Some feminists in the First World argue that feminism is simply about changing the way men and women relate in "our" society — critiquing gender stereotypes in movies, for example, or having affirmative-action policies in the Australian parliament.
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HUMPHREY McQUEEN is one of Australia's best-known and most respected historians. A member of the Socialist Alliance, McQueen will be touring Australian campuses in March, speaking on the topic "Behind the web of war". STUART MUNCKTON spoke with him
BY JEFF SHANTZ
TORONTO — February 15 marked the Canadian anti-war movement's impressive growth. In Toronto, Canada's largest city, between 30,000 and 50,000 people braved bitter cold and icy winds to assert their unconditional opposition to war
LONDON — A communique issued by political organisations active in northen Iraq on February 23 condemned the planned Turkish-US invasion of northern Iraq (South Kurdistan).
"There is no justification for invading South Kurdistan... for the sake of
March on International Women's Day
BRISBANE — The International Women's Day collective is expecting a large turnout for this year's IWD rally and march on March 8. The theme is "Women demanding peace and justice". Meetings to organise the
Socialist candidates endorse student strike
BY LINDA WALDRON
MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance candidates standing in the Maribyrnong and Brimbank council elections will participate in the March 5 student strike against the war and the
More than 500,000 people marched through the capital of Sudan, Khartoum, on February 25 in protest at the looming US attack on Iraq, reported Associated Press. Most political parties and professional associations were represented.
Thousands of riot
University shuts down anti-war stalls
BY SAM KING
BRISBANE — Queensland University of Technology (QUT) used police to shut down an "unauthorised" anti-war campaigning stall on its Kelvin Grove campus on February 19. Police threatened activists
Only a crime if Iraqi generals do it
"It is important for the Iraqi leadership and Iraqi generals to clearly understand that if they take innocent life, if they destroy infrastructure, they will be held to account as war criminals." — George "The
BY
AMANDA ZIVCIC
Dr Margaret Perrott, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the Wollongong
seat of Throsby in the March 22 NSW election, has a long history as a campaigner
for peace and social justice.
Socialists, by their very definition,
BY STEPHEN BENNETS
ROME — Italian peace activists have been blockading US military convoys along northern Italy's rail routes since February 21. It is further evidence of the rising tide of opposition to the right-wing Italian government's
On February 24, the US and Britain presented the other 13 members of the UN Security Council with a draft resolution which declares that "Iraq has failed to take the final opportunity afforded it in resolution 1441 (adopted by the council on November
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