There’s nothing like a union victory to make my day, and March 16 was one of them. When I received the news from Radical Women (RW) in Portland Oregon that… Read more »
women & feminism
Surma Hamid: an organiser for Iraqi women’s rights speaks out!
On November 3, the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women’s Rights (CDIWR) put out a call to protest the mass killings of Iraqi women accused of prostitution. On orders from… Read more »
Pakistani Campaign to End Violence Against Women Strengthens the Workers’ Movement
Pakistan is another war zone for women. The country is ruled by Islamic military dictator General Pervez Musharraf. For so many women, it’s literally a death trap. From November 25… Read more »
Solving the problem of HIV/AIDS
Melbourne — World AIDS Day, 1 December 2000 was marked by a resurgence of militancy. A Speak Out organised by Queers United to Eradicate Economic Rationalism (QUEER), which put forward… Read more »
Excerpts from Permanent Revolution & Women’s Emancipation
It was no accident that on International Women’s Day 1917, the women textile workers of Petrograd, Russia started the world’s first socialist revolution. Murry Weiss, a lifelong Marxist feminist until… Read more »
The aged care scandal: Demand justice for seniors!
Late last year, the plight of 88 year old Alice Croser, found confused and distressed at Sydney’s Central railway station, shocked the nation. Alice had been put on the train… Read more »
Kick the Tin: A survivor of the stolen generation kicks back
If you want to understand what it’s like to be a member of the stolen generation, read Kick the Tin by Doris Kartinyeri, a member of the Ngarrindjeri nation. Not… Read more »
Step Up the Fight for Reproductive Rights in Australia: Bring on the Abortion Pill!
On September 28, American women scored a great victory when the United States Food and Drug Administration approved the use of mifepristone (RU486). Their French and other European sisters had… Read more »
Your Say
Geelong Campaign Against the GST Geelong residents are campaigning in the streets against the imposition of the Federal Government’s GST. The Stop the GST Committee distributed two petitions, one to… Read more »
Bon Hull: Inspirational women’s liberationist
Bon Hull, one of Australia’s first women’s liberationists, was born Jessie Mary Hull on 28 March 1915. She died 16 June 2000. Raised by her working class family in Footscray,… Read more »
