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High time to fight for pay equity

Equal pay for equal work: it鈥檚 a pretty straightforward concept. So why is pay equity for women so hard to achieve, and why has the gender pay gap been getting wider?

Canadian protests for democracy in Honduras

Supporters of deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya gathered outside the Brazilian consulate in Toronto on September 23 to demand his return to power, Rabble.ca said on September 25.

Dreaming of a new Utopia

Sick of having your welfare entitlements compulsorily controlled by the Rudd government?

Sam Bullock, art and revolution in motion

When people think of 鈥渞evolutionary art鈥, the usual image is of socialist realism or the propaganda art of the Soviet Union or China. Others may think of the Mexican muralists like Diego Rivera.

Honduras: Despite spin, US still funding coup regime

Despite recent the US State Department media show of cutting aid to the coup regime in Honduras, millions of taxpayer dollars continue to flow into the Central American country

Write on

German elections and the strength of the left Duroyan Fertl's analysis of German elections (GLW #809) missed two issues. Firstly, election results for the Green Party (Thuringia: 6.2%, Saarland: 5.9%, Saxony: 6.4%). The Greens have established themselves around the 6%-mark crossing the 5% hurdle that guarantees seats in parliament.

Are the dust storms radioactive?

Shortly after two dust storms swept the entire east coast of Australia over September 22-26, concerns were raised that radioactive materials from central Australian uranium mines could make the same journey.

Camp Florentine: three winters, still strong

The Camp Florentine forest blockade in southwest Tasmania, which has just passed its third winter, continues to protect ancient wet Eucalypt and rainforests. Since November 2006, the community group Still Wild Still Threatened has blockaded the area.

91自拍论坛 Weekly's $250,000 fighting fund: You don't know what you have until you lose it

Reading through the messages of support coming in for 91自拍论坛 Weekly鈥檚 鈥淪pring Offensive鈥 fundraising appeal, I was reminded of the old saying: 鈥淵ou don't know what you have until you lose it.鈥

Cutting the train line won't 'fix our city'

A coalition of Newcastle business groups has launched a new campaign called 鈥渇ix our city鈥.

'Coal trains must be stopped for good!'

South Australia鈥檚 Climate Camp took place at Warren Gorge, near Port Augusta, over September 24-27. The camp targeted two ageing brown coal-fired power stations 鈥 which are among the most polluting in Australia 鈥 the Northern and Playford B plants.

The Herd puts green ban on coal festival

Sydney hip hop act the Herd, famous for politically conscious songs like 鈥77%鈥 and 鈥淏urn Down the Parliament鈥, has gone on strike, refusing to play at a festival sponsored by the coal industry.Sydney hip hop act the Herd, famous for politically conscious songs like "77%" and "Burn Down the Parliament", has gone on strike, refusing to play at a festival sponsored by the coal industry.