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Evatt Journal Vol. 3

Vol. 3, No. 6

News & views

Vale Jim Cairns & Edward Said

A tribute to Jim Cairns by Tom Uren. More →

History wars

Paul Keating launches The history wars. More →

Stuart Macintyre straightens the record. More →

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Carers of Australia unite!

Barbara Pocock discusses the work/life collision. More →

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Howard lines up the big one

It's Medicare, and it's serious, explains Julia Gillard. More →

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Refugees: is the tide turning?

Rowanne Couch reports on public opinion. More →

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Michael Moore's big ask

The follow-up to Stupid white men is out. More →

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FEATURE

America and the week that was

President's perspective, by Bruce Childs. More →

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America and the week that was

Shadia Drury unpacks neoconservatism. More →

Trust is priceless, observes Andrew Wilkie. More →

The Asian century is dawning, argues Paul Keating. More →

Is the US on the road to fascism, asks Abbott Gleason. More →

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New papers

Comparative international politics

Andrew Scott has some policy news for Labor. More →

'White Slaves' & White Australia

Raelene Frances looks through the trade in sex workers. More →​



​Vol. 3, No. 5

News & views

How to stop America

George Monbiot wants to globalise consent. More →

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Trade & labour: not so fast

The debate's evolving, explains John Langmore. More →

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Understanding religious fundamentalism

Randa Abdel-Fattah take up the issues. More →

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Australian egalitarianism in retreat

Frank Stilwell outlines the general arguments. More →

Hugh Stretton recalls the history of liberal protest. More →

Fred Argy's agenda for restoring equal opportunity. More →

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What do we do about those parties?

Stuart Hall looks at New Labour. More →

Doug Cameron looks at postmodern Labor. More →

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What about the media?

Ken Parish replies to Tim Dunlop's essay on the weblogging phenomenon. More →

Tony Moore critiques the war on the ABC, while Evan Jones excoriates the press for its coverage of the Iraq war. More →

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Union movement fires up

Sharan Burrow addresses ACTU Congress 2003. More →

Greg Combet addresses ACTU Congress 2003. More →

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Speaking to the heart

Michael Kirby reflects on Mary Alice Evatt. More →

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FEATURE

Collisions: prospective, present & past

President's perspective, by Bruce Childs. More →

The work/life collision

We must find our own approaches to care, argues Barbara Pocock. More →

Work & family: background paper. More →

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New papers

Keith Windschuttle's fabrication of Aboriginal history

Whitewash: Robert Manne introduces the major reply to Keith Windschuttle. More →

Shayne Breen assesses the denigration of Tasmanian Aboriginal society. More →

Naomi Parry rescues the reputation of an Aboriginal patriot. More →



Vol. 3, No. 4

News & views

Coping with imperialism

Martha Nussbaum grieves for a fading vision of international community. More →

Norman Madarasz rescues Plato from the neo-cons, eloquently. More →

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The new public intellectuals are out there

Tim Dunlop on 'weblogging'. More →

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On 'fabricating' history

Stuart Macintyre on Keith Windschuttle. More →

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Economic rationalism & privatisation

20 years on, Michael Pusey walks on the dark side. More →

The UK's PPPs are rotting to the core, argues Colin Crouch. More →

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Vale Tas Bull

Rowan Cahill looks back at the wharfie leader's life. More →

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FEATURE

Wanted: accountability & equality

President's perspective, by Bruce Childs. More →

The Commonwealth budget, health & education

Labor leader Simon Crean's budget speech in reply. More →

Frank Stilwell finds budget problems and trickery. More →

Fred Argy remembers the 'forgotten people'. More →

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New papers

International jobs

John Langmore has a global jobs strategy. More →



Vol. 3, No. 3

News & views

War & peace

It's up to us: Michael Albert interviews Noam Chomsky. More →

Out of the rubble, the last of Paul McGeough's exceptional Baghdad despatches. More →

Guantanamo Bay is a brutal double standard, explains George Monbiot. More →

Is there a Gulf War syndrome, asks Natasha Johnson. More →

Phillip Knightley reviews Paul McGeough's Manhattan to Baghdad. More →

Privatisation

Patricia Ranald warns of the Australia-US Free Trade Agreement. More →

Yet another PPP deal falls in a heap, reports Phil Revell. More →

Australia is an unhappy & unfair country

We must focus on wellbeing, not growth, argues Clive Hamilton. More →

Egalitarianism is in retreat, explains Fred Argy. More →

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And it's just getting worse

Now equal opportunity is to be thrown overboard, says Anne Summers. More →

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Working in America

A US study has lessons for Australia, reports Roy Green. More →

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FEATURE

What's next?

