Articles from Arena Magazine (August 1, 2002)

Title	Author	Type	Words
An International Criminal Court? A single peak body indicting figures of evil will never get at the complex truths behind crimes against humanity. (against the current).	Warburg, James Paul		1093
Bad neighbour policy--Australia, Kyoto, and the Pacific: the Howard government's refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol represents a fatal lack of environmental and economic foresight. We are shirking our particular responsibility to the peoples of the Pacific. (against the current).	Krishnapillai, Sarojini		1327
Blood from a stone: the real goal of `practical reconciliation' is indigenous diempowerment, and ATSIC is once again a target. Now it's being subject to a massive disinformation campaign. It won't get the real attention it needs until a genuine commitment to Indigenous rights is made.	Behrendt, Larissa	Statistical Data Included	2050
Can a radically human project be renewed in the twenty-first century? Looking back over the period covered by the first decade of this magazine, we can see the final collapse of a certain idea of left politics that began with the French revolution and the monumental work of Marx. But from within these traditions we can perceive the possibility of a political project that more fully recovers our human being. (Features).	Rundle, Guy		5295
Christopher Hawkes on ghost films and other spookiness.	Hawkes, Christopher	Movie Review	788
Consensus conferences and the `people's enlightenment': the Danish government's involvement of laypeople in technological issues presents a model of functioning democracy. (against the current).	Beder, Sharon	Brief Article	686
Descant for dog whistles. (editorial).	Rundle, Guy	Brief Article	675
Destroying the world to save it. (editorial).	Rundle, Guy	Brief Article	740
Does plagiarism really matter? David Robinson's plagiarism had to be exposed. But the subsequent debate showed that many of his strongest critics don't understand the real reasons why it mattered, nor what is at stake in defending the academy. (against the current).	Hinkson, John		1120
Ideology.	Hibberd, Jack	Poem	205
Jill Singer on editorial privilege; and an exchange on nuclear waste. (letters and debate).	Carlson, John; Roberts, Alan		1236
John Quiggin on progressive reform.	Quiggin, John	Book Review	1784
Jung and the New Age. (textnotes).	Glaspole, Charles	Book Review	751
Kath Kenny on babies, literary tics and ritalin.	Kenny, Kath	Book Review	3268
Left without leadership: opposition to Italy's Berlusconi government is growing as protests are stepped up over laws that strip away rights, extend concessions to the well-off, and weaken democratic safeguards. (against the current).	Barbaro, Frank		1394
Love of the master's game: the re-issue of C.L.R. James's classic Beyond A Boundary introduces a new generation of readers to the work of one of the twentieth century's most extraordinary thinkers.	Haigh, Gideon	Book Review	3660
Maria Prendergast, Banks Behaving Badly. (textnotes).	Yule, Valerie	Book Review	571
Mother of a debate: government loyalties have been tested as the debate over maternity leave rages on--feminist supporters have aligned themselves with a conservative government and liberal leaders are finding solace in the policies of the opposition. (against the current).	Kirkham, Alexandra		1590
On first viewing Atanarjuat, the fast runner.	Jull, Peter	Movie Review	774
Sino Mining in northern Tibet: foreign trade is influencing China's state-owned corporations to the further impoverishment of its people and environment. (against the current).	Lafitte, Gabriel		1313
South Coast Valley. (Poetry).	Harvey, Philip	Poem	224
Two traditions of the sea: the relationship of indigenous peoples to their waters and shores--not only as a source of livelihood but of identity, cultural memory, and spirituality--points to new ways for the world to think about managing depleted resources and re-grounding our lives and communities.	Sharp, Nonie	Excerpt	3020
What is owed to the stranger? The world is on the move. But what do we owe to the stranger? We can only practice a genuinely ethical policy from deep within an idea of home. (against the current).	Derrida, Jacques		2304
Where can the liberals go? It is not only the ALP that is in trouble. The Liberal Party is dying as a genuine social institution and it has little interest in genuine liberalism. Liberals may end up as far afield as the Greens in their search for a political expression of their values.	Richardson, Charles		2044