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  1. Muslim-bashing won't advance women's rights

    "We'll start listening to Howard and Costello on discrimination and violence against women when, for ... emphasised that while the sheikh's comments on violence against women are plain wrong and criminalise ... imperialist wars on the Middle East, and we were proud to receive greetings at our recent national conference ...

  2. Not in our name

    "war on terror"- but no thanks. I am not one of "your" women either, and I certainly do ... course, absolute bullshit. One in five Victorian women report being physically or sexually abused by an ... partner violence (Office of Women's Policy 2002). But why? Well, for one thing, it's those good ...

  3. What the people want: troops out of Iraq!

    forces, while 34% want all US troops pulled out immediately. The US National Council for Research on Women ... reported on November 2 that its polling had found that 59% of US women voters and 48% of male voters said ... died in Iraq since the country was invaded on March 20, 2003, by US, British and Australian forces. No ...

  4. A 'rebirth of liberalism'?

    on the Iraq war, but no Democratic congressional leader has called for a fixed deadline for troop ... nation on election night, the website says its blue-clad supporters will bear moral witness against ... anticipated a post-election "rebirth of liberalism" on the British Guardian daily's website, ...

  5. A Nobel loan shark?

    bank" specialising in group loans to low-income women. And the Vanderbilt University-trained economist ... war against poverty will be further intensified across the world. It will consolidate the struggle ... three-decade-old attempt to foster entrepreneurship amongst impoverished women has attracted intense grassroots ...

  6. 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 ...