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Evatt Journal Vol. 2

Vol. 2, No. 8

News & views

War with Iraq

A condemnation of US policy by the historian of modern warfare, Gabriel Kolko. More → Nerrissa Bradley reports on Australia's weekend of action against war. More → Read Sydney's anti-war speeches by Sharan Burrow, Judy Davis, John Pilger, Kassim Abood, Pat Power & Rawan Abdul Nabi. More

'War' on terror

Fran Kelly interviews Simon Crean on the ASIO deadlock. More

What are we here for?

In his new book, Goodbye Babylon, Bob Ellis faces the music . More

Inequality: latest research

Company tax rorts, fiscal policy, consciousness, and the gender gap. More

Economic vandalism

Tony Evans raises some cuts you might not have heard about. More

Feature

The year in review

President Bruce Childs, presents his annual report. More

New papers

The enduring significance of John Rawls

Martha Nussbaum. More

Who's afraid of public debt? Papers from the Evatt breakfast seminar

Different dimensions of debt, by Frank Stilwell. More

Is zero government debt desirable? by Tony Aspromourgos. More

Politics & the English language

The times dictate republishing George Orwell's classic essay. More

Publications

Commonwealth Debt Management Review

The Evatt Foundation's submission to the Costello review of public debt policy. More →



Vol. 2, No. 7

News & views

The academic community says no to war, succinctly

A US-based open letter from 32,000 academics. More

Too many wars in the history of 'paradise'

The bombing was merely Bali's latest horror, recalls Ilija Trojanow. More

George Bush channels George Orwell

Can a president be charged with plagiarism, wonders Daniel Kutzman. More

The axis of good

Lula! Judy Rebick writes. More

PPPs & neo-protectionism in the UK

Tony Blair only pretends to free markets, says George Monbiot. More

And death machines were rumblin' ...

Vit Wagner talks to Steve Earle about his stunning new album. More

Of course they knew

John Faulkner reports on the children overboard affair. More

Feature

Zero public debt & democracy in the global era

President's perspective. More

Who's afraid of public debt?

Bond traders take on Costello, by Philip Baker. More

Fred Argy recounts how zero public debt can erode society. More

The Evatt Foundation in association with the Australian Financial Markets Association presents a seminar

on public debt. More

New papers

A history lesson on Iraq: the roots of revolt

Phillip Knightley More

Iraq & the war on terror

Al Gore reject the Bush Doctrine. More

Is paid maternity leave enough?

Nick Sherry's super ideas for Labor. More

PPPs spread to South Australia

John Spoehr More

The trouble with PPPs: an un-holy alliance

Christopher Sheil More

A Senate inquiry into the GATS?

Craig Emerson More

Publications

It never has been easy: democracy

A sample chapter from Evatt's new book, Globalisation: Australian Impacts (UNSW Press). More →



Vol. 2, No. 6 (supplement)

News & views

A message from Bali

Will our leaders get it, wonders Jonathan Freedland. More

How to cure war fever

With the facts, says Simon Tisdale. More

Uncle oSAMa says

I want YOU to invade Iraq. More

Just a distraction

Teachers reject PPPs. More

Union chief meets the press

Greg Combet on Ansett, Iraq, the Cole Commission, work & family. More

Eric J. Hobsbawm

The historian publishes his autobiography. More

Papers

The ALP & cultural democracy

Tony Moore More

The public good & public services: what role for the public sector?

David Hayward More

The history & future of radical politics

Tristan Ewins talks to Eric Aarons. More



Vol. 2, No. 6

News & views

War with Iraq?

No, argues Ron Jacobs. More

The crisis of American capitalism

It's double jeopardy in the heartland, says Walden Bello. More

Solidarity, rock 'n' roll style

John Densmore discusses the legendary music and philosophy of The Doors. More

Privatisation

GATS spells danger, explains Patricia Ranald. More

Privatisation can be a death sentence, warns the PSI. More

Kenneth Davidson sums up PPPs. More

A great read, but ...

Carmen Lawrence critiques Don Watson's Keating. More

It's done

Bob Hawke and Neville Wran deliver the report on the ALP. More

Feature

The life and art of Mary Alice Evatt

Bruce Childs and Amanda Lawson introduce Mary Alice Evatt 'Mas' 1898-1973. More

Melissa Boyde reviews the life and work of Mary Alice Evatt. More

'Mas': A memoir, by Rosalind Carrodus. More

New papers

Ethics, politics & mutual obligation

Jeremy Moss More

What role for Telstra?

