Class Struggle
n°55
March 2004
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Britain - Council tax, pensions, casualisation - Blair's domestic battle front
The whitewash granted to Blair by the Hutton enquiry was far too obvious not to turn into a public relations debacle. The subsequent appointment of the Butler enquiry, with the explicit brief to avoid making any judgment on the legitimacy of the Iraq war, is an obvious delaying tactic which … - 2
Britain - After the RMT's expulsion from the Labour party
On 7 February, the Rail, Maritime and Transport union RMT was expelled from the Labour party. It was officially found to be in breach of the party's constitution for allowing its Scottish branches and Regional Council to affiliate to another political party, the Scottish Socialist Party. Significantly, even an icon … - 3
South Africa - A decade of ANC rule - nationalism's exorbitant cost for the masses
The coming general election in South Africa, on 14 April, will mark the tenth anniversary of the day when the first non-racial election in the country formalised the end of 46 years under the hated regime of apartheid. It will also mark a decade of unchallenged rule by the African … - 4
USA - The Democratic party, the presidential race and the war in Iraq
The following article was originally written at the end of January by the American Trotskyist group "The Spark" and published in its quarterly (Class Struggle #42). It has been updated for the present issue of our journal in order to take the latest developments into account. At the time …