Class Struggle
n°88
July 2010
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Britain - stopping the cuts means fighting this rotten profit system!
The first round of cuts announced by Cameron's coalition and its 22 June "emergency budget" leaves no doubt as to whom the new coalition government is targeting - the working class in general, and the poorest and most vulnerable in particular. If this government is allowed to get away … - 2
Britain - cost-cutting in local services to feed capital's parasitism
Among the first cuts announced by Osborne, even before his "emergency budget" was a "£1.166 billion" reduction in local expenditure. That local government should be first in the firing line of government attempts to make the population foot the bill for the capitalists' parasitism on the state, is no coincidence. … - 3
South Africa - behind the vuvuzelas
For all its exuberance, this year's buzzing Soccer World Cup, the first ever held in Africa, could not hide the starkly contrasting poverty which besets the vast majority of the population in the host nation, South Africa. Not that the international soccer federation, FIFA and its Local Organising Committee … - 4
USA - the cost of Obama's pro-business policies
Obama's election to the US presidency was hailed in Britain as heralding a major break from the era of George Bush. This was an illusion, of course, although it was certainly bolstered by the fact that Obama was the first black president ever to be elected in the US. In … - 5
Italy - mafia, state and capitalist economy
The article below was translated from Lutte de Classe, the monthly journal of our French comrades of Lutte Ouvrière (no 128 - May 2010). The fight against the Mafia may have been a stated priority for Italy's successive governments, but the fact is that the Mafia has never been …