In an 18-1 vote on the evening of March 9th, the Wisconsin State Senate passed a bill eliminating collective bargaining rights for state sector workers.

In this society celebrations have lost their real value, their commemorative value. Instead they disguise their main aim which is to promote the circulation and consumption of commodities.

With the democratic formality now out of the way, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have formed a coalition government.

It is too early to take a definitive position on the Libyan events because the situation is still fluid and we cannot be definite about anything.

(The document which follows is the English version of a tri-lingual leaflet given out at a demonstration for the unity of the working class in Parma (Tuesday March 1).

(Following the appeal to the international working class launched to assist the 8 accused members of the Socialist Workers League of Korea in January (see side panel) we have received the following

The cynicism of the bourgeoisie is matched by its intellectual decay and its arrogance.

In Wisconsin there have been six days of protests numbering in the tens of thousands of workers. The coming week here is likely to bring more sickouts from state workers and teachers.