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Stop the war on women

By Andrea Miles With the commencement of bombing in Afghanistan, US President George Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair started proclaiming that the fall of the Taliban regime would be a victory for women's rights. If this were the case perhaps

Free the Refugees Campaign needs you!

Do you want to help free the refugees? Do you have spare time, some ideas or skills you would like to share? The Free the Refugees Campaign (FRC) is active in many communities, high schools, workplaces and universities. It organises protest

Fight for a woman's right to choose!

By Nicole Hoye Women in Australia and in most other countries still do not have control over their reproductive lives. Abortion is still a crime in all states of Australia. Women's access to abortion services still depends on judicial

(Anti)-propaganda

Taliban: Made by the USA and Detention Without TrialBy EyeBlatant PropagandaSend $5 for each CD to PO Box 1327, Woden 2606 ACT, Australia, or visit <http://on.to/propaganda> REVIEW BY MARK ABBERTON "Taliban, Taliban: Made by the USA.

Shadow minister for racism speaks

BY RAY FULCHER MELBOURNE — Julia Gillard, Labor's shadow minister for immigration and ethnic affairs, told a February 6 public meeting attended by more than 200 people that she was "not ashamed of the decisions Labor took in the run up to the

Loose cannons

Sorry "I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him." — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat. Embarrassed "He can't leave his home. He is so embarrassed about this." — Tom Skilling on his brother,

Refugees: Howard's lies exposed

By Kate Wilson Shayan Bedraie made the perilous journey from Iran to Australia by boat with his Kurdish family, fleeing from government repression. He was only four years old, but the Australian immigration system placed him in mandatory detention,

UNITED STATES: Enron scandal exposes capitalist system

BY ALAN MAASS CHICAGO — "There are business scandals that are so vast and so penetrating that they profoundly shock our most deeply held beliefs about the honesty and integrity of our corporate culture. Enron Corp is one of them. This financial

ARGENTINA: IMF and the US keep the pressure up

BY EVA CHENG Under severe pressure from the Bush administration and the International Monetary Fund, the five-week-old government of Argentine President Eduardo Duhalde has chosen the "lesser evil" of floating his country's currency, the peso,

Rape victim refused abortion

BY ROBYN MARSHALL BRISBANE — After attending an evening lecture at one of this city's universities last August, a young woman was dragged into the bushes and raped in a badly lit area of the campus. She could not identify her attacker. The woman

and ain't i a woman?: Gender and the 'sanctity of marriage'

and ain't i a woman?: Gender and the 'sanctity of marriage' "Kevin" and "Jennifer" (names assigned to them by the Family Court) are a perfectly ordinary couple in their mid-30s, except that Kevin was born a female. In 1965, Kevin started life

Qantas workers avert lockout

BY SUE BOLTON SYDNEY — The two main unions covering Qantas maintenance workers, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) and the Australian Workers Union (AWU), won a small victory on February 4 when they forced Qantas to stop