BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — A lively protest of about 30 anti-sweatshop activists targeted the headquarters of women's clothing retailer Sussan on September 5, parking a huge mobile billboard outside the building featuring a woman throwing
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On average, almost six women die each day from unsafe abortions in Nepal and those that are lucky enough to survive back-alley procedures then risk life imprisonment.
Under current laws, abortion is prohibited even in cases of rape, incest or when
BY SEAN HEALY
Steel fences which barricade off city blocks, police baton charges, the use of tear gas and even live ammunition against protesters may be the most obvious signs of the authorities' attempts to repress, or at least contain, the rising
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Community and Public Sector Union members in tax offices around Australia have voted to endorse a campaign against planned job cuts.
In the last budget the federal government cut Australian Taxation Office funding by
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"This message will self-destruct after reading". Sounds like something from Mission Impossible? Think again. This is the latest technology, and it is called a "time-out e-book".
e-Books are the latest thing. Traditionally you bought
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Leading indigenous rights activist and Queensland Senate candidate for the Socialist Alliance, Sam Watson, on August 29 condemned the Australian government's refusal to allow refugees aboard the Norwegian cargo ship MS
BY JANA DK
DILI — In its first major mobilisation since the beginning of East Timor's election campaign, on August 25 some 5000 Timorese Socialist Party members and supporters gathered at Dili's Independence Field for one of the most energetic,
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Determined to remake himself as a strong, decisive leader, Prime Minister John Howard declared in parliament on August 29, "That boat will never land in our waters — never!" Decked out in full combat gear, complete with automatic
BY MARIA VOUKELATOS
Ngadinah binti Abu Mawardi made Indonesian history on August 30 when she became one of the first workers to defend herself in a court of law and win.
The factory worker, who produces merchandise for giant Western sportswear
SYDNEY — Supporters of the Penrith Women's Health Centre and the Warehouse handed out leaflets around the Penrith shops, in Sydney's far-west, on August 31. The action was part of a state-wide day of action against sexual violence. A tree planting
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Benchmark targets for Tasmania Together were released on September 3. Tasmania Together is the state Labor government's consultation program designed to draw up "goals" and "visions" for the state by 2020.
There are
Build the anti-corporate movement
SYDNEY — Students from all over the dispersed Penrith campus of the University of Western Sydney gathered on September 6 to discuss building the anti-corporate movement.
Participants left the meeting determined
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