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Arab feminist group banned
Arab feminist group banned By Susan Mackie The international Arab Women's Solidarity ... worked for the rights of Arab women in many countries since 1983. Organisation president Nawal El Saadawi ... and its office locked — is a reaction to the association's support for women's rights and ...
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Too many cars?
protest on the streets of Washington. Since the Vietnam war, there have been over 700,000 traffic ... fatalities in the USA, and Congress has not declared war on the car. Is this constitutional? Has there been ... a demonstration of even a thousand people marching on Washington concerning the continuing USA street war ...
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Can we listen to Cinderella?
words in Barbara Einhorn's Cinderella Goes to Market, a detailed study of the impact on women of ... because it provides an opportunity to reflect on the experiences and strategies of women's movements ... Cinderella Goes to Market: Citizenship, Gender and Women's Movements in East Central Europe ...
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Civil rights: how free are we really?
injured on the job — usually as a result of the bosses' negligence — and women affected by using the ... deregulation, which are today's myths. Environment In this way, the power brokers are able to make war on ... of capitalism. And while each rich nation makes war on its own poor, collectively they make war on ...
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Brisbane action updates
Brisbane action updates By Maurice Sibelle While the war against Iraq is over, people in the Gulf ... meeting on April 22, GAC decided to hold a seminar on June 1 to look at this issue. GAC will meet again on ... meeting will be on May 15. Latin American groups are planning a conference for some time in August. ...
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... and ain't i a woman?: Still defending the '50s
was to redraft its discriminatory constitution. But on January 31, four women, including Power and ... to allow women into the bar, Power was to be allowed to apply for associate membership and the club ... Rights Commission. To those who would support the right of clubs to select their participants on the ...
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Military excluded from conscientious objection
Mack and WA Greens Senator Christabel Chamarette point out that the bill, introduced on March 30, ... Military personnel could thus be required to serve in a war to which they have moral objections. This ... situation arose during the Gulf War, when several sailors — the best known being Terry Jones — sought to ...
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New Indonesia solidarity bulletin
issue, published this month, there are articles on the anti-Gulf War protests in Indonesia and ... a statement from the progressive wing of the student movement on the anniversary of Human Rights Day, entitled ... "Development No, Liberation Yes". The bulletin contains a full translation of an on-the-spot report of ...
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The politics of recovery
see the connection between the oppression of women and their resulting emotional problems such as ... women's movement, she was able to speak out against the denial of women's real experiences by others ... in her profession. She argues that the systematic study of psychological trauma "depends on the ...
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Behind a wall of silence
her husband is alive, another just cries. The women prefer to talk about the war, how much land they ... Tuzla or Zenica, where women and doctors are a bit more open, perhaps because they are in the war zone. ... war criminals in not these women's main concern. They barely survived the terrors of the war ...
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An elusive peace for Palestine
occupation the Israeli people have changed. They have become violent and look on women as sex objects only. ... NABIHA MORKUS is a Palestinian member of Women in Black and secretary in Tel Aviv of Democratic ... Women, which, like Women in Black, includes both Jewish and Arab women. VIVIENNE PORZSOLT interviewed her ...
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Indonesia in struggle
policy on the Gulf War earlier in the year. In all these demonstrations, women have also played a leading ... Communication Forum, Yogyakarta Women's Communication Forum, Partisan and others. Peasant farmers have been ... role. New militant women's groups have also been campaigning for an end to the oppression of women ...
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... and ain't i a woman?: Rewriting history
agenda, the effects on women are becoming more widely felt — lower wages, less job security in part-time ... advise on women, the aged, youth and migrants. This, of course, is true. However, Summers' ... keep winning the women's vote. Women's votes have been crucial to Labor's ability to ...
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Vengeance is whose?
justice and revenge in the context of political loyalties. A civil war is raging. Five supporters of the ... the case of the two women, who were involved sexually with the leader, the betrayal is a personal one ... anything that hasn't already been said on the subject, and does so at great length. The script was ...
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A long way, in many directions
activity in the women's movement, but none have turned their backs on feminist ideas. Many stress the ... Changing Our Lives: Women working in the women's movement 1970-1990 Edited by Maud Cahill and ... in the women's liberation movement in the early 1970s, as a very shy and naive 18-year old. The ...
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Music from the red heart
release of their second album, Civilised World, at the Rose Shamrock and Thistle Hotel on September 30. ... "deadly" live, as they are on disk. She has a rich tone and accomplished technique which ranges from ... guitar, Nick Guggisberg vocals/drums. At the launch they were joined on stage by a sax player whose name ...
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Greek parties stir up chauvinism
By Mike Karadjis Four women have been arrested in Athens for handing out leaflets supporting ... is likely to drag the country to war". It concluded: "The neighbouring peoples are not our ... enemies. Down with nationalism and war." It claimed that the government and political parties are ...
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... and ain't i a woman?: Wildmen
women's movement has had an enormous impact on the lives of millions of men and women throughout the West ... and exposed in print on May 25. Allan Tegg, of the Men's Development Centre, is 35 and grew up in ... American customs. The wildmen complain that their sex has been tamed, not just by the women's movement ...
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Radio Highlights
injustice, racial bigotry, war and labour struggles. ABC Radio National, Friday, February 18, 11.05 a.m. Back ... artists featured in live shows on stage. Material is drawn from concerts recorded between 1962 to 1993. ... women's compositions that complements the National Gallery of Victoria's exhibitions and events ...
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Sweet Honey's 20-year journey
Still on the Journey Sweet Honey in the Rock's 20th anniversary album Review by Carla Gorton ... "Viva South Africa, Viva!" Hundreds of concert goers were on their feet with their fists in the ... Australia two years ago. Their tour this time, following on the ANC election victory in South Africa, will ...