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By Will Offley CANADA — Abortion providers in Canada and Québec are facing a new threat. A systematic and well-organised campaign now under way aims to identify and expose abortion providers, increasing the risk of terrorist attacks
Women, work and Howard's agenda Melanie Sjoberg Each time we turn on the TV we are confronted with images reminding us that life as a woman is extremely complex. But dominant amongst these images is that of the tireless mother and homemaker —
Burma democracy activists rally By Shosheena Stoneand Nikki Ulasowski CANBERRA — Last week, the Burmese National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, announced the formation of a provisional government in Rangoon. Since
By Norm Dixon Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's claim that his regime's military expedition into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is motivated by a selfless need to turn back "foreign aggressors" has not been enthusiastically accepted at
Things you should never ever swallow Synopsis, being a summary of what has gone before, for the benefit of new readers: AUSTRALIA, a dry brown land mass 10 degrees south of the equator, is having an election. Purpose of election: To chose by
Anti-choice terrorism CANADA — Since February 1998, there has been a campaign of intimidation against abortion providers in British Columbia (BC). Local health care workers have received letters asking them to identify physicians who provide
IN A REPORT released in Geneva on September 9, the Center for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, a component of the International Commission of Jurists, called for the prosecution of armed forces, police and local militia personnel who, it says,
On September 11, the National Security Archive, a Washington-based non-profit research group, posted declassified US government documents on its web site which detail US attempts from 1970 to 1973 to prevent the Socialist Party's Salvador Allende
Democratic Socialists reach out By Chris Spindler MELBOURNE — The Democratic Socialists, who are standing for the Senate and the seat of Melbourne in Victoria, are taking their politics to the streets. Teams have been established in eight
By Cassandra Pomroy SYDNEY — More than 300 people attended the "harmony afternoon of reconciliation" at the University of Technology on September 12. Organised by Black, White and Pink, the forum addressed the need for gays and lesbians to take
Write on: Letters to the editor Capitalist advertising Whilst agreeing with Margaret Allum's article in GLW #333 "Women's Right to Work", I cannot agree entirely with her interpretation of the commercial in question. Nor can I agree with the
Youth poverty increasing By Ema Corro CANBERRA — "The impact of the Coalition government's attacks on youth incomes has had a devastating effect", Democratic Socialist candidate for Canberra, Nikki Ulasowski, told Green Left Weekly. Ulasowski