Vol. 2, No. 8
News & views
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War with Iraq
A condemnation of US policy by the historian of modern warfare, Gabriel Kolko. More → Nerrissa Bradley reports on Australia's weekend of action against war. More → Read Sydney's anti-war speeches by Sharan Burrow, Judy Davis, John Pilger, Kassim Abood, Pat Power & Rawan Abdul Nabi. More →
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'War' on terror
Fran Kelly interviews Simon Crean on the ASIO deadlock. More →
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What are we here for?
In his new book, Goodbye Babylon, Bob Ellis faces the music . More →
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Inequality: latest research
Company tax rorts, fiscal policy, consciousness, and the gender gap. More →
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Economic vandalism
Tony Evans raises some cuts you might not have heard about. More →
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Feature
The year in review
President Bruce Childs, presents his annual report. More →
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New papers
The enduring significance of John Rawls
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Who's afraid of public debt? Papers from the Evatt breakfast seminar
Different dimensions of debt, by Frank Stilwell. More →
Is zero government debt desirable? by Tony Aspromourgos. More →
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Politics & the English language
The times dictate republishing George Orwell's classic essay. More →
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Publications
Commonwealth Debt Management Review
The Evatt Foundation's submission to the Costello review of public debt policy. More →
Vol. 2, No. 7
News & views
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The academic community says no to war, succinctly
A US-based open letter from 32,000 academics. More →
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Too many wars in the history of 'paradise'
The bombing was merely Bali's latest horror, recalls Ilija Trojanow. More →
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George Bush channels George Orwell
Can a president be charged with plagiarism, wonders Daniel Kutzman. More →
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The axis of good
Lula! Judy Rebick writes. More →
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PPPs & neo-protectionism in the UK
Tony Blair only pretends to free markets, says George Monbiot. More →
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And death machines were rumblin' ...
Vit Wagner talks to Steve Earle about his stunning new album. More →
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Of course they knew
John Faulkner reports on the children overboard affair. More →
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Feature
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Zero public debt & democracy in the global era
President's perspective. More →
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Who's afraid of public debt?
Bond traders take on Costello, by Philip Baker. More →
Fred Argy recounts how zero public debt can erode society. More →
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New papers
A history lesson on Iraq: the roots of revolt
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Iraq & the war on terror
Al Gore reject the Bush Doctrine. More →
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Is paid maternity leave enough?
Nick Sherry's super ideas for Labor. More →
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PPPs spread to South Australia
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The trouble with PPPs: an un-holy alliance
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A Senate inquiry into the GATS?
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Publications
It never has been easy: democracy
A sample chapter from Evatt's new book, Globalisation: Australian Impacts (UNSW Press). More →
Vol. 2, No. 6 (supplement)
News & views
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A message from Bali
Will our leaders get it, wonders Jonathan Freedland. More →
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How to cure war fever
With the facts, says Simon Tisdale. More →
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Uncle oSAMa says
I want YOU to invade Iraq. More →
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Just a distraction
Teachers reject PPPs. More →
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Union chief meets the press
Greg Combet on Ansett, Iraq, the Cole Commission, work & family. More →
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Eric J. Hobsbawm
The historian publishes his autobiography. More →
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Papers
The ALP & cultural democracy
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The public good & public services: what role for the public sector?
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The history & future of radical politics
Tristan Ewins talks to Eric Aarons. More →
Vol. 2, No. 6
News & views
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War with Iraq?
No, argues Ron Jacobs. More →
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The crisis of American capitalism
It's double jeopardy in the heartland, says Walden Bello. More →
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Solidarity, rock 'n' roll style
John Densmore discusses the legendary music and philosophy of The Doors. More →
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Privatisation
GATS spells danger, explains Patricia Ranald. More →
Privatisation can be a death sentence, warns the PSI. More →
Kenneth Davidson sums up PPPs. More →
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A great read, but ...
Carmen Lawrence critiques Don Watson's Keating. More →
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It's done
Bob Hawke and Neville Wran deliver the report on the ALP. More →
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Feature
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The life and art of Mary Alice Evatt
Bruce Childs and Amanda Lawson introduce Mary Alice Evatt 'Mas' 1898-1973. More →
Melissa Boyde reviews the life and work of Mary Alice Evatt. More →
'Mas': A memoir, by Rosalind Carrodus. More →
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New papers
Ethics, politics & mutual obligation
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What role for Telstra?
