Class Struggle
n°86
January 2010
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Britain - the crisis, poverty and austerity-electioneering
Despite all the past hot air about a "recovery", the harsh reality of the crisis continues to be felt in the day-to-day life of the working class. It is evident in the on-going job cuts and rising unemployment; wage cuts and shrinking purchasing power, even when in a job; the … - 2
Iraq - The imperialist occupation may end in its present form, the damage it caused will not
If the Chilcot enquiry - the so-called "independent" enquiry into the Iraq war - is anything to go by, it would seem that the invasion and occupation of Iraq have already disappeared into the thin air of history. In fact, this is the main function of this enquiry - … - 3
Russia - The world crisis and the permanent crisis in post-Soviet society
Long before the present world crisis - in fact, even before the collapse of the USSR - the Russian economy had been in a state of permanent crisis due to the parasitism of the bureaucracy on Soviet society. This crisis became even deeper after the collapse of the USSR as … - 4
USA - Health care for sale - if you can pay
Unlike many industrialised countries since WWII, the USA never had a government-run health system, let alone an integrated system free at the point of use. So far, instead, the only way for most people in the US to get some form of health cover, was to buy, either directly or …