Schlagwort: 1996
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Phil Hearse: Nicaragua: ‚privilege restored‘
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 3-4] Alemán’s victory presages a period of sharp struggle over the demands of the dispossessed rich. October’s Nicaraguan presidential elections brought right wing candidate Arnoldo Alemán, the mayor of Managua, to power. Alemán, who leads the Liberal Alliance – a grouping based on the Liberal Party of former…
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James Long: Africa: The continent capitalism abandoned
[Socialism Today, No 10, July-August 1996, p. 20-24] In the 1950s, with African nationalism at its height, the buzzword in Africa was „development‘. Since that dream of growing prosperity, Africa, despite its immense natural wealth, has become a continent beset by famine, drought, civil war and brutal dictatorships. What went wrong? James Long reports. „Africa’s…
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Margaret Jones: Natural-born killers?
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 25-28] Did Darwin really believe that society was biologically predetermined to be competitive rather than co-operative? Margaret Jones argues that the ’social Darwinians‘ have got it wrong. Want to succeed in business? Your firm will need to think hard about its ‚predatory pricing strategies‘, if it is to…
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Margaret Creear: Moral Panic
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 10-13] The Dunblane killings, the death of Philip Lawrence, and the high profile exclusions of unruly school students, have all acted as a magnet to politicians to parade their views on the ‚remoralisation‘ of Britain. Unscrupulously tapping into genuine fears to gain votes at the approaching election, argues…
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Tony Saunois: Latin American Left – Mass Struggles, Ideological Crisis
[Socialism Today, No 13, Nov 1996, p. 14-18] The struggles of the ‚popular sectors‘ in Latin America are rapidly growing. But, paradoxically, much of the Latin American left is shifting to the right. Tony Saunois reports. From the Rio Grande in the north, to Tierra del Fuego in the south, Latin America is a continent…
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Mark Everden: The Pink Pound – Whose Liberation?
[Socialism Today, No 10, July-August 1996, p. 12-14] Many businesses are turning to the lesbian and gay „niche market‘, as many in the lesbian, gay and bisexual communities turn their back on politics and opt for lifestyle‘ alternatives. Is this really the way forward? Mark Everden reports. For many lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, the…
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Dave Beale: ‚Lean Production‘ – The New Management Techniques
[Socialism Today, No 7, April 1996, p. 19-22] In many workplaces the employers‘ offensive against the workforce comes under the name of „new management techniques‘. The latest example is the Employee Agenda proposals in the Royal Mail. Dave Beale, author of Driven by Nissan? A critical guide to the New Management Techniques, outlines the new…
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Robin Clapp: Global Myths
[Socialism Today, No 7, April 1996, p. 15-18] ‚Globalisation‘ is the buzzword of the 1990s. But is the international economy really ‚globalised‘? Have the vast daily movements of capital across national borders swept all before them? Can national governments and the world labour movement do anything to resist the relentless forward march of transnational corporations?…
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Vince Dicey: Oscar Wilde. Pioneer of Gay Liberation?
[Socialism Today, No 7, April 1996, p. 26-29] One hundred years ago Oscar Wilde was languishing in Reading gaol, after one of Britain’s most famous courtroom dramas. Here Vince Dicey examines Wilde and the anti-gay witch hunt which broke him with prison and exile At the start of 1895 a friend proclaimed Wilde ‚as well-known…
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Lynn Walsh: Europäische kapitalistische Einheit in der Krise
[eigene Übersetzung des englischen Textes in Socialism Today Nr. 6, März 1996] Lynn Walsh untersucht die wachsenden Befürchtungen der führenden europäischen kapitalistischen Vertreter*innen, dass die Währungsunion nicht wie geplant zustande kommen wird, was ihre Pläne für eine politische Union durcheinanderbringt. „Frankreich bereitet sich auf die WWU vor“, titelte der „Economist“ am 9./15. Dezember auf der…