Kerryn Williams
A century ago, women marched for the right to vote — and won (with the exception of Indigenous women, who could not vote until 1967). Almost half a century ago, women marched to demand equal pay for equal work — and won (at
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Simon Tayler, Sydney
Community TV Sydney's broadcasting licence is currently up for renewal with the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA). Community TV Sydney manages the programming and broadcasting for Sydney's community television station,
Imagine...
Imagine a world where any woman could walk down any street, day or night, and feel no fear of harassment or assault, and where society denounced domestic violence as so abhorrent that every home was safe.
Imagine a world where girls
Eva Cheng
Some 2000 workers and their retired counterparts from the Tieshu textile factory in Suizhou, Hubei province, staged an angry protest on February 8 denouncing the now-defunct plant's management for cheating workers of savings and benefits.
On October 19, 2001, a boat laden with asylum seekers en route to Australia from Indonesia sank, killing 353 people. Despite ever more evidence to the contrary, the Australian government claims it has no responsibility regarding the deaths.
Michael Bull, Melbourne
Since its first meeting on February 10, the Defend Craig Johnston Committee has planned a range of activities to defend the former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU).
Johnston is
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Red ClydesideAlistair Hulett and Dave SwarbrickRed Rattler
The extraordinary industrial and political militancy in the west of Scotland in the second decade of the 20th Century led Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir
Duroyan Fertl
From February 16, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians poured into the nation's streets and highways in a 48-hour wave of protest, paralysing much of the country. They demanded the resignation of the president, Lucio Gutierrez, and called
This week, the Socialist Alliance launched its Gender Agenda: A Charter for Women's Rights. The charter aims to put women's experiences, needs and aspirations up front in the political discussion and activity of the Australian left. It reflects and,
Stuart Martin, Melbourne
Amid a howl of calls from employers for Victorian Premier Steve Bracks' Labor government to get tough on unions because the state is supposedly heading into industrial chaos, the government has threatened to wage war on
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