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Re "After Corbyn, After Covid" by Gary Younge [June 1/8 ]: As an ex - Labour MP and ex-minister for Europe, I would like to qualify the conventional wisdom from him that the UK chose "to leave the European Union in a referendum. But in Labour seats in the North - and I represented one for 18 years - while the totality voted for Brexit, most identifiable Labour voters did not. The fact is the Remain campaign was poorly run, and Labour voters backed Remain by the same margin as Scottish National Party voters. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on the marginalization of Labour Party due to issues like anti-Semitism and its failure to offer a credible alternative to Brexit. Topics discussed include relentless and well-documented accusations of anti-Semitism as problematic aspects of politician Jeremy Corbyn's leadership; vote of no-confidence against British Prime Minister Theresa May; and economic problems with Brexit.

The article discusses the potential impact of Brexit or withdrawal of Great Britain from the European Union (EU) on people who voted for the separation, focusing on how Great Britain can avoid such negative impact. Topics include the major impact of Brexit on European politics, the importance of EU for Britain's economic growth, and the effect of the Brexit on Britain's politics with the ruling Conservative Party defeated in the June 2017 election.

Traces the rise and fall of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), launched in Paris in 1945. Purposes of the WFTU; Rival organizations; Internal conflicts; Influence on the Cold War.

Just when the Democrats thought it was safe to go back in the tepid waters of me-too politics, the specter of U.S. politician Jesse Jackson rises again to shatter their calm. Their hope that Jackson could be contained in the nightmare world of Washington has been dashed by his refusal to run for Mayor. Now it appears that he will resume his presidential campaign for 1992, and if the primaries are timed in an advantageous way, he may have his best shot yet at a place on the ticket. Jackson terrifies the neoliberal apparatchiks of the party establishment precisely because he represents the emergence of their repressed political conscience. He raises the issues they have rejected, he organizes the constituencies they have abandoned, he projects the vision they have denied.

The article presents information on Malaysia. In Malaysia, there is a remarkable man who has reached the elusive goal of medieval alchemists - the transmutation of metal. He is the country's Registrar of Trade Unions, and a few years ago, when the Malaysian Metalworkers Union came politely to him to explain that hundreds of workers at the famous Selangor and Penang pewter plants wished to join the union, the registrar announced that pewter was not a metal. In light of this remarkable scientific declaration, the pewter workers could not logically join a metalworkers union.

American soldiers in Saudi Arabia who bother to buy any of the local newspapers will be puzzled by advertisements that look suspiciously like the wanted notices issued by police forces throughout the world. Those who read Arabic will discover that these are indeed wanted notices for workers who have left their employer without permission. They are published as a warning to any other employer not to hire the runaway but instead to send him back to his original master. There were around 860,000 immigrant workers in Kuwait and at a stroke; they lost all their possessions, savings and retirement benefits. Indians who fled from Iraq or Kuwait had to leave everything behind and borrow an average of $1,700 to return home, a debt that will be around their families' necks for years to come.

The article explores the differences in political contests between Europe and the U.S. and European reaction to the U.S. presidential election. The author asserts that U.S. elections are capable of dramatic political change. The article suggests that European parliamentary government leads to unimpressive leaders. Other topics include political representation, the personalities of politicians, and foreign affairs affecting elections.

The article reflects the views of author on influential works of François Mitterrand as the first socialist president of France in the Fifth Republic, and how he oversaw the Maastricht Treaty as a way to lock the emerging giant of a united Germany firmly into European partnership. Topics include support for protectionist ‘Buy America' legislation and on-shoring of manufacturing back to America; and reduced to irrelevance the once powerful French Communist Party.

Looks at the powerful international groupings that emerge in the 1990s as the old certainties of a bipolar political world disappear. Internationals in the past seen as subversive of the established order; Bankers international; Government internationals; Religious internationals; Green international; Political internationals; Trade union internationals; Private capitalist internationals; Electronic internationals; Non-governmental international.

The article focuses on issues discussed at the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) congress, held from November 13-20 in Moscow, Russia. Listed among its member confederations are unions from both Iraq and Kuwait. The WFTU, launched with fanfare in Paris, France, in 1945 to unite the world's unions, is now in considerable disarray. Depicted in cold war terminology as a propaganda trumpet for Russian policy and ideology, the WFTU has representatives from non-communist countries in which unions are part of the state apparatus. Perhaps the biggest crisis facing the WFTU is the future course of trade unionism in Russia and its current republics.

A personal narrative of the author's experiences with the British newspaper the "Sun" as a public official in Great Britain and Europe, particularly his legal settlement with the newspaper following a mobile telephone tapping controversy in which "Sun" owner Rupert Murdoch was implicated.

The article examines the civilian uprisings in the Middle East that have come to be collectively known as the Arab Spring and the potential for democracy to be promoted within the effected nations. The author discusses the desire of Western forces such as Great Britain and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to foster economic freedom and human rights in the Middle East and urges that democratization is one way to achieve those goals.

The article reports that Prime Minister Tony Blair squandered an opportunity to play a leading role in European politics when he failed to appoint a secretary of state for Europe. The creation of the post would have had a number of benefits: showing that Britain was ready for European leadership, forcing David Cameron to appoint a shadow cabinet member and making the British government recognise the importance of Europe. The European Union is stagnating; Britain could have helped revive it.

This article discusses dissension amongst European Union (EU) countries in regards to the common foreign policies of the EU, with mention of the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in the autumn of 2009 and disagreements over whether Turkey should be admitted as an EU member state.

This article discusses French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with discussion of the actions of his administration on public services, national identity, and human rights, and with mention of the rising popularity of the French Socialist Party leader Martine Aubry.

The article discusses ways in which Switzerland has veered from circumstances that some believe helped make it a model country. A global financial crisis has pressured the nation into relaxing its bank-secrecy laws. Switzerland's reputation for tolerance suffered a blow when a referendum passed that bars the construction of any more minarets.

The article discusses the possibility of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair becoming the first president of Europe under the Lisbon Treaty. The author notes that Blair's candidacy is supported by major European Union leaders such as the Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Great Britain and Italian President Silvio Berlusconi.

Lists the changes that have occurred in Great Britain's trade union movement since 1973. End of TUC leadership dominance of the working class; Abandonment of communism; Shift of ownership from the state to the private sector; Drawing on other countries' experience.

Challenges reports that socialism in Europe is facing its biggest crisis in history. Indications of the decline of the left in Europe as well as Japan; Reasons for hope for a rebirth of socialism. INSET: Sharing, caring governments.;Union strength is not the left's....

Suggests sobriety on the West's Sinophilia. Classification of China enthusiasts; China's economic conditions; Attitude of Chinese rulers towards human rights.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Comments of a reader on an article related to the European labor activities; Feedback of a reader on the article "Borderline Marxists"; Comments of a reader on an article related to socialism.

The article presents information on a meeting "Coordination" of the ambassadors of the European Union member countries regarding the agendas related to the U.S. and Russia, in Geneva. Topics include the foreign policies of the European Union, the economic aspects of Brexit, and the loss faced by Britain and the Foreign Office after the Brexit.