| NOTE: This is comment, not straight
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| | instance, the Convention on Elimination
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| reporting. I am trying to faithfully
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| | of All Forms of Discrimination against
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| report the ideas and attitudes of each
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| | Women (CEDAW) (now there's a catchy name)
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| speaker, but I have chosen many terms
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| | provides the only legal basis for
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| because they made better reading.
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| | Australian human rights law entering the
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| Especially please do not assume that any
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| | 'private' areas of the market and the
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| speaker has seen, or approves of, this
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| | home.The CEDAW committee at the UN is
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| report, or what I have said about them or
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| | looking closely and radically at women's
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| their ideas.The Brisbane Social Forum
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| | productive and reproductive labour at the
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| 2006 was better than last year's, which
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| | moment. Lambert's work in New York was
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| was also good.While there are some
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| | about pushing this further, and
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| on-going faults that should be looked at,
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| | especially encouraging the UN to not look
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| I heard a lot of people who stood out
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| | just at the written law, but the
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| because they were NOT just there to
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| | practical, day-to-day effects of policy.
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| parrot the same old conservative-left*
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| | To take an extreme example, a woman's
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| line.The Saturday morning session I
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| | right to vote is meaningless if no girls
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| attended was about human rights. I was
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| | ever go to school.A woman who works at a
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| skeptical, because I am not going to give
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| | shelter for female victims of violence
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| my energy to help to pass a law that I
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| | raised the same point that had been in my
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| think will have little or no effect. But
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| | head - can words, laws and documents
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| the people who spoke, even the one who
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| | really protect people? Kilroy replied
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| had spent a lot of time with the UN human
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| | that it was just one more way to get
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| rights process, all seemed to not be
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| | abuse noticed, and solve a few real
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| fooled by the idea that just passing a
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| | problems for people.Pate said that
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| new law will solve any real problems.The
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| | sometimes you have to prove you have
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| first speaker was Kim Pate, from the
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| | exhausted the legal solutions before
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| Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry
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| | moving onto direct action - and made the
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| Societies, who spoke mainly about the
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| | crucial point that people on the ground
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| 20th anniversary of equality provisions
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| | need to know that someone is fighting for
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| in the Canadian Human Rights Charter.
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| | them. She went on to describe the work
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| Many, she said, were not being protected
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| | her group is doing to teach female
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| by this law, even though the law says
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| | prisoners to be advocates for other
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| they are protected. She was skeptical of
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| | prisoners.Lambert explained that while
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| courts - she thought that 'half the time'
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| | she sees the work with the UN as
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| they are not the place to argue (for a
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| | important, the most important thing is
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| start, lawyers are expensive, and they
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| | building a culture that produces
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| don't like informed clients) - but still,
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| | 'rights-claiming individuals', instead of
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| they are often the only place to get even
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| | human rights being something that
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| half a chance at justice for the female
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| | activists 'do' to victims of abuse.After
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| prisoners she works for.And she spoke
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| | this discussion, the final programmed
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| very tellingly of the reaction from those
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| | speaker, Serina McDuff spoke briefly, but
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| prisoners when she suggested that court
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| | time was running out. I only have brief
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| challenges and so on were not the right
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| | notes on two comments that she made:
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| way to go - THEY insisted that she carry
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| | She'd like to see an expansive Bill of
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| on with her legal work. Obviously the
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| | Rights/Human Rights Act in place now, and
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| women she works for thinks it's
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| | that the Government is very good at using
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| useful.Pate also spoke about pushing
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| | Human Rights law to SAY it is doing good
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| academics to do the sort of research that
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| | things, without actually doing them. That
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| the powerless need, and about forming
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| | was a pity, because her resume sounds
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| links with other organisations for
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| | interesting:"Serina McDuff is currently
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| nation-wide campaigns.Next to speak was
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| | the Executive Director of the YWCA of
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| Deb Kilroy of Sisters Inside.She talked
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| | Brisbane and is the youngest woman to
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| about a government report on systematic
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| | lead the organisation. Since she began 18
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| discrimination against women prisoners in
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| | months ago Serina has repositioned the Y
