Schlagwort: 1997

  • Lynn Walsh: Eurocrash!

    [Socialism Today, No 20, July/August 1997, p. 21-28] “The Euro is coming” was the verdict of Austrian Chancellor Viktor Klima at last month’s Amsterdam summit. But, says, Lynn Walsh the Euro is ‘going’ – down the drain fast. In reality the summit marked a head-on collision between Germany, which is insisting on strict adherence to…

  • Lynn Walsh: What Will Happen in Labour Britain

    [Socialism Today, No 17, April 1997, p. 11-16] Despite the interchangeability of Tory and New Labour policies, Labour’s likely election victory will open up a new era in British politics, accelerating the re-emergence of mass workers‘ struggles and the revival of socialist ideas. Lynn Walsh writes. By delaying the general election to the last possible…

  • Lynn Walsh: Heading For A Slump

    [Socialism Today, No. 24, December 1997, p. 11-16] The world economic situation of capitalism has changed dramatically in a few weeks. Until recently, capitalist commentators presented glowing reports on its health. But now the illusion of a ’new paradigm‘, a renaissance of ‚free market‘ capitalism, is being shattered, as the world economy heads for a…

  • Lynn Walsh: Albania: Imperialism Intervenes

    [Socialism Today, No. 18, May 1997, p. 15-16] Berisha’s days are numbered. The mass, armed uprising which began early in March suspended his regime in the air. The president lost control of the South, but the southern rebels, loosely organised by salvation committees, lacked the strength to march on Tirana. There was a deadlock between…

  • Lynn Walsh: Tigers Fight Back

    [Socialism Today, No. 16, March 1997, p. 7] Workers in the unregulated, low-wage industries of the Asian Tigers are beginning to fight back. Alarm bells began to ring in the boardrooms of the big Japanese and other multi-nationals at the end of last year, when enraged workers at the Sanyo Universal Electric Company in Bangkok…

  • Lynn Walsh: Tony & Bill

    [Socialism Today, No. 19, June 1997, p. 15-17] Tony Blair’s invitation to Bill Clinton to become the first-ever overseas head of state to attend a British government cabinet meeting is another example of the close ties between the New Democrats and New Labour – from policies to presidential-style campaigning. Lynn Walsh writes. ‚So much of…