Evatt journals > Volume 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

Carers of Australia unite!
Barbara Pocock discusses the work/life collision. More

Howard lines up the big one
It’s Medicare, and it’s serious, explains Julia Gillard. More

Refugees: is the tide turning?
Rowanne Couch reports on public opinion. More

Michael Moore’s big ask
The follow-up to Stupid white men is out. More

FEATURE

America and the week that was
President’s perspective, by Bruce Childs. More

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

​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

Trade & labour: not so fast
The debate’s evolving, explains John Langmore. More

Understanding religious fundamentalism
Randa Abdel-Fattah take up the issues. More

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

What do we do about those parties?

Stuart Hall looks at New Labour. More
Doug Cameron looks at postmodern Labor. More

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

Union movement fires up

Sharan Burrow addresses ACTU Congress 2003. More
Greg Combet addresses ACTU Congress 2003. More

Speaking to the heart
Michael Kirby reflects on Mary Alice Evatt. More

​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

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

The new public intellectuals are out there
Tim Dunlop on ‘weblogging’. More

On ‘fabricating’ history
Stuart Macintyre on Keith Windschuttle. More

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

Vale Tas Bull
Rowan Cahill looks back at the wharfie leader’s life. More

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

​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

And it’s just getting worse
Now equal opportunity is to be thrown overboard, says Anne Summers. More

Working in America
A US study has lessons for Australia, reports Roy Green. More

FEATURE

What’s next?
President’s perspective, by Bruce Childs. More

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

New papers

Towards the precipice
The latest stanza in Robert Brenner’s remarkable history of the postwar world economy. More

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​

e’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

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

Meanwhile, a beautiful gift to the earth
Uncovered: an El Dorado of orchids in the Andes. Fred Pearce reports. More

The passing of the master historian
Martin Kettle appreciates the life of Christopher Hill. More

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

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

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

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. 1

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

Terrorism
Michael Doran examines bin Laden’s strategy. More

Dylan’s Thunder
May rock ‘n’ roll be relevant, pleads Ron Jacobs. More

Ireland loses the plot
Investing in the knowledge-based economy, by Roy Green. More

The ‘fabrication’ of Aboriginal history
John Quiggin scrutinises Keith Windschuttle. More

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

Sydney’s inaugural heterodox economists conference
It was an excellent start, reports Peter Kriesler. More

The father of the NSW House retires
Ron Dyer’s valedictory speech. More

Looking back on 2002

How the Tampa sailed into 2002, by Robert Manne. More
There’s always a progressive alternative, says Frank Stilwell. More

FEATURE

Looking to Europe
President’s perspective, by Bruce Childs. More

Europe versus the US
Will Hutton recounts the differences in his European Lecture. More

New papers

The state of political economy
in the 50th issue of JAPE, Frank Stilwell surveys the movement. More

How did Australia’s unions grow?
Rae Cooper & Greg Patmore look at trade union organising & labour history. More

Public debt policy
Bill Mitchell challenges the Evatt Foundation’s submission. More