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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

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

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

'E-world' leader to limit e-access

BY BRONWYN POWELL WOLLONGONG — On August 31, the University of Wollongong was declared winner of Australia's University of the Year Award for 2000-2001 for "preparing graduates for the e-world". Ironically, the university is considering the

'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

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

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

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

Globalisation and the far right

BY ROBERTO JORQUERA PERTH — The campaign here against corporate tyranny has taken a new turn with the organising of a Globalisation Convention for November. The convention was initiated by the local Stop MAI (Multilateral Agreement on Investment)

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

KURDISTAN: More Iraqi communists arrested

The following is abridged from an August 28 statement from the Worker Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) in Kurdistan. On August 26, [in Iraqi Kurdistan], the armed forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan arrested Azad Ahmed, a leading member of the

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