Power politics
by John Spoehr | Feb 14, 2003
Crisis & reformAfter nearly half a century under public ownership and control, the electricity industry in Australia is now subject to the influence of market principles and...
The ‘fabrication’ of Aboriginal history
by John Quiggin | Jan 29, 2003
Repudiating the pastAs with many others on the left of Australian politics, my first encounter with Keith Windschuttle came with his book Unemployment. The book presented a...
Trade union organising & labour history
by Greg Patmore, Rae Cooper | Jan 29, 2003
"The critical role of active workplace organising in building the success of the Australian labour movement has become a neglected part of our history ... The[ese] papers take a...
There’s always a progressive alternative
by Frank Stilwell | Jan 29, 2003
Looking back on 2002The year has been dominated by international security issues - the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the war on the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the Bali...
The state of political economy
by Frank Stilwell | Jan 29, 2003
Reflections on 50 issues of JAPEThe publication of the fiftieth issue of the Journal of Australian Political Economy is an appropriate moment to reflect on the state of political...
The father of the NSW House says goodbye
by Ron Dyer | Jan 29, 2003
Valedictory speechThe Hon Michael Egan (Treasurer, Minister for State Development, and Vice-President of the Executive Council): ... I thank all honourable members for their...
The coming war with Iraq
by Michael T. Klare | Jan 29, 2003
Deciphering the Bush administration's motivesThe United States is about to go to war with Iraq. As of this writing, there are 60,000 US troops already deployed in the area around...
Somebody else’s civil war
by Michael Scott Doran | Jan 29, 2003
Call it a city on four legsheading for murder ...New York is a womanholding, according to history,a rag called liberty with one handand strangling the earth with the...
Ireland loses the plot
by Roy Green | Jan 29, 2003
Investing in the knowledge-based economyWith their narrow accounting focus on the budget deficit, have the Irish government, opposition parties and media commentators lost sight...
Dylan’s thunder
by Ron Jacobs | Jan 29, 2003
You will not die, it's not poisonI'm listening to Bob Dylan's newest release, Live 1975. This CD/DVD collection is culled from his Rolling Thunder Tour of 1975. This tour...