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  1. Disability and capitalism: A Marxist view

    (women) or, at the extremes, institutionalisation and segregation. Some social gains were eventually won. ... provide some level of guaranteed economic support to others with disability. War, crisis and reaction The ... early 20th century began a period of war, economic crisis and reaction. The settlement of World War ...

  2. Not quite Brideshead

    Great Financial Crisis, where a woman can (almost) become US president and imperialist wars nibble at ... leading woman. On her marriage to the young, dashingly handsome John Whittaker, she travels with him to ... and a dysfunctional family. On one level, the film could be viewed as a purely personal study. Each of ...

  3. Labor's budget — work until you drop

    impact on women, who rely more on the pension than men. Women have fewer retirement savings than men ... on May 12. Swan's bleak message was clear: for those with a job, it's a matter of work ... overall. The average superannuation payout for women is one third of that for men. Women working full time ...

  4. Workers to bear budget pain

    billion on war, the largest single expenditure item. It's rumoured the government will wind back some ... radio's AM on May 7 "of women who see specialist obstetricians — about 80% will be worse off". ... Graham Matthews The federal budget will be presented to parliament by Treasurer Wayne Swan on May ...

  5. Why we should put mining in public hands

    has been built on a systematic fraud. Putting aside for a moment the devastating environmental costs, ... women has also increased. As inequality has grown, the response of the wealthiest has been to push ... invest and build. There's no monopoly on becoming a millionaire. If you're jealous of those ...

  6. Sympathy for the devil: Film justifies Thatcher's crimes

    a determined reformer, taking on the power of vested interests (whether the toffs of the Tory party or the ... from. The sinking of the Argentinean warship General Belgrano, during the brief but brutal British war ... focuses on the Irish Republican Army (IRA) bombing campaign within Britain- particularly the attack on the ...

  7. Socialist Alliance prepares for new challenges

    anti-war movement (with an immediate focus on next year's anniversary of Iraq invasion protests and ... conference held at Geelong Trades Hall on October 29. Fifty five delegates from across Australia met in ... Reflecting on the current push to join or back the ALP as the only way to defeat Howard, Cain said he'd ...