Married with a house in the suburbs, 1.9 kids and a white picket fence? No thanks. Some people on the left have echoed this caricature, arguing that radicals should oppose gay marriage — or at least turn our attentions elsewhere.
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The following letter was sent by the Western Suburbs Community Campaign Against Racism (to the residents of the Redfern Block in mid-February.
Dear friends,
We wish to express our condolences to the family and friends of Thomas "TJ" Hickey. This
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
A federal government-funded advertising campaign against domestic violence has been shelved indefinitely.
At a cost of several million dollars, the series of advertisements designed to target emotional and physical abuse in young people's
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
Norman Brewer, Sydney
"TJ had 17 years. We have the rest of our lives to never forget him. We have to remember TJ, we have to remember all the deaths at the hands of the [state]", Redfern community leader Jenny Munro told a 550-strong memorial
Murray Smith, Paris
The united campaign being waged by France's two largest revolutionary socialist parties — the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) and Workers Struggle (LO) — for the March 21 regional elections is getting a good reception.
MELBOURNE — On February 23, 200 people attended a rally at Telstra's Melbourne headquarters, called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), to protest against the planned transfer of information technology jobs to India.
CPSU national
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
Jabril Sanei
Somalia is on the Horn of Africa, the north-eastern-most point of the African continent. As Raman Bhardwaj wrote in his 1979 book The Dilemma of the Horn of Africa, (Sterling Publishers, India): "The Horn's tip, a life-line for the
Across Australia, Indigenous activists and their supporters have offered solidarity to the residents of Redfern Block. Brisbane Murri activist Sam Watson spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Marce Cameron about the reaction.
Watson, who will stand for the
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, reports Duroyan Fertl.
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