Resistance has organised a national speaking tour of campuses on the topic "What would Marx say today?". The four forums held so far have revealed a high level of interest among students for Marxist ideas. At Sydney University last
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The proposed "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation has provoked a major uproar. Screaming headlines, such as "Student union plan disaster", "Why voluntary unionism won't work" and "Voluntary union fees split Liberals", have appeared in many
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Students across New Zealand are organising against government attempts to introduce "voluntary student membership" of student organisations. A VSM law passed last year requires all student associations to run referendums on "compulsory" membership by
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BRISBANE — It is disgustingly hypocritical that some principals continue to get up in front of school assemblies, rave on about how racism is bad and that it is up to young people to stop it, and then punish us when we try to do
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Brisbane: 12pm, King George Square; Canberra: 1pm, Workers' Club; Hobart: 12.30am, Refectory steps, Tasmania University; Melbourne: 1.30pm, State Library; Sydney: 1pm, Town Hall.
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Is sexism inevitable? Can we change things? What role can men play? Is parliament the solution? These questions were debated at a lively Resistance public meeting in Sydney on March 13. More than 60 people gathered to hear Catriona Elek, a feminist
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The latest assault on feminism comes from a woman who is herself billed as a "feminist". Wendy Shalit, interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald on March 5, has written a book titled A Return to Modesty:
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5000 rally for the WA forestsPerth — Five thousand people marched on Parliament House on March 9 to demand an end to the logging of old-growth forest in WA. The lively protest was called by the WA Forest Alliance, an umbrella
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The Labor Party, in contrast to the Liberals, sometimes tries to portray itself as an anti-nuclear party as a way of winning votes from the anti-nuclear and environmental movements. However, the ALP's real record gives the lie to
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Marxist feminism"The general level of emancipation of a society is indicated by the level of emancipation of its women." This statement, drawn from the studies of Marx and his close collaborator, Engels, holds as true today as
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The truth about Lucas HeightsA spokesperson for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) confirmed on March 10 that there had been a series of "mishaps" at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor over the last
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The campaign to stop uranium mining has a long and proud history in Australia. During the 1970s and '80s, thousands of people took to the streets to campaign against Australia's involvement in the nuclear cycle. In the early 1980s more than 300,000