Nationalism & globalisation
by Gavin Kitching | Apr 19, 2002
When speaking about my book Seeking Social Justice Through Globalisation (Penn State Press, 2001), I always feel the need to begin by saying that it is not a book about Australia...
What’s happening in the suburbs?
by Evatt Foundation | Apr 18, 2002
Federal responsibilities for citiesMark LathamIn the Australian newspaper last month, Christopher Lloyd, a Professor of Economic History at the University of New England, lodged...
No more islands
by Michael Kirby | Apr 18, 2002
Human rights & industrial relationsEarly daysThere are three reasons why, despite my natural reticence, I agreed to give this lecture, the tenth in the series to honour the...
‘Funny you should ask for that’
by Stuart Macintyre | Apr 18, 2002
Higher education as a marketPatterns of lossIn the early 1970s I went to the United Kingdom to pursue postgraduate studies. My time at Cambridge was happier than that of Manning...
The storming of the accountants
by David Boyle | Apr 17, 2002
"It may work fine in practice," goes a joke that the French make at their own expense. "The trouble is, it just doesn't work in theory." So it is strange that Paris has become...
Sydney’s Palm Sunday march
by Susan Connelly, Tom Uren, Lydia Miller, John Yu | Apr 11, 2002
Being thereJohn YuToday is Palm Sunday, and in the Christian tradition that provided me with my early values, it was a day where we bore witness to our beliefs in the days...
The NSW ALP’s five biggest challenges
by Damian O'Connor | Mar 18, 2002
The five biggest challenges facing the NSW ALP (and a few suggestions on how to solve them)The NSW ALP has some serious organisational challenges as it looks ahead. I don't...
Tom Uren says let’s invest in our future
by Margaret McDonough-Glenn | Mar 1, 2002
From the words of Tom Uren about investment in our futureWhere is the younger Australian left? While the older members of the Australian labour movement's left regularly speak...
A time for reflection
by Paul Keating | Mar 1, 2002
Political values in the Age of DistractionMembers of the Clark family - Sebastian, Rowland, Anna and Alison. Jan Fullerton, the Director-General of the National Library - this...
Tabloid TV meets the ghost of Ern Malley
by Evatt Foundation | Mar 1, 2002
Struggle Street & the Dole ArmyIt was a great victory for struggle street. The Nine Network's A Current Affair and the Seven Network's Today Tonight programs featured...