President's perspective, by Bruce Childs. More →

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Intellectuals, democracy and empire

The Neo-cons have only just begun, says Joseph Cirincione. More →

Robert Blecher traces the lines of the war's intellectual boosters. More →

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New papers

Towards the precipice

The latest stanza in Robert Brenner's remarkable history of the postwar world economy. More →

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PUBLICATIONS

Inserting a new dialectic: governance

We publish the chapter on globalisation and governance by Kevin Rudd from the Evatt Foundation's recent book, Globalisation: Australian Impacts (UNSW Press). More →



​Vol. 3, No. 2

News & views

On the eve of war

We're all anti-Bushies now, suggests Immanuel Wallerstein. More →

Nelson Mandela thinks the US doesn't care for human beings. More →

Howard's conviction sends democracy overboard, notes Ghassan Hage. More →

Naomi Klein discusses civil disobedience. More →

Powell made no case for war, explains Phyllis Bennis. More →

The UK-plagiarised 'intelligence' incident. More →

Give Tone Blair a break, pleads Linda Heard. More →

Let's win without war, say Emmylou Harris, Lou Reed & 64 other musos. More →

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Privatisation

Water's being rapidly privatised, reports Center for Public Integrity. More →

Appoint an inquiry into SA's power industry, argues John Spoehr. More →

Shock: World Bank backs trade unions!

Official: unions lift workers & economies. Martin Lawrence reports. More →

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Meanwhile, a beautiful gift to the earth

Uncovered: an El Dorado of orchids in the Andes. Fred Pearce reports. More →

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The passing of the master historian

Martin Kettle appreciates the life of Christopher Hill. More →

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The 20th anniversary of the Hawke government

You've read the press: a major study is imminent, reveals Tony Moore. More →

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FEATURE

The first casualty

President's perspective, by Bruce Childs. More →

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War, lies & the fourth estate

Chris Masters investigates journalism's murder mystery. More →

Richard Ackland discusses Phillip Knightley and journalism. More →

John Pilger introduces the new edition of Philip Knightley's classic. More →

Phillip Knightley assesses the state of his craft. More →

Memo to the media, from William Greider, Gore Vidal & other US writers. More →

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PUBLICATIONS

Thank you very much and good luck

Take in a wider perspective. We publish the chapter on globalisation and the media by Terry Flew & Stuart Cunningham from Evatt's book, Globalisation: Australian Impacts. More →

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The first casualty: your essential guide

The new edition of Phillip Knightley's classic study of war correspondents is now available for purchase from the Evatt Foundation. Discount for Evatt members. More →



Vol. 3, No. 2

News & views

The coming war

Statements by the ALP, the Greens, the Democrats, and the ACTU. More →

What exactly has oil got to do with it? Michael Klare explains. More →

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Terrorism

Michael Doran examines bin Laden's strategy. More →

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Dylan's Thunder

May rock 'n' roll be relevant, pleads Ron Jacobs. More →

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Ireland loses the plot

Investing in the knowledge-based economy, by Roy Green. More →

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The 'fabrication' of Aboriginal history

John Quiggin scrutinises Keith Windschuttle. More →

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Privatisation

WA & NSW jump on the PPP bandwagon, reports David Carey. More →

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Sydney's inaugural heterodox economists conference

It was an excellent start, reports Peter Kriesler. More →

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The father of the NSW House retires

Ron Dyer's valedictory speech. More →

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Looking back on 2002

How the Tampa sailed into 2002, by Robert Manne. More →

There's always a progressive alternative, says Frank Stilwell. More →

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FEATURE

Looking to Europe

President's perspective, by Bruce Childs. More →

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Europe versus the US

Will Hutton recounts the differences in his European Lecture. More →

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New papers

The state of political economy

in the 50th issue of JAPE, Frank Stilwell surveys the movement. More →

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How did Australia's unions grow?

Rae Cooper & Greg Patmore look at trade union organising & labour history. More →

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Public debt policy

Bill Mitchell challenges the Evatt Foundation's submission. More →

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