A rebel against the sexual double standard
Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria WoodhullBy Barbara GoldsmithGranta, 1998 — 531 pp., $35.00 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman
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By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Two more One Nation state MPs are out of the party, bringing its number in the Queensland parliament down to five — compared to 11 after the June state election. Member for Maryborough John Kingston and member for
By Zanny Begg
The debate between anarchism and socialism is not one between "libertarian" and "authoritarian" models of change, as the anarchists claim. It is a debate about what strategy is needed to overturn the capitalist status quo. Consciously
Palm Sunday protests against Jabiluka
Rallies will be held in many centres on Palm Sunday, March 28, to protest against the Jabiluka uranium mine and other aspects of Australia's involvement in the nuclear fuel cycle.
In Melbourne, the rally is
The article "Socialism versus Anarchism" [Resistance, February 10] was so full of popular misconceptions and half truths, that we members of the group "Consciously Anarchists" felt it was imperative to submit a reply.
Even before beginning the
By Nick Gebhardt
SYDNEY — 2SER is relaunching itself as Sydney's underground music and talks station. After many months of discussions about the station's programming, we came up with the idea of uniting our music and talks programming under the
By Sue Bolton
In January, a confidential Australian Taxation Office paper was released to the Australian under the Freedom of Information Act. In it, tax office officials lament that "control" of the tax system has been snatched by the big
Do youth wages create jobs — or slaves?
By Mel Bull
Young workers in Australia are discriminated against; because of their age, they are paid less for work of equal value. Reith and Howard claim that this gets young people a foot in the door
By Norm Dixon
The post-budget love-in between big business and the African National Congress government has become an annual ritual in the "new" South Africa. Capitalist spokespeople and their media boosters are falling over themselves to praise
By Claudette Bégin
BERKELEY — On February 2, a federal jury ordered a national coalition of anti-abortionists to pay $109 million in damages to four doctors and two clinics in Oregon. The jury determined that "Wanted" posters and a web
By Adam Hanieh
RAMALLAH — If you believe the Arab media and the leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli elections in early May are essentially a vote for or against peace. The internal Israeli debate, though, has been
Utterbox: speaking out against violence
By Angela Luvera
WOLLONGONG — One in four women in Australia is sexually assaulted by the time she turns 18. The most common site of violence against women is in their homes. This reality has prompted
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