The UN Convention on Biological Diversity met in Brazil last March. On the agenda was terminator, or gene sterilisation, technology. Three governments — Australia, Canada and New Zealand — were… Read more »
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Socialist Linda Averill moves women’s issues to the front of the bus in race for Seattle City Council
Seattle, the home of massive protests against the World Trade Organization and other neoliberal atrocities, this year offers a rare opportunity: voters can elect a genuine representative of working people… Read more »
Reproductive rights advocate calls for a radical solution to the Bush blues
The following column is adapted from a speech given by Bernadette Logue for Radical Women at a post-election panel discussion held at Seattle Central Community College. Logue is one of… Read more »
Ugly Americans: Abu Ghraib shakes U.S. complacency
When news broke in late April about American soldiers torturing and humiliating Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison, the U.S. public reacted with revulsion and dismay. The photographs and accounts of… Read more »
Farouk Abdel-Muhti: Disappeared in America
One of the most vicious aspects of the Bush Administration’s global war on working people is its unparalleled assault on immigrants. So far, the courts are giving their blessing to… Read more »
Cuba still in Washington’s gunsights
While the Bush Administration threatens North Korea and Iran, it has not let up the pressure on Cuba. Ever since the Cubans freed themselves from U.S. control in 1959, successive… Read more »
Dateline U.S.A. – LaRouche: Fascism Restyled for the New Millennium
Nine years out of prison, Lyndon LaRouche is once again campaigning to be U.S. president. But his influence reaches beyond the U.S.A. to Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Australia… Read more »
War of Ideas – September 11, 2001: Feminist Perspectives Reviewed
Just weeks ago, travelling to the U.S., I had a dose of the “anti-terror” measures introduced as a result of the shocking events of 11 September 2001. From Melbourne onwards,… Read more »
U.S. Court Hands Freedom Socialist Party Electoral Law Victory!
On June 12, the Oregon Court of Appeals struck down as unconstitutional a 1905 state law which prevents political parties from appearing on the ballot if they share a single… Read more »
Resistance swells to stop the war at home & abroad
It didn’t take long for George W. Bush to show just who he had in mind when he declared his war on terrorism. The horrifying September 11 carnage provided U.S…. Read more »