by Christopher Sheil | Dec 9, 2009 | Issue 5, Journal, News, President's perspective, Volume 9
World affairs over the past year have been dominated by the crisis in the global economy. The Evatt Foundation has meanwhile mainly focused on promoting human rights and democracy. This was a natural function of 2008 marking the 60th anniversaries of the election of...
by David Aaronovitch | Jun 8, 2009 | Issue 3, Journal, News, Volume 9
Imperfection’s friend These have been bewildering weeks in the recent history of British democracy. Respectable women call BBC Radio 4 programmes to talk about how they would like to ‘string up’ their elected representatives; headlines and...
by Paul McGeough | Apr 8, 2009 | Issue 2, Journal, News, Volume 9
Mossad’s failed hit and the rise of HamasOn a September morning in 1997 on the streets of Jordan’s capital, Amman, Mossad agents attempted to assassinate Hamas leader, Khalid Mishal. Actions by Khalid’s bodyguard led to the capture of two of the...
by John Keane | Apr 8, 2009 | Issue 2, Journal, News, Volume 9
Politics & the Great RecessionEighteen months into the deepest economic slump since the Great Depression of the 1930s, one thing is abundantly clear: the world economy is once more suffering the incalculable shock effects of a massive market failure.The bursting...
by Frank Stilwell | Mar 8, 2009 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 9
We are now facing the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression began in 1929. The crash in share market values has sent shock waves though the global economy. An economic recession now seems inevitable in Australia and many other nations. How deep and...
by Christopher Sheil | Mar 8, 2009 | Issue 1, Journal, News, Volume 9
Review article Lockout and Bastard Boys are welcome representations of two of the 20th century’s epic Australian industrial confrontations: the 1929 lockout on the northern coalfields of New South Wales and the 1998 lockout on the waterfront. Separated by 70...
