Saturday morning, October 28, 2006, was freezing and threatening rain in Melbourne. On a day like this, Wellington Parade, outside the Fertility Control Clinic, is like a wind tunnel. But… Read more »
Radical Women
Yellow Woman Speaks by Merle Woo
Merle Woo’s poetry achieves a rare combination of substance and style. Undoubtedly political, often shocking, Yellow Woman Speaks is a pleasure to read. Her conversational, open, no-bull tone made me… Read more »
Two initiatives to remember Errol Wyles Junior
Poet, Amelia Walker, came up with the idea of producing a zine to pay tribute to Errol Wyles Junior after she attended a screening of Black and White Justice, hosted… Read more »
Reproductive Rights: Report from the trenches in the ongoing war on women’s autonomy
Outside Melbourne’s Fertility Control Clinic, a large banner that reads “Women will decide their fate!” stretches along the street. Placards call for free, 24-hour childcare, employer-funded paid maternity leave and… Read more »
Same-sex relationship equality: Organising to win!
Last June, Federal Member for Melbourne, Lindsay Tanner, told attendees at Pride Or Prejudice, a queer community forum, why the Australian Labor Party (ALP) had voted with the Howard Government… Read more »
Howard takes aim at Land Rights in the Northern Territory
Yvonne Margarula, the most senior member of the Mirrar Gudjehmi clan, became a household name during the struggle to stop the Jabiluka Uranium mine in the Northern Territory. Margarula and… Read more »
A Lesson from a TelCo Centre: How IT workers defeated an individual contract
Protesters waving placards and yelling slogans from a megaphone. Marching in the streets, massed anger and strength in numbers. Unionised, mobilised and determined collective strength. This is hopefully how most… Read more »
Why must women lead the unions into a General Strike? Because we can!
One of my most worn and treasured T-shirts is from my union, the Australian Services Union. It’s hot pink with the message, “Strong unions need women.” If ever women were… Read more »
Mulheres, feminismo e hip hop
This article in English A rapper e atriz Queen Latifah fez história quando ganhou um Grammy por seu hit inovador, “U.N.I.T.Y“, em 1995. A canção protestou contra a violência doméstica e a… Read more »
Arundhati Roy’s eloquent answer to the neoliberal spin doctors
Arundhati Roy came to prominence when her first novel, The God of Small Things, won the 1996 Booker Prize for literature. She has gone on to write several works of… Read more »
