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Write on: Letters to the editor
those). — Ed.] Denigrating women Every year on campuses throughout Australia, Blue Stocking Week is ... organising a "Reclaim the Nightie" night, in which women will put on their nighties and head off to ... does the event make a mockery out of Reclaim the Night — a night when the feminist movement mobilises ...
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Keating caves in to mining companies on Mabo
validate all land titles granted since the beginning of European colonisation of Australia in 1788. The ... courts but even if they were successful they would not be able to reclaim any land already the subject of ... Aid Abroad, one of Australia's leading aid organisations is also campaigning in support of the ...
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UK Subs as subversive as ever
spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳'s Mat Ward. * * * Tell us about your experiences of playing Australia- any ... great and famous barbies were a big let-down. We do them with real wood (always reclaimed) and charcoal. ... Against this, your barbies have no flavour. What about Australia's politics and history? As shameful ...
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Ten new political albums worth a listen- April 2015
month's radical record round-up, including a response to the "Reclaim Australia" rallies. What ... UPDATES On April 4, Australian politics reached a fresh low as anti-Islamic "Reclaim Australia ... update reading: "Like any other brand capitalising on idiots, we thought in light of the Reclaim ...
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Alias Grace — even more relevant than The Handmaid’s Tale
book that reclaimed the moral high ground for reproductive justice at a time when reproductive rights ... Subscribe  to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ now! You can also like  us on Facebook and follow us  on Twitter. Australia ...
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A Sydney Comedy Fest show that's proudly unAustralian
I suspect we're safe. Other targets include major parties, the media, keyboard activists, Reclaim ... Australia and even ISIS. And I know the Kurds in Rojava are doing their but, but I have to say, if our ISIS ...
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Domestic violence on the rise
incidence of metropolitan domestic violence in Australia. Lynch and her son were incinerated sometime at the ... investigation is underway. Domestic violence has dramatically increased across Australia over the past 10 years. ... "Violence against women, Australia says no", spending $23 million on a Helpline, TV, cinema and radio ...
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Big Brother is watching
introduce an ID card, called the Australia Card. Howard described the Hawke government as a “Big Brother” ... used for the Australia Card. As soon as the smart card is introduced, it is likely that other ... Australia Card. In 1998, we need to ensure that Howard doesn't get away with introducing an ID card of ...
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Action updates
Australia-East Timor Association, Aksi (Indonesia and East Timor Solidarity Action) and Fretilin all pointed to ... massacre. An altered version of the advertisement "Australia Remembers" was also played to ... August 15 to discuss activities for Blue Stocking/Body Image week at ANU, September 4-8, and Reclaim the ...
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News briefs
Palestinian delegation to Australia and ambassador of Palestine to Vanuatu, Ali Kazak, said he cannot ... Australia's biased and one-sided Middle East policy. "Unfortunately, this decision does not help the ... Australia's international credibility, reputation and relations." Maternity leave lost Maternity leave ...
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Rise up Sarawak
19. Eli, a Malaysian student working with the Network of Overseas Students Collective in Australia ... imprisonment or worse", Eli told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly. " What we get here in Australia is not what ... because of this limited access to the simple truth for the people of Malaysia and people in Australia and ...
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91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly reaches regional centres
Australia's capital cities, during the last 10 years, the paper's distribution has expanded into a number ... Kuskopf said. "Take Tandem Thrust, which is the largest military exercise in Australia, carried out ... said that Tandem Thrust was wrong. "In regional Australia, people are bearing the brunt of ...
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... and ain't i a woman?: They're our cities too
Annually around Australia, Reclaim the Night marches are organised on October 30 to highlight this basic ...
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Statement in solidarity with the international movement against violence against women
larger-than-usual Reclaim the Night rallies around Australia last year in the wake of the Brunswick attack. Until ... have dropped to a mere 27%. Like in Australia, many rapes go unreported, due to the anti-woman ... population. In 2012, Australia had the largest mobilisations in decades against sexual violence, following the ...
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No to sexual assault!
increased by 791%, while conviction rates have dropped to a mere 27%. Like in Australia, many rapes go ... subjugate and terrify the local population. Last year, Australia had the largest mobilisations in decades ... sexual violence — in the streets or at home. Australia has a high rate of sexual assault, with an ...
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91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's $250,000 Fighting Fund 2006: 'Revolutionary tourism'?
McLlroy [sic — it's McIlroy], a retired government worker from Australia, have recently moved to ... resources, he says, have been "looted by foreign companies", and he is reclaiming them for his ... (toll-free within Australia), write to PO Box 394, Broadway 2007 or donate online at ...
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Apartheid in Northbridge
Commission and Mission Australia, none of whom were consulted about the proposal and all of whom found out ... about it by reading the West Australian newspaper, have slammed the proposal. Mission Australia ... attended the peaceful “Reclaim Northbridge” march, which was called by Resistance. “Operation Sweep” was ...
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Anti-Olympics protests off and racing
committee included activists from Reclaim the Streets, Critical Mass and the National Union of Students. ... Australia's treatment of Aboriginal people, or the fact that Australia now has some of the harshest ...
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On the box
northern NSW. It offers an insight into the lives of Australia's indigenous youth. ABC-TV, Thursday, ... reclaim the past, Ephraim Bani travels from the islands to the museums of Europe where his heritage lies. ... since David Goldie's hard-hitting film about Australia's prisons, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, ...
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Sydney: youth are the majority
and solidarity committees in Australia discussing the role of the ALP and Australian imperialism in ... a diverse range of questions and issues confronting socialists in Australia. These included more theoretical ... in an enthusiastic reclaiming and revival of that old favourite of the socialist movement, "The ...
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John Pilger: Honour our Aboriginal heroes
who courageously stand against oppression within Australia. When I interviewed Kwementyaye for my ... felt. He was an educator and natural leader who taught people to reclaim the cultural identity that is ... Australia's singular uniqueness. But mostly, Kwementyaye Randall was still angry and hurt. He described ...
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Hypocrisy over PNG's mercenary plan
mercenaries against the people of Bougainville last October, and Australia's secret police probably knew ... a military solution was not possible, Downer told reporters that Australia was "reluctant" to use ... the PNG police is the biggest single component of Australia's "non-military aid" to ...
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Kev Carmody and Neil Murray on racism
past 18 months. Murray: I love sport and athletics. I like to see Australia do well, but the Olympics ... they've treated the indigenous people. Question: Is Australia a new pariah? Is there going to be a boycott ... reclaim that history back and put the agenda right. Murray: Now the truth has to come out no matter how ...
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Queensland unions fight asset sales
Maritime Union of Australia. At the local level, links were made with other sectors; for example in ... think Australia can learn from this? Well it’s not only Greece. Other countries in Europe are also ... and to reclaim the good image of unions among local communities, in particular with Indigenous ...
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The demise of university education
downsizing of Australia's universities. Attempting to address the financial crisis facing all Australian ... is so much to win — from reclaiming our workplaces as meaningful pedagogical institutions, to gaining ...