GLW issue 509, published 2002-09-18.

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Beating the backlash against women

BY KATELYN MOUNTFORD In the last 25 years, capitalism's neo-liberal offensive has extended like a gag around the women of the world. It has stripped and privatised public services, pushing the duty of care back onto the family unit and, by

ATO unionists to strike

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) employed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) held stop-work meetings during the week of September 9 to 13, at which they voted to hold a two-hour strike on

Bush ultimatum brings war closer

BY NORM DIXON US President George Bush delivered his much-anticipated ultimatum to the United Nations on September 12: enforce all Security Council resolutions passed against Iraq since 1990 or a massive US attack on Iraq will be "unavoidable".

A step toward a stronger socialist left

BY DICK NICHOLS [The following is an abridged version of a talk presented to the International Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2002 conference held in Melbourne, September 6-8. Dick Nichols is a member of the national executive of the
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