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Movement of Christian Workers
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London, NW4 4TY
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 Emma Goldman (1869-1940) a Lithuanian born American
international anarchist is often credited with coining the above title phrase
which Ken Livingston years later used for his book "If voting changed anything
they'd abolish it" (1988).
This sentiment reflects a left wing critique
of liberal parliamentary democratic systems. It argues that such systems do not
bring about any real structural change in the distribution of income and wealth
and as a consequence political power and influence continues to rest with an
economic and political elite.
Recent global events would appear to give
some credence to such a critique. The current economic system puts profits for
a small elite before the collective need of the whole community especially the
most disadvantaged members. In a report entitled ‘Unequal Britain'1 Professor Peter Hills
shows in stark terms the outcome of the obsession with the free market; ‘Britain's
richest 10% are now 100 times better off than the poorest'.
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The WMCW May Day Message contrasts in general terms the winners and
losers from the global economic crisis, what is commonly being referred
to in these islands as the ‘credit crunch'. The starting point of the
May Message is, as a result of the crisis, the disparity between the
experience of ordinary workers and their families compared with that of
many, bonus receiving, CEOs and board members. Some ‘well to do' people
have made losses themselves but were more likely to have been in the
position of the decision making which has helped bring about the crisis anyway.
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When we hear that George W Bush has been called a Socialist by some of the senior members of his own Republican Party we know we are living in extraordinary times! What is illustrated is how the so called ‘credit crunch’ is challenging many of our political leaders and their former economic beliefs.
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A personal view of
Clayton Sinyai a member of the Catholic Labor
Network (USA)
In
the 1960s Prime Minister Harold Wilson spent about US$10 Billion (in
today's currency) from the British Exchequer to assume public ownership
of Britain's steel industry. In 1982, President Francois Mitterand
incited massive capital flight when his new Socialist government
purchased most of France's basic industry for less than US$15 Billion.
But comes now US President George W. Bush and with a plan to dwarf
these great nationalizations, extending nearly US$1 trillion in funds
and loan guarantees to acquire a bankrupt insurer, shares in several
wobbly banks, and perhaps a million home mortgages of questionable
value. I, for one, wish my Treasury secretary could have held out for
at least a few tangible assets.
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from Ray Turner, NEC Representative, Liverpool
 Can I take you back to the summer of 1976 when inflation was running at nearly 20% and companies were closing at the rate of two a week. Unemployment was touching 15% and the trades unions were at the peak of their power, or at least that is what the government at the time told us! Imagine the scene in a tiny dingy smoke filled room in a large factory in Liverpool. The room is used at the concession of management by the shop stewards’ committee and there is a heated discussion going on about what action should be taken to avoid a complete walk out of 2,000 production workers in a dispute over 5 men not being paid the correct bonus. In the midst of all this mayhem in walks a little bloke in a long mac and beret accompanied by another member of the committee.
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