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| Queensland that her organisation had to
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| | in Brisbane to advocate and respond to
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| push hard for - in fact the Queensland
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| | women's issues...Serina's activism is
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| Anti-Discrimination Commission's first
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| | centred on ensuring women's and young'
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| reaction was to deny that there was any
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| | people's rights are on the agenda for
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| systematic discrimination. The report
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| | action, and advocating for systemic
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| finally got done, but the government has
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| | change."Well, time for lunch. The Student
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| disowned it. Sisters Inside is trying to
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| | Union's pizza cafe was open, so I had a
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| get female prisoners to lodge formal
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| | double-garlic, cheese, cheese, cheese,
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| complaints about their treatment - but
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| | cheese (mozzarella) and cheese (fetta)
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| the fear of retaliation is a big rock in
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| | pizza, washed down with a small bottle of
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| their way.Kilroy was keen to see a Human
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| | Beez Neez honey beer. Damn, we activists
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| Rights Act passed here in Australia, not
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| | do it tough.Next in this series: The
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| because it will end any battles at all,
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| | media workshop after lunch, crammed with
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| but because it will give people like her
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| | useful how-to
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| one more tool to use when pushing for the
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| | information.*"Conservative-left" = a term
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| rights of female prisoners. She was quite
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| | I am using to describe those who are
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| prepared to wait for the right sort of
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| | thought of as 'radical' by the average
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| law though. Apparently there is a feeling
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| | person. That is to say, 'Resistance' in
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| among many who want a Bill of Rights,
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| | Australia, the Socialist Workers Party in
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| that 'if we just pass any law we can even
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| | the UK, most 'anti-globalists', and so
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| if it is not very good, we can amend it
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| | on.I think these people are conservative
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| later'. Kilroy disagrees - if the
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| | because their angry speeches are usually
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| government will not do the right thing
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| | about being 'anti' this or 'anti' that,
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| now, why would they do it in the
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| | and they personalise their opposition to
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| future?The third speaker, Lillian Holt, a
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| | the system (They blame 'Howard', 'Bush',
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| vice-chancellor's fellow at the
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| | or whoever, instead of talking about what
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| University of Melbourne, said much that I
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| | the ruling class is doing. They also
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| don't agree with, and also said many
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| | often talk as the ruling class as a
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| things that made me think that she is
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| | conspiracy (which it is not)). There also
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| very good at shocking people out of old,
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| | appears to be an undying hatred of the
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| boring ways of thinking. She is
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| | USA, which means they fail to understand
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| Aboriginal, and my favourite thing that
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| | its motives, and a rejection of modern
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| she said was that over 30 years, the
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| | society.This sort of thing encourages
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| 'empty rhetoric' of 'motherhood
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| | people to believe that the system cannot
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| statements' about self-determination had
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| | be changed at all.Radical-left thought,
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| turned into 'motherf****r'
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| | the opposite of conservative-left
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| statements.Holt went on to make the point
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| | thought, encourages people to study the
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| that the rhetoric of tolerance is not
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| | world as it really is, coolly and
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| about changing society, it is about
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| | clearly, and asks people to think about
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| getting the victims of discrimination to
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| | how they would solve the problems of
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| accept the society that has victimised
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| | taking over and then running society. The
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| them. She is also against political
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| | revolution will be the easy bit - after
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| correctness - she wants to know if she is
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| | that we actually have to run
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| dealing with a racist, instead of having
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| | things!Radical-left thought talks about
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| to guess. (And she said she may even get
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| | the ruling class as it is, not as some
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| on well with the racist, once they get
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| | conspiracy that plans attacks on its own
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| over that hurdle).Next up was Caroline
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| | cities.Radical-left thought is proud of
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| Lambert of the Women's Rights Action
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| | this modern world that workers have built
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| Network of Australia (WRANA).She spoke
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| | with their own hands and skill and power.
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| about how she had lobbied the UN's human
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| | We are not going to destroy it, we are
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| rights officials, and while she is
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| | going to take it over and make it better.
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| brutally aware of the limitations of the
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| | And it is now better than it has ever
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| system, still thinks that at least some
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| | been before.
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| work needs to be done there. For
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