Or a new system
"When you try all the tools in your toolbox and they don't work, then you have to try a new tool." — US Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill on attempts to revive the Japanese economy. He didn't suggest what the "'new tool" might be.
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Beverley uranium mine opened
BY JIM GREEN
The uranium mine at Beverley in northern South Australia was formally
opened on February 21. It is Australia's first new uranium mine since Western
Mining Corporation's Olympic Dam opened 12
Networker: Crisis free production?
Can the “new economy” escape the problem of the old capitalist economy,
the boom-and-bust cycle? (“New economy” is a term applied to a range of
corporations and activities with some connection to new
BY LUKE FOMIATTI
SYDNEY — Early on the morning of February 19, 100 students and unionists joined together for a symbolic blockade of the "Designing, launching and managing a corporate university" conference at a luxury hotel in the exclusive
It can be hard to be a feminist in the 21st century. We face the myth that women are liberated and that we no longer need to fight. We are often asked questions like, "Why do you bother? Women were liberated in the '60s when they all burnt their bras
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That's Why I'm Working — Examines child
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — Nurses employed in the state's public hospitals imposed work bans from February 22 in support of claims for a 15% pay rise over three years, after rejecting state government offers of increases which the union
By Lara Pullin
CISLAC has launched an appeal for funds to help El Salvador recover
from the damage and ongoing aftermath of three earthquakes and numerous
aftershocks which have hit El Salvador.
In a period of one month El Salvador has
By Neville Spencer
Over the last decade, neoliberal regimes compliant to the needs of Washington have been established in almost all the countries of Latin America with exception of Cuba. However, the election of left-populist Hugo Chavez in
The bombardment of Baghdad by US and British warplanes on February 16 proves that "George W. Bush's administration is maintaining the US government's bloody policy against the Iraqi masses", a statement issued by the politburo of the Worker Communist
It was entirely predictable that Pauline Hanson's One Nation would try to jump on the "anti-globalisation" bandwagon. After all, that's what right-wing populists do — jump on bandwagons — and there's no issue more popular at present than hatred
BY RAMI HADAD
Contrary to the impression created by the international news media, Ariel Sharon did not win the February 6 Israeli prime ministerial election by a landslide. In fact, he won just 37% of the eligible vote — the lowest of any of his
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