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... and ain't I a woman?: Our duty as women As a young woman, you are the future of Australia. Yes, I can study to become a medical scientist and find a cure for cancer, AIDS, chronic childhood asthma ... or maybe become an engineer, design new
Youth wages By Nicole Berrell As we approach another May Day, young workers in this country face a huge attack on their rights. The Liberal Party's proposed Youth Wages Bill legislates permanently lower wages for young people. The ALP has
Another one? "Give war a chance." — New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, on April 6, calling for the bombing of Serbia to be less "surgical". Life imitates art "BELGRADE — Yugoslavia's film academy announced Saturday that it awarded
By Michael Karadjis One view expressed about the war in the Balkans is that NATO is attacking Serbia because the Milosevic regime somehow stems the advance of Western economic penetration of the region, or, in more extreme versions, that it is
By Jim Green Western Australian energy minister Colin Barnett told the WA parliament on April 20 that there may be as many as 11 uranium mines in the state within five years. Barnett also raised the possibility that WA could become a site for
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy The Senator says it looks ramshackle.Well Senator, it is a tentIt's asking white Australiato pay the bloody rent. They told the bully boys in blueto pull it down in '72.But Aboriginal activistsjust resurrected it
World thug: an A-Z of US aggression By Zanny Begg Angola — 1975: civil war breaks out after Portugal is forced to withdraw. The US backs the right-wing Union for the Total Liberation of Angola in its counter-revolutionary war against the
By Jim Green The German Greens, junior partners in the coalition government led by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), are divided over German involvement in NATO air strikes on Serbia and Kosova. The Greens' policy of calling for the dissolution of
Statement of solidarity with East Timor The following statement drafted by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor is being circulated for endorsement. To add your name to the statement, please contact ASIET (details below). Cut all
By Allen Myers A month after the beginning of the US/NATO air war against Serbia, political and military preparations are clearly under way for a possible land war. A report by Martin Walker in the British Guardian on April 22 stated bluntly that
By Robyn Marshall Antibiotics transformed human health beyond recognition after World War II. No longer were children and adults dying of common bacterial diseases dreaded by our grandmothers — pneumonia, tuberculosis, polio, scarlet fever,
Passing of an Aboriginal rights activist By Margaret Allum Don McLeod has died in Perth, aged 91. Although non-Aboriginal, McLeod was a dedicated fighter for Aboriginal rights long before reconciliation became the word of the moment, espoused