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  1. A life of total commitment to social justice

    aware of the stereotype roles that sexism in our society has created for women. Anne knew that a moment ... political and personal friends at the beginning of the 1980s, although we had known of each other and met on ... States, had met Jim in Australia. What brought us together was our agreement on the dangers of ...

  2. Venezuela: Socialism from below

    war and Israel's 2006 invasion of Lebanon. The number of Venezuelans living in poverty has ... women have been enshrined in the constitution; people who were previously marginalised are now engaging ... been no mass support for socialism. Chavez went to the polls in the December 2006 elections on an ...

  3. The criminal tale of Monsanto

    and therefore dependent on, Roundup, Monsanto's herbicide with the real miracle; gigantic ... the Vietnam War. The toxicity of 2,4,5-T was denied by Monsanto, which "hid the data in a drawer ... growth hormone (BGH) was a variation on the same theme. BGH is an artificial, genetically engineered cow ...

  4. Homeless in Tokyo

    South-East Asia or were prisoners of war are now camped out on the street", said Miyashita. October 8, ... 166 November 9, 1994 By Frank Eckardt As the recession bites, more people are living on the ... streets. For 10 days I trudged across parts of Tokyo, observing and talking to the people who live on its ...

  5. Marxism 2000 conference: confident in the future of socialism

    should reflect on this. Capitalism is still in power across most of the globe. Capitalists in the ... slaughtering millions in Iraq with bombs and brutal blockades or raining destruction on Serbia from a great ... Eastern Europe. They're relishing further assaults on the huge Chinese market as China's ...

  6. Are they merely paper tigers?

    of socialist renewal. The statistics on the NICs' performance are widely available. They depict ... rates low and maintaining ceilings on borrowing rates to increase profits and retained earnings, ... and governments to fund investment without reliance on foreign finance. It is certainly true that ...

  7. CUBA: Market democracy and fragmented freedom

    confirmed that a new method of producing the UN report on human development has resulted in Cuba being ... points alongside Saudi Arabia or Equatorial Guinea) on a scale where the most democratic country ... registers one point, and an equally negative grading on political rights", the dispatch adds. ...

  8. SOUTH AFRICA: 'Dying to fight' for treatment

    550 August 20, 2003 BY PETER DWYER DURBAN 鈥 On August 8, in a move described as ... declares a sign outside a sex shop near the Durban beachfront. On August 1-3, just 100 metres away, 500 TAC ... carry on their fight for the roll out of a comprehensive treatment plan for the 5 million people living ...

  9. Howard's racist record

    Protection Act and giving the go-ahead to the destruction of Aboriginal women's sacred sites on ... 390 January 26, 2000 By Margaret Allum On the evening of his election win in 1999, PM John Howard ... the context of people who died in wars between Australia and foreigners", Howard said. ...

  10. Equality is not 'special treatment'

    taken from us and our women raped. We have fought in wars and have been the free labour for the white ... chairperson of the Garrukjarru Regional Council, at the Gurindji Freedom Day celebration in Dagaragu on August ... cutting the number of representatives on regional councils. Could it be that they hoped that there would ...

  11. SOUTH AFRICA: Mhlengi Khumalo is gone

    648 November 17, 1993 Richard Pithouse, Durban On October 21, 16 shacks burnt down in the Kennedy ... According to S'bu Zikode from the Kennedy Road Development Committee, "It all depended on who ... against the riot police for four hours. There were 14 arrests. On March 21, 1200 people marched on the ...

  12. Gun control: are tougher laws enough?

    230 May 8, 1996 By Pip Hinman Following the horrific killing of 35 people at Port Arthur on April ... and Democrat senators surveyed by the Sydney Morning Herald on May 1 agreed that: Australia should ... Association of Australia and the NSW Council of Churches have called on Howard to act. The Democrats have also ...

  13. AIDS: the right unveils its agenda

    59 June 17, 1992 By Ken Davis On May 17, more than 2000 people took part in Sydney's ... media attacks on gay men and their response to the epidemic. Two days before, the Doctors' Summit ... on HIV wound up its debates at the Airport Sheraton. Fred Hollows, without winning support from the ...

  14. Bernadette Devlin McAliskey: Sinn Fein should leave peace process &&

    235 June 19, 1996 The "peace process" strategy of the Republicans was based on an ... away from it would, out of frustration, make some military move on their own. Question: In the United ... or otherwise) to all-party peace talks for an agreed Ireland. And the IRA cease-fire was called on ...

  15. Honduras: Mass resistance to military coup grows

    President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya on June 28 is continuing to grow. The coup in the Central American ... Resistance on the streets On July 15, while in Guatemala at the invitation of President Alvaro Colon, Zelaya ... called on the people to stay in the streets. "It's the only place that they have not been able ...

  16. A sin against humanity

    scavenging for food for their younger siblings than on going to school. Faithful women infected by unfaithful ... continent to the developed world than flows inward. On the matter of debt I know and understand the reaction ... far more in debt servicing than on health and education and Washington's expanded debt relief ...

  17. Celebrations as Mandela takes over

    historic first sitting of the National Assembly on May 9. Celebrations, formal and informal, took place ... premiers on May 7 and culminating in a monster party on the lawns of the Union Buildings in Pretoria to ... coincide with Mandela's official inauguration on May 10. The whole country has been in ...

  18. ISRAEL: 'Disengagement' will not end occupation

    With August 15 expected to be the date on which Israel begins to implement its "unilateral ... 鈥 has accused Sharon of dragging Israel into "a civil war". Wearing the colour of Gush Katif ... don't expel Jews". On July 27, a march of 20,000 settlers aimed at reaching Gush Katif was stalled ...

  19. CZECH REPUBLIC: Communist Party's velvet return

    November's celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the "velvet revolution". After years on the ... rest of us." CSSD leader Milos Zeman defeated his conservative opponent, Vaclav Klaus, on the ... program on the mixed economy and multi-party democracy. The practical effect of this strategy was to ...

  20. Scottish National Party

    81 November 25, 1992 By Frank Noakes PERTH 鈥 No longer on the fringes of Scottish politics the ... standing well to the left of the Labour Party on all issues. The image of burly kilted Scots men clutching ... claymores is false to the core. Women were well represented; workers outnumbered students, but many young ...

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