors had held power for 71 years. Formally, Mexico is a democracy with all of the accoutrements, like regular elections, competing political parties, …