Class Struggle
n°38
May 2001
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Britain - From the ”lesser evil” blackmail to the real battles to come
The outbreak of politicking surrounding the "pledge" presented by the Council for Racial Equality to party candidates shed a revealing light on the current "non-election" campaign. That a number of Tory politicians would refuse to sign a pledge to refrain from using the race card in the election, was … - 2
Britain - Beyond the politicking of Labour's ”law and order” agenda
The Tories are always keen to parade themselves as the party of "law and order". So too in the current election campaign with, for instance, their billboard showing a middle-age woman carrying a shopping bag and, in huge letters, the question: "you paid the tax, so where is the police?" … - 3
South Africa - 25 years after Soweto - in the grip of imperialism, AIDS and poverty
The irony of the recent events held in Britain, to celebrate "Freedom Day", the anniversary of the first multiracial election, could hardly have been missed by those who fought to overthrow apartheid. With its emphasis on the good relations South Africa has with British imperialism and Britain's "helping hand", it … - 4
France - The revolutionary left and the March local elections
In March this year, local elections were held in France. And just because Paris and Lyon were taken over for the first time ever by the ruling Socialist party-led coalition (the so-called "plural left", which includes the Communist party, the Greens and a small splinter group of the Socialist party, … - 5
USA - Wall Street's prescription for health
Traditionally, the price for health care has been higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world. But in the 1980s, those costs really skyrocketed. The total amount of money spent on health care in the US went from a little more than 200 billion dollars in 1980 …