A break-up would be against the national interest, argues Ros Eason. More

Renationalise (and divest), argues John Quiggin. More

ALP discussion papers

Nick Sherry's super ideas for Labor. More

Union: Labor's super policy is naive. More

Manufacturing matters, insists George Campbell. More

Publications

Liberals smashed

Following Tasmania's first position in The state of the states 2002, the government stormed home in the State poll. More



Vol. 2, No. 5

News & views

Nasty, brutish and short-sighted

Don't sob too much, says Pierre Tristam. More

Who are the idiots now?

The corporate turmoil vindicates the globalisation activists, notes Sean Gonsalves. More

US must face harsh realities

It's a crisis born of pernicious conservatism and unadulterated greed, argues Will Hutton. More

Tassie stays on top, while Queensland slips

Tasmania makes it two in a row in The State of the States 2002. More

Defining hegemony

John Harms reviews Stupid White Men More

Women's suffrage: 100 years on

Today's women must step up, argues Susan Ryan. Look again, replies Tanya Plibersek. More

High stakes for working women

Anne Summers analyses the state of play on paid maternity leave. More

PPPs are public fraud

False accounting disguises tax theft, charges George Monbiot. More

Another UK rail disaster: not many dead

Following Potters Bar, the New Statesman lashes privatised UK rail. More

Union chief at the press club

Greg Combet spells out the Australian trade union agenda. More

Leaders wanted!

Claude Martin looks to the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development. More

Papers

Selling sex

Raelene Frances puts the workers at the centre of the story. More

A nation behaving badly

Refugees present a moral problem, argues Julian Burnside. More

Australia's elusive bill of rights

Robert McClelland thinks he knows the way forward. More



Vol. 2, No. 4

News & views

What Israel has done

Edward Said More

ANZAC Day

Tom Uren More

Costello's 7th budget

Fred Argy & Frank Stilwell More

Beazley's small ball

Ian Black More

The socialist objective?

George Campbell, Paul Smith & Gonzalo Villalta Puig More

Postmodernism: conspiring with the orthodoxy

Yanis Varoufakis More

Death & life: broken-hearted threndody; the crisis in embryo

Guy Rundle More

2 Live N Deadly: Koori radio

Black is back, reports Nancia Guivarra. More

On the waterfront

Four years after the MUA settled with Patrick, Stephen Long reports on working conditions, Stuart Macintyre recalls the dispute, Christopher Sheil reflects on our own War on the wharves. More

Papers

War on terror

Duncan Kerr More

The pathology of measurement: the maintenance of institutional values

Jim Spigelman More

Why PPPs are bad for your health

Allyson Pollock and colleagues on the rhetoric of 'risk transfer' in the UK. More

Workers, women & superannuation

Greg Combet and Diana Olsberg present some of the major issues. More



Vol. 2, No. 3

News & views

The Blair government: two views from Britain

Jon Cruddas & John Monks More

The storming of the accountants

David Boyle More

Missing James Tobin

Paul Krugman More

The NSW ALP's five biggest challenges

Damian O'Connor More

Sydney's Palm Sunday march

John Yu, Lydia Miller, Tom Uren & Susan Connelly. More

New papers

No more islands: Human rights & industrial relations

Michael Kirby More

'Funny you should ask for that': higher education as a market

Stuart Macintyre More

What's happening in the suburbs?

Mark Latham & Brendan Gleeson More

Nationalism & globalisation

Gavin Kitching. More



Vol. 2, No. 2

News & views

Debauching Ministerial responsibility

Allan Patience More

Another shocking thing about September 11

Hans Engelberts More

Tom Uren says let's invest in our future

Margaret McDonough-Glenn More

Salting the earth: The environmental crisis of salinity in Australia

Quentin Beresford More

Papers

My better nature: alone with Darwin

Peter Singer More

A time for reflection: political values in the Age of Distraction

Paul Keating More

Financing international development

John Langmore More

Tabloid TV meets the ghost of Ern Malley: Struggle Street & the Dole Army

Christopher Sheil More



Vol. 2, No. 1

Papers

Relaxed & dumbing down: Australia's reputation in human rights

Elizabeth Evatt More

2001: Annus Horribilis

Frank Stilwell More

"Temper democratic: Bias Australian" 100 years of the Australian Labor Party Christopher

Stuart Macintyre More

Managing the new social risks: welfare

Deborah Mitchell More

Patrick Troy looks into water's future: review article

Christopher Sheil More

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