'Miss Cod Fillet'?
Rose McDonnell's letter (GLW #556) is more an apology for beauty contests than a defence. McDonnell unwittingly exposes the sordid and passive economic and social coercion that motivates participation in such contests.
As for
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JAKARTA — On September 27, the first action of a new alliance between Acehnese, Papuan and Indonesian activists took place. The Papuan Students Alliance, the Acehnese People's Democratic Resistance Front, the Referendum Information Centre and the
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Two-hundred people attended a rally to defend and extend Medicare on October 3. Victorian Trades Hall Council president and Textile Clothing and Footwear Union state secretary Michele O'Neil told the rally that the
BY PETER BOYLE
An internet almanac of the 1960s, <http://www.milesago.com/Almanac/1966.htm#October>, records the Melbourne protests against the October 1966 visit of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson with this brief entry:
"A[n]
BY RUSSELL PICKERING& PAUL BENEDEK
Last week, thousands of construction workers walked off Perth and Sydney work sites in protest against federal government plans to undermine pass legislation restricting the ability of unions to defend workers'
BY RUSSELL PICKERING
& PAUL BENEDEK
Last week, thousands of construction workers walked off Perth and Sydney work sites in protest against federal government plans to undermine pass legislation restricting the ability of unions to defend workers' wages and conditions in the construction industry.
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