Issue 87 ~ February-March 2007 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>back to archive

Editorial

Neo-conservatism’s Implosion
CHRISTOPHER SCANLON

Lead Graphic BRUCE PETTY

Against the Current

Elemental Blindness: The predictable failure of Bush’s new strategy in Iraq
JOHN HINKSON

Dealing in Green: Why the Tasmanian Greens have got it right
CHRISTOPHER SCANLON

Letter from America: The lowdown on the upcoming US elections
MARK WAGNER

Essay

Christian Values and Kevin Rudd’s Wedge: How does Rudd plan to fill neo-liberalism’s ethical void?
GEOFF SHARP

Features

Trial by Prejudice: Why the trial of David Hicks threatens everyone’s democratic freedom
JULIAN BURNSIDE

Losing your Right to ‘Fill the G’: How the Howard Government’s WorkChoices monster is trampling all over our democratic rights
JOANNE KNIGHT

The Foreign Legion at Home: The U.S. Army’s recruitment issues
ADAM ELKUS

Blackfella Beats and New Flows: The undercurrents of Aboriginal hip-hop are emerging as a cultural force
CRISTINA NOTARPIETRO-CLARKE

Regulars

COOPER’S LAST Overcoming our Humanity
PETER JULL In the Most High and Palmy State of Queensland
MAGWATCH
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Bites

Downfall BEN NORMAN
Osama bin Laden is Dead, Again BRAD. K. BERNER
No Place Like Home BOB RIDDIFORD
Join the Navy and See a Collaborative Work Environment CHRISTOPHER SCANLON

Comment

Ordinary Academics Standing Behind Ordinary People
BORIS FRANKEL

Reviews

On Climate Change
NONIE SHARP

On Learning from Indigenous Australia
MARTIN MULLIGAN

On East Timorese Solidarity
ANNA TREMBATH

On Declining Participation in Democracy
ANTHONY MORAN

Poetry

The Buddah
NANDI CHINA

Happiness
SARAH HOLLAND-BATT

Artwork Feature

ROD MOSS
Even as We Speak
Excerpts from Stumbling Into Dreamtime
L’Dejeuner sur Teppa Hill: Xavier’s Camp
King of the Castle
Meeting (Jonathan and Daryl Loo-Hayes and Raffi Moss)
Camp on the Hill at Whitegate (Joany and Ursula)