Yes, Trots! INSIDER DEALER is back from his summer break, with more tales of how the free market system really works the campaigning costs of America's local politicians, being among the biggest donors to both Democrats and Republicans running for city or state office.
Needless to say, they have not been acting out of an uncharacteristic sense of civic duty. In exchange, they get to underwrite municipal bond issues worth millions of dollars.
Publicity surrounding this little scam has resulted in fifteen major investment banking and securities firms (including Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Salomon Brothers) signing up to a voluntary pact ending such naughtiness.
How long this commendable seif-restraint can be expected to ON A RECENT long weekend in Rio, I heard that more than 20 members of Brazil's Congress, including acting and serving government ministers, currently stand accused of accepting 'fees' from construction companies that wanted to see their projects three state governors and a prominent adviser to President Itamar Franco.
The allegations have been made by a former government budget official, Jose Carlos Alves dos Santos, who was arrested earlier this month after the fuzz found forged banknotes at his home and cocaine in an aircraft he had used.
Mr Santos claims to have pocketed £800,000 for his involvement. Facing mass unemployment, rampant employers equipped with savage anti-union laws, and a war on hard-won education, health and welfare services, the working class in Engels, Lenin and Trotsky.
Our socialist alternative is not based on parliamentary elections or illusions of peaceful legislative change. We fight to mobilise and unleash the power of the working class - the over-