Re: Reactionary petty-bourgeois strikes?

[David Welch <david.welch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Louis Proyect wrote:
>
> But the energy minister, Helen Liddell, admitted yesterday that Monday was
> the day the crisis spiralled out of control. She said: "The fact that a
> week's supply of petrol sold out in a few hours last Monday is something we
> had not factored into our consideration." Ministers also began to realise
> that Britain has one of the most efficient national logistics supply chain
> managements in the world. It means companies do not keep large stocks, but
> are extremely vulnerable to blockages in the flow of goods. The knock-on
> effect to the mail, food stores and hospitals was rapid.
>
[...]
>
> (The Guardian, Sept. 16)
>
Well for all the hyperbole in the British media, the 'crisis' has been
solved remarkably quickly. In any case, the class conflict here is between
a middle class increasingly squeezed by large companies and a government
dependant on its support.