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The Liberal government in Western Australia (WA) is preparing an assault on abortion rights. Some time this year, Attorney General Christian Porter will introduce a “foetal homicide” bill that would make the destruction of a

The tragedy of deaths in custody is not a new story — you’d be hard pressed to find a single Aboriginal family that has not lost a loved one to a system that locks up

On 29 February, the High Court missed an opportunity to help right a wrong against Palm Island Aboriginal leader, Lex Wotton, when it handed down a judgement upholding parole conditions, which have seen Lex politically

The Freedom Socialist Party is hosting a special solidarity screening of Operation 8: Deep in the Forest to support the campaign to free political prisoners, Taame Iti and Rangi Kemara. On October 15, 2007, activists

Anger exploded across New Zealand on Thursday, 25 May as the National government released its so-called “Zero Budget,” containing some of the biggest attacks on living standards since the notorious 1991 financial statement. This attack

Forty percent of Australian workers have jobs that are insecure, according to the Independent Inquiry into Insecure Work. “Insecure” is the broad term used to describe casual work and fixed-term contracts as well as subcontracting

On May 10 Ranjini, a Tamil refugee living in Melbourne, was summoned to the Department of Immigration. Within hours, she and her two young children, aged six and eight, were whisked away to indefinite imprisonment

Lynne Stewart, known as the “People’s Lawyer,” is a political prisoner sentenced to a 10-year sentence in a U.S. prison. Described in the Freedom Socialist newspaper as “a hero for these times,” she’s been disbarred

The Occupy movement — with its focus on targeting the excesses of the 1 per cent — has concentrated attention on one of the unspoken truths of capitalism: it only works if there is massive

In late 2011, the Australian Council of Trade Unions commissioned an inquiry into insecure work in Australia and invited public submissions. Pay Justice Action (PJA) is a grassroots campaign, working to both expose and close

Ginninderra Press, 2011, (361 pages) ISBN 978 1 74027 6979 The latest offering by radical historian Humphrey McQueen is a cracking yarn. It provides an overview of the struggle of builders labourers in Australia from

On February 1, Fair Work Australia (FWA) issued its decision on equal pay for the community sector. National headlines announced an “historic victory!” and “45% pay increases!” for this grossly underpaid female workforce. It’s nearly

Aboriginal woman, Veronica Baxter, was born in Cunnamulla country in outback Queensland; she died in Silverwater Metropolitan Reception and Remand Centre. On 16 March 2009, she was found dead in her prison cell, hanging from

The Ports of Auckland company is pressing ahead with its drive to casualise conditions for wharfies. The company is demanding redundancies and wants to contract out its entire stevedoring workforce. This would mean that Auckland

It’s fitting that Occupy Melbourne initiated the call for this year’s International Women’s Day in Melbourne. Radical Women is proud to have worked with other Occupy women to make this happen. Five months after the

It was a busy and sad start to 2012 with another Aboriginal death in custody. On January 5, police arrested Terrance Daniel Briscoe in Alice Springs for public drunkenness. The life of this young 28-year-old

Saturday, 17 December 2011 was U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning’s 24th birthday. The day prior, a military pre-trial hearing began at Fort Meade, Maryland. Manning was arrested in May 2010 in Iraq. He’s spent almost

Less than a week after being returned to office in New Zealand’s general election, the conservative government of Prime Minister John Key cut the funding to a critical sexual violence crisis line in Auckland. The