The left and Europe
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The British left is still infected by nationalism. There are a number of reasons for this.
Workers' Liberty 39, April 1997
Blair wins a place in the Sun
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By their friends shall ye know them: the decision of the Sun (or, rather, Mr Rupert Murdoch) to back New Labour at the General Election should come as no great surprise.
The moderniser as executioner
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Deng Xiao-ping, the second paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China, died on 19 February at the age of 92.
There is only one socialist answer on Europe: workers unite!
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Increasingly, “Europe” determines what happens within the member states of the European Union. More and more, what “Europe” decides happens, especially where a second rate power like the UK is concerned.
The revolt of the German miners
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Halil Senturk is a miner in Germany's Ruhr coalfield. He told the Financial Times (10 March) why he and his workmates have been fighting job cuts in their industry.
"Europe without frontiers yes, Europe without jobs no"
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"Europe without frontiers yes, Europe without jobs no", was among the slogans on a 70,000 strong march in Brussels on 16 March, where workers from the threatened Renault car factory at Vilvoorde, Belgium, were joined by delegations from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece and Austria.
So why Did We Say Vote Labour in the 1997 General Election?
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[At each stage in the transformation of the Labour Party by the Blair-Brown coup, Workers Liberty has analysed what that meant for working class politics.
Debate on the "workers' government"
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Further debate on the "workers' government". Download pdf (see "attachment").
The life and times of Bob Pennington, part 2
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Bob Pennington died in 1997. He was a leading activist or organiser first for the "Healy" Trotskyists, then for the "Solidarity" group, then for the "Mandelite" IMG.