A break-up would be against the national interest, argues Ros Eason. More →
Renationalise (and divest), argues John Quiggin. More →
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ALP discussion papers
Nick Sherry's super ideas for Labor. More →
Union: Labor's super policy is naive. More →
Manufacturing matters, insists George Campbell. More →
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Publications
Liberals smashed
Following Tasmania's first position in The state of the states 2002, the government stormed home in the State poll. More →
Vol. 2, No. 5
News & views
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Nasty, brutish and short-sighted
Don't sob too much, says Pierre Tristam. More →
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Who are the idiots now?
The corporate turmoil vindicates the globalisation activists, notes Sean Gonsalves. More →
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US must face harsh realities
It's a crisis born of pernicious conservatism and unadulterated greed, argues Will Hutton. More →
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Tassie stays on top, while Queensland slips
Tasmania makes it two in a row in The State of the States 2002. More →
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Defining hegemony
John Harms reviews Stupid White Men More →
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Women's suffrage: 100 years on
Today's women must step up, argues Susan Ryan. Look again, replies Tanya Plibersek. More →
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High stakes for working women
Anne Summers analyses the state of play on paid maternity leave. More →
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PPPs are public fraud
False accounting disguises tax theft, charges George Monbiot. More →
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Another UK rail disaster: not many dead
Following Potters Bar, the New Statesman lashes privatised UK rail. More →
Union chief at the press club
Greg Combet spells out the Australian trade union agenda. More →
Leaders wanted!
Claude Martin looks to the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development. More →
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Papers
Selling sex
Raelene Frances puts the workers at the centre of the story. More →
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A nation behaving badly
Refugees present a moral problem, argues Julian Burnside. More →
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Australia's elusive bill of rights
Robert McClelland thinks he knows the way forward. More →
Vol. 2, No. 4
News & views
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What Israel has done
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ANZAC Day
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Costello's 7th budget
Fred Argy & Frank Stilwell More →
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Beazley's small ball
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The socialist objective?
George Campbell, Paul Smith & Gonzalo Villalta Puig More →
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Postmodernism: conspiring with the orthodoxy
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Death & life: broken-hearted threndody; the crisis in embryo
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2 Live N Deadly: Koori radio
Black is back, reports Nancia Guivarra. More →
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On the waterfront
Four years after the MUA settled with Patrick, Stephen Long reports on working conditions, Stuart Macintyre recalls the dispute, Christopher Sheil reflects on our own War on the wharves. More →
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Papers
War on terror
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The pathology of measurement: the maintenance of institutional values
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Why PPPs are bad for your health
Allyson Pollock and colleagues on the rhetoric of 'risk transfer' in the UK. More →
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Workers, women & superannuation
Greg Combet and Diana Olsberg present some of the major issues. More →
Vol. 2, No. 3
News & views
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The Blair government: two views from Britain
Jon Cruddas & John Monks More →
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The storming of the accountants
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Missing James Tobin
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The NSW ALP's five biggest challenges
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Sydney's Palm Sunday march
John Yu, Lydia Miller, Tom Uren & Susan Connelly. More →
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New papers
No more islands: Human rights & industrial relations
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'Funny you should ask for that': higher education as a market
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What's happening in the suburbs?
Mark Latham & Brendan Gleeson More →
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Nationalism & globalisation
Vol. 2, No. 2
News & views
Debauching Ministerial responsibility
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Another shocking thing about September 11
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Tom Uren says let's invest in our future
Margaret McDonough-Glenn More →
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Salting the earth: The environmental crisis of salinity in Australia
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Papers
My better nature: alone with Darwin
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A time for reflection: political values in the Age of Distraction
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Financing international development
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Tabloid TV meets the ghost of Ern Malley: Struggle Street & the Dole Army
​Vol. 2, No. 1
Papers
Relaxed & dumbing down: Australia's reputation in human rights
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2001: Annus Horribilis
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"Temper democratic: Bias Australian" 100 years of the Australian Labor Party Christopher
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Managing the new social risks: welfare
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