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Since the passage of the Sex Discrimination Act in 1984, more women than ever before have entered the military. Women constitute 15.5% of the Australian Defence Force (higher than the US military, which has 14.3% women, and the British military
Susan Dwyer, Chicago After more than 20 years, someone with inside information has confirmed the stories told by dozens of African American men — that Chicago police under the command of Jon Burge tortured suspects at Areas 2 and 3 police
3 Muslims protest Iraq war SYDNEY — Chanting "Down, down Washington!" in English and "America go to hell!" in Arabic, 400 Muslims marched down the main road of the western Sydney suburb of Auburn to the local park on April 11. Speakers at
REVIEW BY KIM BULLIMORE Marianas in Combat: Tet‚ Puebla and the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon in the Cuban revolutionary war, 1956-1958Edited by Mary-Alice WalkerPathfinder Press, 200397 pages, $22. "How can we give rifles to women when there
While government and opposition ministers ruminate ceaselessly about what kind of "exit strategy" is needed to get troops out of Iraq, the anti-war movement has been shouting its strategy: "Troops out now!" Prime Minister John Howard may have
REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN OsamaWriteen and directed by Siddiq BarmakDistributed by Sharmill FilmsWith Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida SaharShowing in Sydney from April 29 at the Chauvel, Hayden Orpheum Cremorne and Valhalla Cinemas Osama
Alex Miller In March, Scottish Socialist Party MSP Frances Curran launched a campaign aimed at securing legislation in the Scottish Parliament that would provide a daily free, nutritious school meal for all children in Scottish schools. The SSP
Chris White, Adelaide On any one night, some 7500 South Australians are homeless. One obvious reason for this crisis is a lack of housing, caused by the federal Coalition government's 60% capital grants cut to the South Australian Housing Trust.
Wolfgang Pomrehn, Berlin Despite the predictions of one of Germany's biggest trade union newspapers, Europe was not on the move on April 3, the first European action day against social cuts. But in Germany the turnout was overwhelming. More then
Since March 1, 5000 Scottish nursery nurses (childcare workers) have been on strike for better pay. It is 15 years since the low-paid workers had a pay review. Currently paid £13,000 a year, the workers are demanding £18,000. While more
Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — On April 14, 50 members of the Timor Sea Justice Campaign met outside the High Court to launch the group. Comedian Rod Quantock was joined by protesters disguised as Prime Minister John Howard and foreign minister
Last month, the Australian government released new offshore areas for companies to bid for petroleum exploration permits. This includes territory that is much closer to East Timor's coast than to Australia, which East Timor's government claims as