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  1. Write On: Letters to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly

    Union on March 15 narrowly voted to only support peace actions opposing the looming war of Iraq if these ... against the war, as opposed to those nominated by certain groups and coalitions. I call on the NTEU to ... Environmental and Life Sciences University of Newcastle [Abridged.] Sick of war On February 14-16, more than ...

  2. Gary Foley: Aboriginal Tent Embassy a 'stroke of genius'

    Power On its 50th anniversary  Â鶹´«Ã½ ’s Markela Panegyres and Chloe de Silva spoke to Gumbainggir ... extraordinary group of people involved in that battle. Throughout 1971, we kept intense pressure on the Liberal ... he would make a Prime Ministerial statement. He chose to do this on the most sensitive day in the ...

  3. Write On: Letters to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly

    Iraq war and the unions The real question Brian Sketchley (Write On, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly #566) needs ... war on Iraq? Yes, protests are not going to stop wars in and of themselves. But they are critical in ... Burgess for writing a "No War" slogan on the upper sail of the Opera House, we should be holding ...

  4. Pat Power: 'We need a war against poverty, not a war against terrorism'

    on Iraq's women and children. It points out that already one in four children under the age of ... a climate of war. On the other hand, a war against poverty would entail genuine gestures of goodwill. It ... attack on Iraq will lead to inevitable loss of life — hundreds, thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens will ...

  5. The drug wars: World War II and Vietnam

    A cleaned-up waterfront could be relied on to support the war against fascism through democratic politics in ... Imperialism & war History John Rainford World War II World War II was fought to resist fascist ... aggression; the Vietnam War was an imperial war of aggression fought chiefly by France and the US, alongside ...

  6. Abdullah Ocalan: Symbol of 100 years of Kurdish resistance

    imprisonment. For much of that time he has been confined on Imrali island, in the Sea of Marmara, without any ... Yet world governments and much of the media continue to avert their eyes from Turkey’s war crimes and ... parties, and other organisations of civil society: people who have seen the injustice heaped on the Kurdish ...

  7. Clara Zetkin, socialism and women's liberation

    the lead up to World War I, political differences developed in the SPD. Zetkin lost her position on ... returned to the Soviet Union, where she died on June 22 that year. The British journal Labour Women had ... to exert a powerful influence in the formation of socialist policy on women's rights, and on the ...

  8. Women march to reclaim the night

    climate crises, and the impact of war on women. University of Wollongong environment officer Vanessa ... Night on October 29, Jay Fletcher reported. "Real information about violence against women is not ... Anthea Stutter Naarm/Melbourne A vibrant and noisy crowd of about 300 women rallied at the State ...

  9. Putting the international into International Women's Day

    people's struggles in many other countries. From calls for war reparations for East Timor to demanding that ... which aims for much more than making lives of relatively privileged women in the First World more ... comfortable, and which doesn't simply celebrate the achievements of the women who've made it. This is ...

  10. 10 new political albums to keep you sane during self isolation

    it. What albums would you suggest? Comment on  Twitter,  Facebook, or  email.  01-MONSTER- RESIDENT ... ADVISOR MIX RA.715.JPG 1. MONSTER- RESIDENT ADVISOR MIX RA.715 On February 1, Australians protested ... loomed and Morrison sought to drag the country backwards, Polish techno deejay Monster carried on pulling ...

  11. The Female Eunuch 30 years on

    for black rights, civil rights and women's rights, and against the Vietnam War, had begun to ... the Vietnam War movement had begun, and the women's liberation movement was taking off. The ... impact on many women and men, and generated a lot of debate and media attention. It was criticised from ...

  12. 'Women unite!'

    Australia's women". Under the theme "Women unite! Money for jobs, health and education, not war and ... Kerryn Williams More than 1000 people joined rallies and marches on March 13 to mark International ... Women's Day. These followed rallies in a range of cities a week earlier. Kathleen Scott reports that in ...

  13. Public forum to discuss Afghan and Iraqi women's struggles

    institutionalised atrocities imposed on Afghan women during the reign of the Taliban. A war for the rights and ... speak at a public forum at Trades Hall on July 17. They will address the struggle for women ... BY LYNETTE DUMBLE MELBOURNE — Tahmeena Faryal from the Revolutionary Association of the Women of ...

  14. Vietnam and the women's liberation movement

    Continuing our historical features on Vietnam and the movement against the war in the '60s ... and late '60s. As was true for many people at that time, radicalisation on the war issue led them ... when Harold Holt ran on the slogan "All the way with LBJ". Those opposing the war held ...

  15. International Women’s Strike shows what feminism really looks like

    International Women's Strike On March 8, women around the world gave themselves a day off — from the ... their productive energies to fighting for gender and economic justice. Women downed their tools on ... wars, when we stop violence against black women and black people, [and] come together to learn how to ...

  16. Sri Lanka: Tamil women and the struggle for freedom

    Sri Lankan government's war on the Tamil people is fought on many fronts. I think most of you ... their families. In any war, women suffer the most. They are the target for sexual violence by the ... Women's Organisation (TEWO) at an October 30 Melbourne film screening of My Daughter the Terrorist, ...

  17. Women reclaim the night

    Alison Dellit Women across Australia marched to end violence against women on October 29. While ... war, which was also a focus in Lismore. In Newcastle, 150 women listened to speakers condemn violence ... number of marches is increasing, with more women in regional centres organising to fight violence. This ...

  18. Raqqa largely liberated, Rojava revolution holds commune elections

    fighting force. It is also based on the prominent role of women’s liberation in the radical social ... in northern Syria. The YJS sent troops to the SDF offensive on Raqqa to liberate the Yazidi women and ... Tony Iltis Rojava Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Women ...

  19. Prison economics: Crime War replaces Cold War in the US

    declaring war on our own people. With 1.6 million people behind bars and over 5 million under the control of ... By Danny Mack Cold War defence contracts have been replaced by Crime War prison contracts. The US ... the justice machine (on parole, probation or bail), the US is by far the world leader in locking up ...

  20. EU-Mercosur ‘vampire’ trade agreement will devastate industries and environment in Latin America

    of a stalled tug-of-war between government officials and businesspeople on both sides of the ... amplified impacts. Today, how can we sign a free trade treaty if we don’t know the impacts on women ... Economy Environment Europe Imperialism & war Latin America & the Caribbean Veronica Ocvirk ...

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