their situation at the start of Obama’s second term. First, Shamus Cooke explores the ‘fiscal cliff’ debate which will present a crunch
situation for Obama and the Democrats in challenging the neo-liberal onslaught
on the US working class. Second, is by Jack Rasmus who looks at the extent of the working class vote for Obama,
indicating that, despite all the money thrown at the election by the right,
workers have the power and ability to think and act differently. Karl Rove - sometime
advisor to the last Bush and now a political consultant to Fox and the
Republicans - could not accept the reality of the results trend toward Obama
and went into meltdown, delightfully caught by the Simpsons cartoon and TV commentator Jon Stewart. Closer to home, Michael Roberts provides a Marxist look atHall in
London. In the morning session, conference passed the National Committee statement moved by
John McDonnell MP, which set out 14 action points for the incoming National Committee to take
forward. This was followed by an impromptu speech from Tony Benn (watch John and Tony’s speeches here).

Conference voted to endorse the decision of the outgoing National
Committee to adopt Labour Briefing, after its readers voted to transfer the
magazine to the LRC. Read more here: http://www.labourbriefing.org.uk/ . The
December issue of Labour Briefing will be out shortly, with campaign news on
the NHS, abortion rights, adult social care, tackling racism in football, the
prospects for a general strike, industrial action campaigns, full reports from
LRC and Welsh Labour Grassroots AGMs, and reports from the US, Nicargua and
Europe – and much more. Take out a Labour Briefing