By Bec Beirne (Sydney)
You only need to glance at any mainstream media outlet to see that the "beauty myth" is alive and flourishing. The recent increase in the amount and blatancy of sexist advertising in Australia is a measure of the concerted
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It's called North America
"We need to articulate more clearly where we are." — US Senator Craig Thomas, calling for a more threatening stance towards China in relation to Taiwan.
Non-core obligations
"You can ignore your obligations under an
The new evidence on women's oppression
The dispossession of women — A Marxist examination of new evidence on the origins of women's oppression By Pat BewerResistance Books, 200044 pp., $4.95Available from all Resistance Bookshopsor send
By Seth Ackerman
As tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Seattle to shut down the opening conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting last December, mainstream media treated protesters' concerns with indifference and often
Broad support for Scottish socialists
By Greg Harris
EDINBURGH — The last weekend of February was the British Labour Party's 100th anniversary. On the same weekend, the young Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) held its second annual conference in
By Lara Pullin
The British home secretary Jack Straw has released former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, ostensibly on medical grounds. On March 2, the general left his country residence outside London and took a plane back to his native Chile.
'Parliament won't solve workers' problems'
Twenty nine labour federations now operate in Indonesia. The National Front for Labour Struggle, which has 11 affiliated regional organisations, is one of the more important federations. Green Left
Networker: Smart and stupid
Smart and stupid
Hearings before the European Parliament in late February have focussed attention on Echelon, the communications spying network involving the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. A
Join the Melbourne protest against mandatory sentencing!
Join the protests against mandatory sentencing!
Following the protest rallies in Sydney and Brisbane on March 5, and earlier actions in other cities, rallies calling for an end to all
Don't diet!
By Bea Brear
SYDNEY — Protesters gathered outside the Sydney Town Hall on February 26 to vent their anger at the increasing quantity of sexist advertising visible in the city. The action, organised by Resistance, was aimed at
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