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  1. A woman's place is in the struggle: New women's movement in Iraq

    reported on March 8 that hundreds of women protested in Baghdad against the adoption by the IGC of a new ... Houzan Mahmoud wrote in the London Guardian on March 8: "It is now almost a year after the war ... leave the house." The devastated health system is also increasing pressure on women, who are forced ...

  2. 'Women unite!'

    Australia's women". Under the theme "Women unite! Money for jobs, health and education, not war and ... Kerryn Williams More than 1000 people joined rallies and marches on March 13 to mark International ... Women's Day. These followed rallies in a range of cities a week earlier. Kathleen Scott reports that in ...

  3. Anti-war activist's court case adjourned

    A dozen protesters gathered at the Magistrate's Court in Melbourne on March 11 in support of ... Women for Peace activist Reta Kaur. She has been charged with $9000 in criminal damages for writing ... slogans against the Iraq war outside the US consulate last year. The court case was adjourned until June ...

  4. UNITED STATES: Political elite moving toward reactivating draft

    troops to fight an extended war on terrorism while keeping enough well-rested, well-trained troops ready ... that it doesn't have enough combat troops to successfully fight its bloody war of conquest in ... for an emergency", the December 12 USA Today reported. In a speech delivered on February 29 at ...

  5. SPAIN: Madrid: capital of glory, capital of infamy

    "the capital of glory". On March 11, Madrid again became a martyr city. A cruel terrorist attack ... has left 198 dead and some 1500 wounded. Most of the victims are workers, women and/or youth of the ... be ETA. A campaign of fear The PP has built its electoral campaign on a program of fear: fear of any ...

  6. US eye Darwin for base

    there have been problems. Recently there were three charged with sexual assault on two women... they are ... anti-war activists. During a tour of South East Asia in late January, US General Richard Meyers, ... been a lot of discussion going on between the Australian and US governments about the placing of US ...

  7. Supporting the Iraqi workers' movement

    will welcome visits from unionists who have opposed the war on Iraq so that they can see for themselves ... particular, the Southern Oil Workers Union and the construction union... "On my second day in Basra, ... a demonstration of thousands for human rights, women's rights, workers' rights and for political ...