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United States: Republicans attack abortion, LGBTI rights
based on women’s right to control their own bodies, but on the “right to privacy” — which was shaky ... court. The attacks on abortion rights have hit poorer women hard, including Black and other women of ... broadening their attacks on LGBTI rights. In part inspired by the women’s liberation movement, a new movement ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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10 new albums for a burning world
Sydney for World Environment Day on June 5. Eleven days later, Sydney pop star Jack River released her ... boogey_the_beat_-_cousins.jpg 2. BOOGEY THE BEAT- COUSINS New York City reported the world's worst air pollution on June ... "The Sage Is On Fire". On it, Indigenous emcees Snotty Nose Rez Kids turn the traditional healing ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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United States: Republicans intensify anti-trans campaign
the radicalisation of that period, that such laws began to change. This was spurred on by the women ... occurs alongside attacks on women’s right to control their own bodies, including the right to abortion. ... should be ashamed,” she said. “If you vote yes on this bill, I hope the next time you bow your heads in ...
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How strong is Russian and Belarusian resistance to Putin’s Ukraine war?
“militaristic patriarchal nightmare” on the second day of the war, claims 45 active groups across the Russian ... most basic are “No War” written on banknotes, anti-war stickers on public toilets and park benches, ... copies of or quotes from anti-war classics like All Quiet on the Western Front left in public places, and ...
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PHILIPPINE: Women oppose wars in Iraq, Mindanao
End War), protested outside the US embassy here on International Women's Day, March 8. The women ... and also end its war against the people of Mindanao. "And since it is International Women ... MANILA — More than 3000 women, led by Women Rage (Women's Resistance to Globalisation and to ...
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Due process in law a deceitful farce: ask Julian Assange
Democracy Europe Imperialism & war Stuart Rees Wikileaks United Nations Special Rapporteur on ... Australian government looked on. Trashing legal due process has macabre consequences. The spread of ... Rapporteur on Torture reveals judicial, political, media cultures built to persecute and demonise Assange in ...
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Spanish state: New local administrations emerge after dirty deals
investiture of incoming administrations on June 17. Under the Spanish system, parties that win a relative ... only 10 seats on the 41-seat council. Lesser evil: ‘communism’ or ‘separatism’? Success and failure in ... now is what price the PNV will pay at the July 23 general election for its growing dependence on the ...
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Women against war and racism
highlight the effects of war and racism on society as a whole, but also women in particular", said Bea ... 8 around the theme of "Peace, Justice, Diversity, Solidarity — Women Against War and Racism". ... discussion about how to involve more women in IWD, how to oppose war and racism, and campaign for paid ...
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Chinese women denied redress for war crimes
already war-torn population. Tens of thousands of Chinese women were forced into sex slavery in brothels ... recounting their wartime plight to reporters during a press conference in Hepingli Hotel in Beijing on August ... 7 when the police broke in. The meeting was forcibly disbanded, on the pretext that it was ...
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Iran: ‘Society has risen to overthrow the Islamic Republic’
to the double oppression imposed on women by the Islamic Republic’s legislation. The imposition of ... The victory of the workers, women, the poor and the oppressed masses of the society depends on the ... Democracy Feminism International solidarity Middle East Women Workers & unions Youth & ...
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Fundamentalist war against Algerian women
Sanadja, a member of the Socialist Workers Party, explains the war against women. Women were very active in ... a demonstration in Algiers on March 20 of 100,000 women in defence of their rights. Among those who demonstrated ... were women wearing the veil and women wearing jeans. Unfortunately, the opposition are very divided on ...
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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 ...
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Reformism and resistance
book starts with an incisive chapter on who constituted the ruling class in Australia in the post-war ... of struggles chronicled in the book — broad environmental, anti-uranium, women’s rights, Aboriginal ... Julia Gillard being feted as a feminist icon while stripping working class women of income support. ...
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Ukrainian left activists: 'We need a peoples' solidarity with Ukraine and against war'
all-out global nuclear war. But on the other hand, it is worthwhile to support supplies of arms to a small ... fleeing a war from a non-first world country. So I think this should be a good precedent to build on and ... challenges for the left Nuclear facilities targeted in Russia's war on Ukraine To help Ukraine, cancel ...
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Women to protest against war
peace and security for communities across the Earth... War is not the solution to women ... Women's Day (IWD) call to action. For a century, protests, marches, toasts and festivals have been held on ... across the world, IWD will be marked by large protests against the US war on Iraq. In Canberra, protest ...
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The Ukraine war diary of Yevgenia Belorusets
provides news on the war from a different vantage and is co-published daily in English by ISOLARII and ... Left's coverage of the war on Ukraine Culture ... Books & music Europe Imperialism & war Susan Price war diary Ukraine-Russia war Yevgenia ...
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Australia's war on people smugglers is really a war on refugees
refugees people smugglers war on people smugglers Burma's national minorities The toll of ... work. When Australian politicians talk about their “war on people smugglers” it is code for “war on ... demanded that its south-east Asian neighbours assist it in its “war on people smugglers”. This is what ...
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Women for Justice: rape is a war crime
the Australian National Committee on Refugee Women and the Centre for Refugee Research expressed ... Sam Pari One hundred Tamil and non-Tamil women attended the inaugural Women for Justice event at ... Balmain Town Hall on July 30. The meeting aimed to create awareness about, and campaign to stop, sexual ...
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200 issues of 鶹ӳ Weekly &&
Europe, and the wars in Bosnia and Bougainville. It is also vital in conveying information on the ... Staff, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc, Chicago, USA 鶹ӳ is fresh and fascinating. I rely on ... Congratulations on your 200th issue! A special vote of appreciation for the ongoing and excellent ...