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On November 21, National Union of Students delegates, office bearers and observers gathered in Campbelltown for the 1998 NSW branch conference. "It was a joke" said Alison Dellit, a Resistance member and delegate

The ugly side of 'beauty'Selling "beauty" is big business. It's profitable and it's everywhere. But the whole idea that there is such a thing as an ideal beauty standard, let alone that women should try to live up to this

SYDNEY — On Sunday, December 20, Central Sydney Resistance branch is planning a day of Marxism on the Beach at Manly Youth Centre. Resistance activist Aaron Benedek said, "It will be a great opportunity to revisit some of the more contentious

Women and revolutionIn Australia today women are told (and many believe) that we have achieved full equality. Oh yeah? Why, then, are women still paid an average of 67% of the male wage, and why are our looks

Women's right to control their reproductive lives through access to abortion is under attack in the ACT, and Resistance is involved in a major campaign to defend it. A bill, first put up by right-wing Catholic ACT

SYDNEY — On November 14, a demonstration was held here to remember the East Timorese killed in the Dili massacre of 1991. RYAN LIDDELL spoke to a few of the demonstrators about why they attended. LANCE GOWLAND: East Timor is the closest nation to

The final edition of Gravity, the magazine put out by the Griffith University Student Representative Council, has outraged many students by including a lift-out centerfold featuring a naked woman with the words "Gravity Reveals All".

On November 18, a motion was put to the ACT Liberal Party policy convention by members of the Young Liberals, calling on the ACT government to legislate "for Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) in the tertiary institutions under ACT

The first issue of Resistance inspired many Resistance members — new and old — to get out into the streets. In Melbourne, we sold more copies than we've sold all year — a record 260+. Other branches also had significant

In recent months, Resistance's national resources have been stretched to the limit as we have organised one of the largest campaigns in our history, the high school anti-racism walkouts. Obviously, we don't have wealthy backers.

PERTH — On Wednesday November 18, Resistance members were invited to speak at John Curtin Senior High in Fremantle by a social studies teacher who loves Resistance. More than 35 students watched video footage of Resistance's high school walkouts

A proposed gold mine at Timbarra plateau has been the subject of controversy for some months. Environmentalists complain that the method of gold extraction involves the use of highly destructive chemicals such as cyanide which, if released into the