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The
Politics of the Preamble
Were the various draft preamble
proposals by political leaders written in the image of their makers?
By Anne Winckel
A
Crisis of Compassion
The case of Zhu Quing Ping, who
was returned to China eight months pregnant, was just the most public
example of the erosion of a compassionate Australian refugee policy
Melinda Tankard Reist
Special Section:
Globalisation and the Network Society
Upside-down
Civility
A critique and analysis of the network
society must consistently remember the reality and power of injustice
and domination
By Christine Parker
Is
There a Theology of Globalisation?
Responding to David Batstone
By Allan Patience
Second
Thoughts on the Death of Feminism
There are those arguing that feminism
has simply reached the end of its natural life span. Erica Jong calls
this "the best time for women the world has ever known". The
'war' has been won. But if that's so, why aren't third world women joining
in the victory celebrations?
By Elaine Storkey
Riding
Shotgun for the Indonesians
While the Prime Minister John Howard
exuberantly claimed (post-Bali) a "quantum shift" in the role
of the Indonesian armed forces in East Timor, Indonesia was simultaneously
arming, training and financing militias that wage a campaign of terror
and intimidation
By Laurie Ferguson
Moby's
Play
Review by Paul Mitchell
Tom
Waits' Mule Variations
Review by Paul Mitchell
Simon
Leys' The Angel and the Octopus
Review by Allan Patience
Robert
Dessaix's Speaking Their Minds Jennifer Sinclair: Intellectuals and the
Public Culture in Australia
Review by Jennifer Sinclair
Ken
Wark's Celebrities, Culture & Cyberspace: The Light on the Hill in
a Postmodern World
Review by Tim Corney
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