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| Britain
Political volatility despite the limits of the fightback against austerityTens of thousands of trade unionists marched in London on October 18th in a demonstration called by the TUC, the unified British trade union confederation, under the slogan ‘Britain needs a pay rise’. Since 2008 the average worker has lost about £2000 in annual income. Britain is the fastest growing G7 member with 3% growth this year and an official unemployment rate of 6%. But working people are not experiencing the benefits. Why is this? Millions have been forced to take pay cuts or reduced hours. Two million workers have been re-classified as self-employed earning less money and not sick pay. If you add the huge cuts in social spending this explains why surveys still show high levels of dissatisfaction and give the Labour Party a three point lead over the Conservatives with 32% in the polls. -> read article... |
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| China
Chinese ambitions - An imperialism in formationChina is not an "emerging country" but a power that has emerged. It is not a "sub-imperialism" ensuring order in its own region, but an imperialism "in formation." The new Chinese bourgeoisie is aiming to play in the big league. The success of its enterprise is still far from assured, but this ambition determines its international policies, both economic and military. -> read article... |
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| Belgium: What now?
Perspectives for the LCR, the PTB and the trade union leftOn May 25, two candidates for the Parti du Travail de Belgique (PTB – Workers’ Party of Belgium) entered the Chamber, two in the Walloon parliament and four in the Brussels Parliament, elected on the lists of the PTB-GO (Gauche d’Ouverture) in Wallonia, and on a bilingual PTB-PVDA-GO! list in Brussels. -> read article... |