The fact that we live in a sexist society was brought home in July by the publication of a study titled Youth Cultures of Eating, which found that one in five women suffer from an eating disorder. The study, funded by the Australian Research Council, compared data collected in 2000 and 2006 from interviews with 8950 young people.
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The NSW Labor government鈥檚 cabinet, once again intoning the chant of 鈥渢errorism鈥, has agreed to introduce compulsory DNA testing for anyone arrested for any offence. The leaked cabinet decision was reported in the June 22 Sydney Sun-Herald.
Various leaders of Venezuela聮s primary pro-government labour union, the National Workers Union (UNT), have called on all sectors of the organisation to join together and hold elections later this year. At a press conference on July 17, labour leaders Marcela Maspero and Orlando Chirino invited all sectors of the UNT to a general meeting on July 26 to organise general elections and, in that way, unite the principal labour union of the country that has remained divided in recent years.
聯In weighing how to deal with the al Qaeda threat in Pakistan, American officials have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss what some said was emerging as an aggressive new strategy, one that would include both public and covert elements聰, the July 18 New York Times reported following the release the previous day of the public version of a new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Islamist terrorist threats to the US.
The Socialist Alliance聮s New South Wales state conference, held in Newcastle on July 21, emphasised the struggle against global warming and against the Howard government聮s hated Work Choices legislation.
Hard Choices: Unchain My Heart 聴 The story of a Burmese refugee who has voluntarily shackled himself in chains to draw attention to the plight of his suffering homeland. SBS, Friday, August 3, 3.30pm.
Although slated to run on July 20-28, the Zapatista 聯Intergalactica聰 gathering really began on July 19 in Tuxtla Gutierrez, with an event in the main square in support of the People in Defence of the Land. Several busloads of Zapatistas from Mexico City arrived to join those already there in demanding indigenous land rights.
On July 23, the Australian published extracts from a leaked internal Australian Council of Trade Unions report that described unionisation in the private sector as being at 聯crisis levels聰. The report, authored by ACTU assistant secretary Chris Walton, warns unions against any expectation of a 聯golden age聰 should Labor be elected at the forthcoming federal election, and proposes continuation of a levy on all members to build a war chest with which to rebuild the movement.
Justice for the Innocent: A Benefit Gig for the Doomadgee Family of Palm Island
The Arena, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, August 11
Tickets $42 + booking fee available from music shops and
The Arena, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, August 11
Tickets $42 + booking fee available from music shops and
It has been 37 years since the Vietnam War ended, but you don聮t have to look far to see the scars of that war 聴 people who have lost limbs, people suffering deformities from the extensive use of chemical defoliants such as Agent Orange by the US military.
Psychologists call this 'projection'
"If we were to allow them to gain control of Iraq, they would have control of a nation with massive oil reserves 鈥 which they could use to fund new attacks and exhort economic blackmail on those who didn't
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