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Mass Olympic evictions threatened

SYDNEY — South Sydney Council is evicting squatters in empty council buildings at 147-159 Broadway, near Glebe. The council had planned to evict the squatters on August 28, but public support and media attention forced a delay. The

Internet profiteers struggle with music big guns

BY KARL MILLER Over the last couple of years, a company called Napster has been one of many trying to make money from the internet. The company borrowed a few ideas and came up with some software that allowed listeners to share music through its

Spotlight on Indonesia

Suharto avoids court Students protesters who led the mass actions which toppled former President Suharto two years ago reacted with anger and disgust at his failure to show up on the first day of his corruption trial on August 31. Suharto's lawyers

Trotsky's legacy for politics today

Sixty years ago, on August 20, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky was killed by an agent of Stalin. A decade after the "collapse of communism", is there any point remembering this anniversary? In his time, Trotsky was feared and maligned by

'Be a rebel youth for life!'

Below are excerpts from the Democratic Socialist Party's greetings to the 29th national Resistance conference, in Melbourne in July. They were presented by JOHN PERCY, DSP national secretary. We're all here because we're fed up with the rottenness

Fighting globalisation: how will we know if we win?

It might sound flippant, but it isn't. The movement that is fighting against neo-liberal globalisation in its various aspects needs to consider the question: how will we know if we win? Or, to put the same question another way: what would victory

CUBA: Washington's very special enemy

The Cuban Revolution and Its LeadershipBy Doug LorimerResistance Books, 200062 pp., $5.95. REVIEW BY ALLEN MYERS The movement that is fighting against the program of the major multinationals known as "globalisation" do not have many allies among

NTEU slams Southern Cross administration

BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — A major reason for the protracted enterprise bargaining dispute at Southern Cross University is extravagance by the institution's executives, according to damning evidence presented at a mass meeting called by the

UNITED STATES: Prison: corporate slavery?

Leave it to capitalism to find a way to make a profit from someone else's misery. In the United States, more than 2 million of our friends, neighbours and relatives are in state and federal prisons. The prison-industrial complex, as it is called by

Woomera refugee protest sparks racist frenzy

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — The August 28 militant protest by refugees at the Woomera Detention Centre, in South Australia's outback, sparked a racist frenzy from both Liberal and Labor politicians, and the capitalist media. Liberal Premier

Nine ways for unions to globalise solidarity

BY DICK NICHOLS In discussions about globalisation, working-class internationalism is often put forward as the only serious counter to the crimes of the likes of Shell, Bill Gates and the International Monetary Fund. Easy to say, but how can unions

World's largest airline attempts to con workers

SAN FRANCISCO — The flying public is angry at United Airlines, the largest airline in the world. The company has cancelled almost 9000 flights between May and October. Most cancellations have occurred while passengers were already at the airports