As socialists we argue that it is always the right of a woman to make decisions about her own fertility. This includes the right to choose to terminate her pregnancy and to have access to a safe accessible public health system.
By Samantha Ashby, SP Newcastle, NSW (from latest issue of The Socialist)
By Jessica Johnston, Socialist Alternative, US CWI party
“There's nothing wrong with me the way I am. However, when I look in the mirror I see a FAT girl named Jennifer. Not ever good enough or right enough or pretty enough.” (www.eating.ucdavis.edu) That’s how one anorexia victim described herself.
By Samantha Ashby
Socialist Party, Newcastle
In the run up to the federal elections Liberal and Labor have ‘family values’ at the center of their campaigns. So are they going to change the lives of working class families? No - they are planning some superficial changes that won’t impact on the real issues.
The biggest issues that improve family life are full employment and decent wages, good education for all children and a supportive benefit system that supports older people and those with illnesses, and families leaving their countries as refugees. The following article reveals the real state of family values in Australia and puts forward the Socialist Party’s agenda for change.
The Howard Government is trying to reverse all the gains made by the women’s movement in the 1970s and 1980s. Although never perfect, accessible child care, gender neutral benefits, free education and health care, and permanent fulltime or part-time jobs are all under threat today.
Women against war and capitalism
The day of international working women’s solidarity – 8 March – is celebrated this year just days before the first anniversary of imperialism’s attack on Iraq.
Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) Statement. CWI is the international organisation that the Socialist Party is affiliated to.
sp writes "THE EQUAL Opportunities Commission in Britain recently published an 'equality' survey to coincide with the 75th anniversary of all women over 21 securing the vote. The publicity this attracted prompted two readers of The Socialist (CWI UK paper) to give their opinions of the survey and its conclusions. "
