Teresa Foard, Melbourne
"It is only when women have safe, affordable and accessible reproductive health care that abortion rates go down", said Dr Susie Allanson, clinical psychologist at the Melbourne Fertility Control Clinic.
Allanson was
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Doug Lorimer
On March 11 the US government announced it would back the diplomatic efforts of Britain, France and Germany — the "EU-3" — in offering Iran economic incentives to abandon its plans to carry out uranium enrichment for its nuclear
James Vassilopoulos
The Coalition government is selling its regressive industrial relations plans with promises of prosperity for all, jobs growth and productivity growth. The reality, however, will be a significant loss of basic working
REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY
To Truly Stand by Each Other: The Eureka Rebellion and the Continuing Struggle for DemocracyBy Hamish McPhersonBookmarks, Sydney 2004$5 (pb)
"We swear by the Southern Cross to stand truly by each other, and fight to defend
Federico Fuentes
As the dust settles from a wave of mobilisations that paralysed a nation, Bolivia finds itself with a president increasingly unable to govern. Once again, the indigenous peoples of Bolivia have shown that real power lies in the
On March 14, 250 Israeli high school students signed a document declaring they would refuse compulsory military service because they "oppose the occupation over the Palestinian territories". The 17- and 18-year-olds sent the statement to Israeli
Stuart Munckton
On March 11 the constitutional chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court annulled the infamous decision made by the court on August 14, 2002, that set free the four military officers who led the April 2002 coup against left-wing
On March 14, Judge Frank O'Donell declared a mistrial in the prosecution of five peace activists, members of the Trident Plughshares, charged with criminal damage after de-arming a warplane at Shannon Airport in 2003. The Trident plane was bound for
Susan Price& Sue Bolton
Over the past couple of weeks the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) has been holding delegates' meetings all over the country. The largest, in Melbourne, was attended by 700 delegates and officials. The second
If only it were so
"Capitalism is in the process of destroying itself with such sorts of demands." — Patrick Artus, chief economist of French bank IXIS, commenting on the announcement by Germany's biggest bank, Deutsche Bank, that it will slash
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
SuperpatriotismBy Michael ParentiCity Lights Books 2004160 pages
Michael Parenti's latest book is an impassioned and eloquent essay on "superpatriotism", Parenti's term for the ideology of US free-market global capitalism.
BRISBANE — On March 12, 75 people crowded into the Terminus Hotel in South Brisbane to discuss the impact of the federal Coalition government's industrial relations agenda.
Organised by the newly formed Brisbane Labour History Association, the
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