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1. New war on women’s right to choose

   progressive political commentator Rachel Maddow has called America’s new “war on women”. Many of the bills and ... restrict access to groups like Planned Parenthood. This is a clear attack on the rights of women and is ... charged them with procuring an illegal abortion. The effects of these legal obstacles imposed on women and ...

2. 'sand crab cosmology'

   followed by creation of heavenly bodies, night and day, and so on   so it is for the locals of the littoral ... see how they yawn and stretch out their limbs! high up on their toes they tilt their nippers like ... ‘Go!’ and start allover again   let us skip the stories of kings/queens, wars, and prophets the newer ...

3. Turkey: Another left-wing MP arrested

   (HDP) Turkey's war on Kurdistan Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) MP Semra Güzel, a 38-year-old ... Democracy Far right Imperialism & war Middle East Peter Boyle Peoples' Democratic Party ... Turkey, on September 3. She is accused of “treason” and “membership in an armed terrorist organisation” ...

4. Spanish state: New local administrations emerge after dirty deals

   investiture of incoming administrations on June 17. Under the Spanish system, parties that win a relative ... only 10 seats on the 41-seat council. Lesser evil: ‘communism’ or ‘separatism’? Success and failure in ... now is what price the PNV will pay at the July 23 general election for its growing dependence on the ...

5. War on women in Kuwait

   By Sissy Vovou-1>The war may well have ended in Kuwait, and the "government" of Emir ... Al Sabah restored by the "Allies"; women, however, are paying an increasing price for the ... Kuwaiti women. Almost all reported that the rapes were committed by Kuwaiti soldiers in uniform, and the ...

6. Morrison’s war on women and children

   substandard living conditions on Nauru — they are afraid for their children. “A women attempted suicide at ... women report giving birth in the presence of Serco security guards who insist on remaining inside ... statement on January 30. *** Mothers in Darwin detention centres are growing increasingly despondent as ...

7. Anti-war networks say 'No' to US-backed war in Ukraine

   parties”. Sydney Stop the War Coalition criticised the federal government on February 14 for talking up war ... stronger in Russia”. The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom on February 14 warned that ... Imperialism & war Jacob Andrewartha Ukraine-Russia war North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...

8. Video: In Iran, real change will come from grassroots movements, not sanctions

   follow a policy of democratic struggle based on women’s liberation. “Democratic transition will not come ... Matt Broomfield Nilüfer Koç Democracy Imperialism & war International solidarity Middle East ... Women 2022 Iranian protests Kurdish struggle September 28, 2022 Iran 1362 Mahsa Amini World Kurdish ...

9. Brazil: End of the nightmare?

   Democracy Elections Environment Far right Imperialism & war Indigenous Latin America & the ... Caribbean North America Women Michael Lowy 2022 Brazilian elections Workers' Party (PT) The result of ... the first round of the Brazilian elections on October 2 is mixed. Certainly, Luiz Inacio ...

10. Erol Josué strives for healing amid Haiti’s chaos

    Books & music Democracy Imperialism & war Latin America & the Caribbean National ... political chaos now prevailing in Haiti, Josué does hold on to hope that a spiritual re-awakening may do ... dispel the voodoo myths. As an artist, I can help make it easier to understand," he said. On stage, ...

11. United States: Republicans intensify anti-trans campaign

    the radicalisation of that period, that such laws began to change. This was spurred on by the women ... occurs alongside attacks on women’s right to control their own bodies, including the right to abortion. ... should be ashamed,” she said. “If you vote yes on this bill, I hope the next time you bow your heads in ...

12. ‘The war has revolutionised politics in Ukraine’

    determination to win the war. For now, the war is more positional, without any significant progress on either ... participated in the war against Ukraine. Even so, I see a desire on the part of the Ukrainian government to ... government? Zelensky’s party is progressive on social issues such as LGBTQ rights and violence against women ...

13. Feeling country: Debra Dank’s award-winning ‘We Come With This Place’

    in these times when Reconciliation is on the political agenda. It is also a challenging book, ... from the shadows and whispers that I see and hear and feel when I am on country”. This is a two-way ... The Water-women told the first stories and so “grew the country”. Gudanji people became one with the ...

14. United States: The racist War on Terror after 9/11

    Imperialism & war Middle East North America Malik Miah 9/11 War on terror Anti-racism ... California With the Cold War over, the War on Terror was a godsend for the United States' ruling class, ... a must-read to understand the 21-year invasion of Afghanistan and the War on Terror. Ackerman shared ...

15. Reformism and resistance

    book starts with an incisive chapter on who constituted the ruling class in Australia in the post-war ... of struggles chronicled in the book — broad environmental, anti-uranium, women’s rights, Aboriginal ... Julia Gillard being feted as a feminist icon while stripping working class women of income support. ...

16. Russia: Parliament votes to outlaw promotion of LGBTQI relationships

    Europe Far right LGBTIQ Media Dick Nichols homophobia Russia's war on Ukraine anti-LGBTIQ ... (KPRF), chairwoman of the Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children’s Affairs. The second draft was ... October 18 post on the Telegram channel of Feminist Anti-War Resistance (FAS), both drafts affected ...

17. Jean Luc Mélenchon and the France Insoumise

    Imperialism & war International solidarity LGBTIQ Refugees & migrants Socialism Transport Welfare ... Women Workers & unions Youth & students John Mullen La France Insoumise Paris Around 5000 people ... immediate action against President Emmanuel Macron, and for far higher taxes on excessive profits. On the ...

18. Freedom Movement of Iran: ‘Australian gov’t does not seem to have heard our voices’

    Republic of Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Australia November 24, 2022 1370 November ... Anti-racism Democracy Women Workers & unions Youth & students Kerry Smith 2022 Iranian ... Iranian Freedom Movement – Queensland and Iranian Australian Uprising Group, on November 19, the third ...

19. Afghanistan: Women's ministry secretariat converted to Moral Police headquarters

    Ministry of Women’s Affairs to the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice on ... thing, gather all the women of the ministry of women’s affairs in one place and pour fuel on them and ... forced marriages. The ministry would also hold awareness campaigns on women's rights, not only in ...

20. Vale Fabian John LoSchiavo: a gentle satirist for queer acceptance

    much less interesting places after the unexpected death of Fabian LoSchiavo on May 11 at his home by ... He went to study at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), focusing on archives, and started to ... and conferences. He came to the morning march on June 24, 1978, with a sign saying “Gay, Free and C of ...

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