Affirmative action in the military has thrived under both Republican
and Democratic administrations. Retired General Colin Powell, US Army,
quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 31, 2000
The words that head this space were
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BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists have announced they will be running two candidates in the February 17 Queensland state elections, on a platform of "End corruption — Support socialism".
The two Democratic Socialist
Because:
* The average women's earnings (including overtime) are around two-thirds what men earn.
* Abortion is still part of the Crimes Act in most states of Australia.
* Women are still largely judged by how they look, rather than what they
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"I love the idea of women being women and men being men. [Charlie's Angels] is a way to put forward to girls that you can do anything, achieve anything, be anyone." Cameron Diaz, star of the film Charlie's Angels.
Charlie's Angels was the surprise
BY EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — On January 25, two Green Left Weekly distributors staffing a campaign stall in the Queen Street Mall were accosted by police and a Brisbane City Council employee and threatened with arrest if they did not move on. The
By Sophie Fischer & Lauren Carroll Harris
Women activists played a vital role in the S11 blockade of the World Economic Forum in Melbourne. Many were part of the organising collectives, were speakers, marshals, spokespersons, performing artists,
By Jody Betzein
In Melbourne last year on September 11, more than 20,000 people mobilised to shut down the World Economic Forum's Asia-Pacific meeting.
The meeting's purpose was clear — for the chief executives of the largest 1000 corporations
REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM
Links — International Journal of Socialist Renewal Number 17, January to April 2001New Course Publications, 128pp, $8 <http://www.dsp.org.au/links>
There couldn't have been a better time for this issue of
'Never Race and class in the US: trust a son
of a Bush'
BY MALIK MIAH
SAN FRANCISCO Never trust a son of a Bush. This was one of many
signs at George W. Bush's presidential inauguration in Washington on January
20. Some 25,000
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