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1. Lessons from the siege of Kobane

   Democracy Imperialism & war International solidarity John Tully Kobane Democratic Kurdish ... Parliament on November 8. The event was organised by the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre (NSW) and Rojava ... translate that from the Kurdish it means “Women, Life and Freedom”. It’s a remarkably simple sounding ...

2. Bangladesh: The struggle for liberation after colonial rule

   war on December 3, 1971, after Pakistan launched pre-emptive airstrikes on North India. Facing a war ... the country, which now seems poised on the edge of a civil war between two concepts. One concept ... & war National liberation Sabrina Syed Bangladesh Liberation War Islamic fundamentalism Colonisation ...

3. Vale Fred Moore, 1922-2022

   nothing.” Fred always had a focus on women, those who suffered so much when their families were impacted by ... knew whether he was going to come home. [There was always] a great strain on the women, hearing the ... “Pop”. Fred reflected on the important role of Aboriginal women. “But the great strength lay with the ...

4. A left perspective on the West’s defeat in Afghanistan

   East War on Afghanistan (2001–2021) Afghan refugees August 30, 2021 1318 Analysis A recording of ... a public forum on left perspectives of the Afghanistan war and aftermath hosted by �鶹��ý and the  ... Riz Wakil Malik Miah Farooq Tariq Sue Bolton Imperialism & war International solidarity Middle ...

5. Peace conference to launch inquiry into Australia’s growing militarism

   Canberra-based choir, A Chorus of Women, will perform during a twilight lantern parade on November 23. The events ... Climate crisis Democracy Imperialism & war Bevan Ramsden Independent and Peaceful Australia ... Australian militarism on First Nations peoples and broader society. IPAN comprises community groups, trade ...

6. Women highlight pro-war bias in mainstream media

   should come back for an anti-war action on International Women's Day on March 8. Melbourne feminists ... BY LINDA WALDRON MELBOURNE — At lunchtime on January 20, 200 women sat on the steps of Victorian ... Parliament House wearing bras on the outside of their t-shirts in protest against war on Iraq. The action was ...

7. Never forget: SIEV-X memorial unveiled

   Anti-racism Imperialism & war Refugees & migrants Niko Leka SIEV-X Tampa NSW councils and ... 21 years ago. Hunter Asylum Seeker Advocacy organised a ceremony on October 22. In that disaster 146 ... children, 142 women and 65 men drowned. About a dozen survivors made it to Australia, and about 30 were ...

8. West could have prevented deadly ISIS prison breakout in northeast Syria

   Imperialism & war International solidarity Middle East National liberation Peter Boyle Islamic ... State (IS, ISIS, ISIL) Women's Protection Units (YPJ) Rojava Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) The ... recent Islamic State (ISIS) attack on the al-Sina’a prison in Hesekê, northeast Syria, made headlines ...

9. International Women's Day marches to protest Gulf War

   parts of the world." The Sydney IWD collective calls on all women to protest against the Gulf War ... IWD collective has chosen the theme "Stop the War on Women" for this year's rally and ... march. The theme was chosen to express women's opposition to the Gulf War, racist attacks on Arab ...

10. Afghanistan: Charge politicians and generals responsible for war crimes

    Imperialism & war Pip Hinman Brereton report War crimes War on Afghanistan (2001–2021) ... were committed. The military higher-ups have been so intent on covering up the admitted war crimes that ... dirty war has very deliberately been conducted in secret. Australia joined the United States-led war on ...

11. Three budget cuts we should support

    Climate crisis Economy Energy Imperialism & war Peter Boyle Stage 3 tax cuts budget AUKUS ... time. But on the eve of the first budget to be delivered by the Anthony Albanese Labor government, there ... are three cuts we should support. 1. $11.6 billion a year (and rising) wasted on fossil fuel subsidies ...

12. A woman's place is in the struggle: Why Bush's war can't liberate Iraqi women

    Women's Day, March 8, to protest against US President George Bush's proposed war on Iraq. Women will ... altogether. Women in countries that go to war against Iraq will be under increased pressure as spending on ... Around the globe, tens of thousands of women, men and children marched on International ...

13. Standing up for women's rights: The radical history of International Women’s Day

    women’s main complaints were about deteriorating living conditions as World War I dragged on. The cost of ... armaments plant on March 7, women took to the streets demanding an end to the war and poverty. The march led ... to earn less — on average, women receive 30-40% less pay than men for the same work. And women ...

14. A woman's place is in the struggle: War won't liberate the women of Iraq

    Qaeda, without the slightest consideration for the impact on women. After the war on Afghanistan, the ... international protests against the war on Iraq. International Women's Day, on Saturday March 8, will also ... Living conditions for Iraqi women deteriorated dramatically after the 1991 Gulf War. US-enforced ...

15. 10 new albums from strong women (and woke men)

    in a country where they'd be shot. On March 12, highlighting the worldwide war on women, an ... since only by March's women's march. On March 5, US techno artist Vatican Shadow released ... "The SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The War On Terror". The album was released just ...

16. The radical achievements of the New Theatre

    Lisa Milner Interventions, 2022, 632 pp., $40 Where in the history of Australian theatre have women ... inception. As Lisa Milner and Cathy Brigden mention in their chapter, the role of women is absent from the ... theatre chapter in The Encyclopaedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth Century Australia. This will ...

17. Afghan women biggest losers from war

    Department released an 11-page report on the Taliban’s “War Against Women”. The report said the “Taliban ... Afghanistan in 2001 under the guise of a “War on Terror” (as if war is not terror), women had already been ... Imperialism & war Feminism Mohadesa Najumi On November 18, 2001, Laura Bush gave her first ...

18. A woman's place is in the struggle: Code Pink: US women unite against war

    front of the White House in Washington to protest against US President George Bush's planned war on ... administration for being prepared to spend billions of dollars on a war for oil, while basic social services such ... more will die if bombs fall on Baghdad, or a ground war begins?" Rape is often used as a weapon of ...

19. Women against war

    ", Nurcan Kiyak told the Women Against War and Racism forum held in Parramatta on November 1. Kiyak spoke ... about the different forms of violence used against women and children during war situation: chemical, ... BY ANGELA LUVERA SYDNEY — "There is no excuse to postpone action against the war ...

20. Let’s just call it a war

    books is the use of the word “war” to describe what went on after the British invasion. White Australia ... a squeamishness about the use of the word war. Gapps notes a 1970's account of Windradyne that focused on ... Wiradyuri country. It was a war with many lives were lost on both sides. One day, writes Gapps at the end of ...

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