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International Women's Day
On March 8, demonstrations to mark International Women's Day took place across the globe, ... many focusing on opposition to war and occupation. Palestinians and Israelis joined together at the Ar ...
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Women protest against IR attacks
Linda Waldron, Melbourne "Stop the war on our unions, civil liberties and working ... people's rights!" was the theme of the March 8 International Women's Day (IWD) demonstration at ... to child maintenance payments, would negatively affect working women. Yorta Yorta activist Monica ...
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UNITED STATES: Bolivian human rights leader barred from US
Chapare, a coca producing region in Bolivia where the US-sponsored war on drugs has resulted in forced ... articulate the change that needs to happen in the war on drugs." The case for Zurita's visa ... War on Terror "We invited Leonida here to increase the dialogue between US citizens and Bolivians ...
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VENEZUELA: Week of solidarity with US people launched
International Women's Day on March 8, thousands of Venezuelan women marched to the US embassy in protest at ... a week of solidarity with the US people. The Bolivarian News Agency reported on March 6 that the week was ... Family Commission, Gabriela Ramirez, explained that the week was motivated by the ongoing war against ...
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Cindy Sheehan to address peace conference
Altikriti from the Muslim Association of Britain and the UK Stop the War Coalition; and Dr Salam Ismael from ... be held in Melbourne on May 27, preceded by a public meeting on May 25. Sheehan will also address ... public meetings in Sydney on May 23 and Brisbane on May 24 (venues to be announced). Sheehan, whose son ...
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What Resistance Stands For: Can we have democracy under capitalism?
resources and markets. It was not the madness of President George W. Bush that fuelled the war on Iraq, but ... We live in a world dominated by war, racism, poverty and environmental destruction. We are told ... world's people live in dire poverty, while a tiny minority squander unprecedented wealth. War is ...
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Bellyful of Rice lies
100 Most Powerful Women" list in 2005, has a carefully cultivated public image. According to ... anti-war campaigners won't be giving her a rock-star welcome. It's widely believed that the key ... issue to be addressed by the secretary of state on her visit is extending the participation of ...
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BOLIVIA: From neoliberalism to a homeland for all
On January 22, Evo Morales — former trumpeter, llama herder and coca-grower union leader — became ... mandate of December 18, 2005, when Bolivians from the countryside and cities decided to turn the page on ... movements, business owners, the middle classes, indigenous peoples, intellectuals and women. We are dealing ...