In capitalist society there are broadly two predominant economic classes, the working class and the capitalist class, although boundaries between them are not strict and there are many differences and stratifications within them

Dancehall Dreams by Tom Jennings

This is a most difficult time for revolutionary socialists. The rapid collapse and disintegration of the Soviet Union, the electoral defeat of the Sandinistas, the many problems of Cuba, and the demise of revolutionary Marxism-Leninism in Africa all force a serious questioning of basic ideas and strategies. It is a time when global capital seems to rule nearly unchallenged throughout the world.

Britain 'has the highest number of interracial relationships in the world' according to the Institute for Social and Economic Research. This supremely natural and healthy state of affairs, is however, not due to multiculturalism but in spite of it.

Born of the desire to combat communism, multiculturalism was conceived out of cynicism and embraced by the left out of defeatism.

While we do not agree with the article in its entirety, we feel that it contains a number of useful points and arguments, and reproduce it here for reference.

INTRODUCTION BY BLACK FLAG:

We recently observed a very fruitful discussion on race and class on the internet, particularly around "black" anarchism, special oppressions and the desirability of separate organisation.

There are some analogies and many differences between the contemporary multitude and the multitude studied by the political philosophers of C17th.

Introduction
For the vast majority of people living in a capitalist society housing is an ever-present concern.

A fascinating writer, his analysis of the emerging mass consumerism of the 1930s & 40s seems to closely anticipate the concept of the 'society of the spectacle' later developed by the situationists.

From the endangered phoenix.com website; http://www.endangeredphoenix.com/

A review of Andy Anderson's "The Enemy is Middle Class"/

Negri explains his concept of ‘multitude’ in a response to the SWP’s Alex Callinicos at the European Social Forum in Paris, 2003.

Clearly written and interesting, it is a good introduction to CW's ideas, though we at libcom.org would have several important disagreements with it. Notably on the issues of class and nationalism

From being a university student led movement centred around their campus buildings, the protest has become something '1000 times as revolutionary' according to France Soir.

They say Villepin faces crisis as "as criticism of his labour market reforms spreads from increasingly violent student protesters to immigrant youth in poor riot-hit suburbs, undermining his claims to be helping the most disadvantaged."

This article originally appeared in Black Flag #206, Autumn 1995. It was written by Norwich Solidarity Federation, who had contacts in the plant and tried to organise action against the closure.

Nestlé Plant to Shut in Norwich

Nestlé's decision last year to shut the Norwich factory came as little surprise after years of rumours.

WHAT IS THE MIDDLE CLASS?

A CLASS ACT - Anarchism, Class and who we really want to talk to.

The Restructuring of Global Capital and the Recomposition of Class Terrain

Preface to the 1999 Edition

Written in 2001, this article is an excellent history and analysis of the new Intifada of the time, covering the roots of the problems in Israel and Palestine and the class struggles of both Arabs and Jews in the region throughout the 20th century - libcom

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