Jepke Goudsmit argues that warfare is a foremost polluter of the planet and rampant misogyny is built into it, which is why we need to challenge the patriarchal war mongers.
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In this episode of On The Streets, we discuss International Women’s Day protests, rallies opposing the war on Iran and the crackdown on freedom of speech in Queensland.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s patronising descriptor of Grace Tame as “difficult” is the latest high-profile example of just how embedded misogynist prejudices are. Pip Hinman writes that women continue to bear the brunt of misogynistic attitudes and their inherent potential for violence and death.
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A special screening of award-winning documentary Women of Steel is being held in nipaluna/Hobart to celebrate International Women’s Day, reports Melissa Johns. The film documents a historic fight by women in Wollongong for jobs and justice.
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Sweeping anti-worker attacks backed by Argentine far-right President Javier Milei are an assault on workers’ rights, trade unions and democracy, eliminating the gains from decades of struggle, reports Ben Radford.
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Natalia Figueroa Barroso writes that Anthony Albanese’s Freudian slip, while playing a word association game, sums him up: White, misogynist and a loyal United States ally.
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Sarah Glynn reports on the situation on the ground in Syria and Turkey, following the ceasefire and integration agreement signed by the Syrian Transitional Government and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and Syrian Democratic Forces.
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Sarah Glynn writes that as activists across the world were arguing that another world was possible, far away, in the middle of a warzone, the people of Rojava were resisting Islamic State and building a different society that prioritised community over economic interests. That society is in mortal danger today.
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While it is difficult to predict how the uprising in Iran will develop, writes Mary Merkenich, Iranians deserve our international solidarity in their legitimate struggle for economic, political and social rights and against tyranny.
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The Socialism 2025 Conference, held in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, brought together socialists and activists from across the Asia-Pacific, reports Markela Panegyres.
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Mary Merkenich takes a critical look at journalist Virginia Haussegger’s new book, which reflects on the 1970’s women’s liberation movement and the struggle today.
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Private generators regularly game the national electricity market to drive up wholesale prices, writes Max Chandler-Mather, and it’s time for a rethink on essential services like energy and childcare.