Declining trade union membership
by Geoffrey Beckman | Jun 17, 2004
Trade union rightsTrade unions rights are restricted by an array of anti-union laws that limit trade union power. It is self evident that trade union power and membership numbers...
Australian television content
by Greg Duffy | Jun 17, 2004
The new culture vulturesOverviewThe provisions of the Australia - United States of America Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) that apply to the cultural and audiovisual sectors of the...
A Trojan horse?
by John Merson | Jun 17, 2004
The US pharmaceutical industry's trade 'breakthrough'Why does US trade representative Bob Zoellick believe the free trade deal with Australia is a 'breakthrough' for the US...
A completely misleading description
by John Quiggin | Jun 17, 2004
The US-Australia free trade agreementThe main points of this submission are:1. The most important distortions of agricultural trade practised by the US are unaffected by the FTA...
Saving America
by Shadia B. Drury | Sep 29, 2003
Leo Strauss and the neoconservativesThere is a growing awareness that a reclusive German American philosopher is the inspiration behind the reigning neoconservative ideology of...
‘White Slaves’ & White Australia
by Raelene Frances | Sep 29, 2003
Prostitution and the making of Australian SocietyI would like to begin this evening's lecture by introducing you to a sex worker. Her name is 'Joy'. For eighteen months in...
Trade & labour: not so fast
by John Langmore | Sep 29, 2003
Where are we now? Where are we headed?It is timely to review the trade and labour debate, for there has been an extension of our experience in both areas in recent years that...
The hard road to fascism
by Abbott Gleason | Sep 29, 2003
A turning point for the US?The United States is at a turning point in its history. Some intellectuals and journalists have compared the destruction of Saddam Hussein with the...
The American era is ending
by Paul Keating | Sep 29, 2003
Australia's geopolitical & economic positioningThe world is about to enter the final phase of the third long economic wave of the 20th century. The first wave began in 1904...
Rolling out the canvas
by Paul Keating | Sep 29, 2003
The history warsThe writing of The history wars is very important. The book will sit on the shelves of libraries as a sort of code stone to help people understand the motivations...