by Martin Lawrence. | Feb 26, 2003 | News
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 than other countries.The study, Unions and Collective Bargaining: Economic Effects in a...
by Ghassan Hage | Feb 21, 2003 | News
Other methods, not madnessHundreds of thousands of Australians walked to voice their opposition to John Howard’s insistence on involving us in the war against Iraq. They came from all walks of life and from all social, religious and ethnic backgrounds. They were...
by Center for Public Integrity | Feb 14, 2003 | News
A handful of corporations seek to privatise the world’s waterThe privatisation of public water systems around the world, driven by a handful of European corporations and the World Bank, is dramatically increasing despite sometimes tragic results, according to a...
by Fay Gervasoni | Feb 8, 2003 | News
Lying all the way to war”My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we are giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence … I would call my colleagues’...
by Linda Heard | Feb 8, 2003 | News
Blair’s in the doghouseDidn’t your parents tell you not to kick a dog when he’s down? Of course they did and yet you lot persist in hounding our Tone over something as silly as an intelligence dossier. Ridiculous!That dossier was one of the finest...
by Phyllis Bennis | Feb 5, 2003 | News
Powell’s dubious case for warUS Secretary of State Colin Powell’s presentation to the UN Security Council on February 5 wasn’t likely to win over anyone not already on his side. He ignored the crucial fact that in the past several days (in...
