Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died at the age of
87. Thatcher was Britain’s first female prime minister, serving three
terms in office. Known as the "Iron Lady," Thatcher became synonymous
with austerity economics as a close ally of President Ronald Reagan. She
famously declared to critics of neoliberal capitalism that, "there is
no alternative." Her long-running battle with striking British miners
dealt a major blow to the union movement in Britain and ushered in a
wave of privatizations. On foreign policy, Thatcher presided over the
Falklands War with Argentina, provided critical support to the Chilean
Dictator Augusto Pinochet, and famously labeled Nelson Mandela a
"terrorist" while backing South Africa’s apartheid regime. We go to
London to discuss Thatcher’s legacy with Tariq Ali, British-Pakistani
political commentator, writer, activist and editor of the New Left
Review.
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Source: Democracy Now!
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