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Evatt Journal Vol. 2

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

Martha Nussbaum. More →

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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 →

The Evatt Foundation in association with the Australian Financial Markets Association presents a seminar

on public debt. More →

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New papers

A history lesson on Iraq: the roots of revolt

Phillip Knightley More →

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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

John Spoehr More →

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The trouble with PPPs: an un-holy alliance

Christopher Sheil More →

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A Senate inquiry into the GATS?

Craig Emerson More →

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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

Tony Moore More →

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The public good & public services: what role for the public sector?

David Hayward More →

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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

Jeremy Moss More →

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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

Edward Said More →

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ANZAC Day

Tom Uren More →

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Costello's 7th budget

Fred Argy & Frank Stilwell More →

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Beazley's small ball

Ian Black More →

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The socialist objective?

George Campbell, Paul Smith & Gonzalo Villalta Puig More →

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Postmodernism: conspiring with the orthodoxy

Yanis Varoufakis More →

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Death & life: broken-hearted threndody; the crisis in embryo

Guy Rundle More →

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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

Duncan Kerr More →

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The pathology of measurement: the maintenance of institutional values

Jim Spigelman More →

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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

David Boyle More →

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Missing James Tobin

Paul Krugman More →

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The NSW ALP's five biggest challenges

Damian O'Connor More →

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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

Michael Kirby More →

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'Funny you should ask for that': higher education as a market

Stuart Macintyre More →

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What's happening in the suburbs?

Mark Latham & Brendan Gleeson More →

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Nationalism & globalisation

Gavin Kitching. More →



Vol. 2, No. 2

News & views

Debauching Ministerial responsibility

Allan Patience More →

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Another shocking thing about September 11

Hans Engelberts More →

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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

Quentin Beresford More →

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Papers

My better nature: alone with Darwin

Peter Singer More →

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A time for reflection: political values in the Age of Distraction

Paul Keating More →

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Financing international development

John Langmore More →

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Tabloid TV meets the ghost of Ern Malley: Struggle Street & the Dole Army

Christopher Sheil More →



​Vol. 2, No. 1

Papers

Relaxed & dumbing down: Australia's reputation in human rights

Elizabeth Evatt More →

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2001: Annus Horribilis

Frank Stilwell More →

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"Temper democratic: Bias Australian" 100 years of the Australian Labor Party Christopher

Stuart Macintyre More →

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Managing the new social risks: welfare

Deborah Mitchell More →

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Patrick Troy looks into water's future: review article

Christopher Sheil More →

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