Reclaim the Night
It's been 20 long years and still we fight,for equality and justice, basic human rights.Will we ever be able to walk alone?Never truly safe, not even at home.The predators they stalk, always hunting,assuming our bodies are there
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By Margaret Allum
While the traditional focus of Reclaim the Night marches has been on violence against women, some RTN collectives this year included a broad range of demands relating to women's right. Marches were held around the country on
This week in history
November 7, 1837: US abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy killed by racist mob
The slave system in southern US states during the 19th century led to a growing "abolitionist" movement agitating for the compulsory emancipation of
Court victory for East Timorese refugees
A Federal Court judge on October 30 upheld an appeal by an East Timorese man, Kon Tji Lay, against the Refugee Review Tribunal's decision to refuse him refugee status because he was "entitled" to Portuguese
Pakistani scholar assassinated
By Nadeem Ansari
Early on the morning of October 17, a prominent and renowned scholar, Hakim Mohammad Saeed (78) was assassinated near his clinic in Karachi. Hakim Saeed was the founding president of the Hamdard
Prospects for resistance to the new Howard government
By Peter Boyle
There will be no shortage of attacks on the working class from the Coalition government in its second term: the GST, further austerity and privatisation and the second wave of
By Leo Wellin
After 16 months of negotiations, union leaders on October 22 endorsed a two-year enterprise agreement designed to deliver greater profits to Telstra. Endorsement of the deal by union officials has angered many members of the Community
Carr announces Eden forests decision
By Margaret Allum
SYDNEY — Reactions varying from outrage to cautious optimism greeted the NSW Labor government's October 26 announcement of a regional forest agreement (RFA) for the south-east forests near
... and ain't I a woman?: Different methods, same message
The sniper-style murder of another US abortion provider confirms the systematic nature of the recent campaigns by North American anti-choice fanatics to deny women access to abortion
Sweet as nectar, intoxicating as tsipouro
IntoxicationThe haBiBisLarrikin through FestivalXylouris EnsembleSelf-titledHi-Gloss Records/MDS Review by James Vassilopoulos
Advances in music are often the result of migrations: people leaving their
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