Class Struggle
n°79
July 2008
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Britain - The capitalist class must be made to pay for its crisis
"The time has come to bow your head and tighten your belt" - such was, in not so many words, the message that Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling had prepared for his audience, for a prime time interview on BBC1, on Sunday 22 June. Indeed, most of this interview … - 2
Britain - Labour's ”workers' rights” - a free-for-all for the bosses!
New legislation on the rights of agency workers has been announced for next year. This will be the latest - and last - addition to a series of legislative measures which, so it is claimed, will ensure "fair treatment" for all workers. Presumably, it is with these so-called "new … - 3
Zimbabwe - The imperialist powers use the poor as cannon fodder against Mugabe's dictatorship
There is probably no example in history of an election held in an African country which has generated as many vocal condemnations from the imperialist powers and their international bodies than the second round of the Zimbabwean presidential election, on 27 June, nor as much near-hysteria in the British media. … - 4
South Africa - Xenophobic attacks - fuelled by demagogy, poverty and despair
The wave of xenophobic attacks, which took place in the poor ghettoes of South Africa's urban areas in May came as a shock due to the horrific pictures of the events shown by the media, particularly those of people who were burnt alive. There was also some disbelief that the … - 5
Ireland - A ”No” to the bosses, their politicians and their crisis!
The 53.4% "No" majority in the referendum held in Ireland, on 12 June, over the EU Lisbon Treaty, was described, in Britain, as a "major blow" against Europe by both pro-Europeans and Euro-sceptics. As if the endorsement or rejection of this Treaty by Irish voters had ever been likely really …