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The publication of Tony Blair’s autobiography has confirmed just how unpopular he had become. In 1997, his New Labour spin factory churned out false hope and illusion. By the time Blair departed, mass misery and brutality were entrenched in Afghanistan and Iraq, Britain’s public services were under fierce attack and the economy was a wreck. As PETER TAAFFE explains, however, the most revealing aspect of the book is its exposure of Blair’s conscious policy to destroy the Labour Party as a vehicle for working-class struggle. Put News International in the dock Murdoch’s News International Ltd was widely criticised following an inquiry by a House of Commons select committee earlier this year. Together with the Guardian, this inquiry has helped expose widespread, illegal phone hacking by private investigators employed by the NoW. PHILIP STOTT reports. Why not take out an annual subscription online, and receive Socialism Today every month? New! Click here for a complete index of articles from the first issue of Socialism Today to issue 100 |
France
Pakistan
Oil
The road to New Labour
South Africa's public sector strike
Preparing for battle?
Too Big to Fail
James P Cannon Cover picture: Paul Mattsson Come to Socialism 2010, the Socialist Party‘s annual weekend of discussion and debate, 6-7 Nov |