The first casualty
by Evatt Foundation | Mar 13, 2003
President's perspectiveThe Howard government's pro-war position means that the need for citizens to maintain a vigilant, critical stance in relation to our media cannot be...
The people don’t know and can’t know
by John Pilger | Mar 13, 2003
The First Casualty: Introduction to the revised editionWhen I read the first edition of this remarkable book twenty-five years ago, I was struck by the following quotations....
Meanwhile, a beautiful gift to the earth
by Fred Pearce | Mar 11, 2003
Treasures in the Ecuadorian AndesHigh in the Ecuadorian Andes are cloud-covered peaks that no satellite has ever observed and no cartographer has ever mapped. Up there somewhere,...
Musicians mobilise
by Evatt Foundation | Mar 9, 2003
Musicians unite to win without warMusicians United to Win without War is a loose coalition of contemporary musicians who feel that in the rush to war by the Bush administration...
Going beyond protest
by Naomi Klein | Mar 8, 2003
1,000 'Voila Moments' to stop the warAt the Pentagon they call it the 'Voila Moment'.That's when Iraqi soldiers and civilians, with bombs raining down on Baghdad, suddenly...
20th anniversary of the Hawke government
by Tony Moore | Mar 8, 2003
Assessing the Hawke government, seriouslyThis month (March 2003) a political anniversary of national significance is reached. It marks 20 years since the election of the first...
The first casualty
by Phillip Knightley | Mar 3, 2003
The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to KosovoThis is the 2000 edition, updated from the classic 1975 version to include chapters on the Falklands, the...
A question of media coverage
by Evatt Foundation | Mar 3, 2003
A memo to the mediaDear Editor, Publisher, Producer, Reporter:We are writing to convey a level of heightened expectation in your forthcoming coverage of the US-Iraq situation.War...
The first casualty is well and truly upon us
by Richard Ackland | Feb 28, 2003
Propaganda wars a no-man's land for investigative reportersWith the dogs of war yowling you can be pretty confident that the first casualty is well and truly upon us. Truth has...
Shock: World Bank backs trade unions!
by Martin Lawrence. | Feb 26, 2003
Unions good for the economyA new World Bank study has found countries where strong unions bargain direct with employers tend to have lower unemployment and less income inequality...