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Reith's 'second wave' attacks revealed

By Jonathan Singer Federal industrial relations minister Peter Reith on May 6 detailed proposed "second wave" changes to industrial relations law that will further reduce workers' ability to organise industrial action and control their unions and

India: mafia, massacres and mass resistance

India: mafia, massacres and mass resistance DELHI — Class exploitation takes extreme forms in India. Workers are forced to sell their labour for a pittance. Landlords and bosses use criminal gangs to enforce subservience, with wholesale massacres

Resistance leaders react to Timor agreement

Speaking during a US tour, East Timorese leader Jose Ramos Horta criticised the May 5 UN-sponsored agreement for a referendum on autonomy in East Timor. Horta said that allowing the Indonesian armed forces to be responsible for security during the

Revolutionary politics and revolutionary theatre

Revolutionary politics and revolutionary theatre Meyerhold: A Revolution in TheatreBy Edward BraunMethuen, 1998347 pp., $32.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Vsevolod Meyerhold believed that revolutionary art and revolutionary politics belonged

Socialist wins seat in first Scottish parliament

Socialist wins seat in first Scottish parliament By Lisa Macdonald A socialist was elected to the first Scottish parliament on May 6. Tommy Sheridan headed the Scottish Socialist Party's (SSP) Glasgow regional list for the second vote, which is

CPSU members vote on Centrelink agreement

By Nick Everett On May 3-5, Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members in Centrelink, the federal government's service delivery agency, voted on a new enterprise agreement. The result was 63% for, 37% against, reflecting a sharp debate among

Punjab women stand up against the Taliban

By Farooq Sulheria LAHORE, Pakistan — The young women of Punjab University have launched a movement against the Islam Jamiat Talaba (IJT), the largest student organisation of fundamentalists in Pakistan, which has links to Afghanistan's brutal

Noam Chomsky: The rules of the game

The rules of the game By Noam Chomsky There is a regime of international law and international order, binding on all states, based on the United Nations Charter and subsequent resolutions and World Court decisions. In brief, the threat or use of

No-ticket, no-start campaign launched

No-ticket, no-start campaign launched By Michael Bull MELBOURNE — On April 21, more than 600 shop stewards and 80 organisers from the Alliance unions — the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), Federated Engine Drivers and

Unionists say no to UN deal

Unionists say no to UN deal By Pip Hinman SYDNEY — On May 6, the day after Indonesia and Portugal signed the United Nations-brokered deal on East Timor in New York, activists here picketed the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre to voice their

New Links highlights crisis of neo-liberalism

By Richard Ingram Issue number 12 of the socialist journal Links has just appeared. As is typical of Links, it ranges around the world, covering topics of importance to socialists and the labour movement in many countries. The theme of this issue

Free East Timor campaign escalates

Free East Timor campaign escalates By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — The East Timorese community held a rally in the city centre to coincide with the New York signing of an agreement between Indonesia and Portugal on East Timor on May 5.