Schlagwort: Socialism Today
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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…
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Lynn Walsh: The Nightmare Scenario
[Socialism Today, No. 30, July 1998] An obscene and potentially extremely dangerous nuclear arms race has opened up on the south Asian subcontinent. What lies behind this renewed arms race and what are the prospects for a nuclear exchange? Lynn Walsh writes. On 11-13 May, India (after 24 years without nuclear tests) carried out a…
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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…
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Lynn Walsh: The Politics of Zippergate
[Socialism Today, No. 6, March 1996, p. 16-19] The Chief Executive of the world’s most powerful state is embroiled in a new sleaze crisis – Zippergate. Incredibly, this revolves around the allegation that president Clinton had sex with a 21-year-old former White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, and that he and his advisors conspired to get…
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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…
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Lynn Walsh: European capitalist unity in crisis
[Socialism Today, No. 6, March 1996] Lynn Walsh examines the growing fears among European capitalist leaders that monetary union won’t happen as planned, throwing their plans for political union into turmoil ‚France prepares for EMU‘ was the front-cover caption for the Economist on 9/15 December. The dramatic colour photo showed a demonstrator pouring petrol onto…
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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…
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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…
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Lynn Walsh: Welche Zukunft für den Sozialismus?
[eigene Übersetzung nach Socialism Today, Nr. 1, September 1995, S. 10-15] Lynn Walsh, Herausgeber von Socialism Today, vertritt die Ansicht, dass der Sozialismus keineswegs „am Ende“ ist, sondern erneut die Idee sein wird, die Arbeiter*innen und Jugendliche im Kampf für eine neue Gesellschaft leitet. Was sind heute die Aussichten für den Sozialismus? Viele auf der…