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Standing up for women's rights: The radical history of International Women’s Day
women’s main complaints were about deteriorating living conditions as World War I dragged on. The cost of ... armaments plant on March 7, women took to the streets demanding an end to the war and poverty. The march led ... to earn less — on average, women receive 30-40% less pay than men for the same work. And women ...
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John Pilger: The war on Venezuela is built on lies
laugh, address an urban land council on subjects ranging from homelessness to illegal war. That day, they ... was "too difficult" to be on two marches in one day. A war has been declared on Venezuela, ... seemed from a nearby banyan, made a long, critical speech on the subject of irrigation; Chavez took ...
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Patty Hearst and the SLA's militarist disaster
groups to participate in the logistics of the food distribution, but most refused on principle. They ... Enough, however, signed on to make the event a success and thus launder the SLA’s reputation. An even ... shape when it passed through the SLA. Women’s liberation, for example, degenerated into a celebration of ...
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Coalition under fire in lead-up to NSW elections
stadiums, increased police powers and strip searching, and the continued ban on pill testing, are just a few ... policy shifts in a progressive direction. On some issues, Labor has responded to community demands. Labor ... luxury cars and yachts to pay for more nurses and midwives. However, on the crucial area of road ...