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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The Full Montezuma: Around Central America and the Caribbean with the Girl Next DoorBy Peter MooreBantam Books 2000
Reviewed by Jackie Coleman
Australian travel writer, Peter Moore's The Full Montezuma, is an account of a six-month overland trip
By Roque Antonio Grillo
On December 29, Argentinian president Fernando de la Rua signed a decree reducing the sentences the "La Tablada" political prisoners after a 116-day hunger strike. In commuting the sentences of most prisoners, the government
BY SEAN HEALY
Support for the May 1 blockades of stock exchanges and financial districts continues to grow, including amongst trade unions.
Progress is most advanced in Victoria where a number of militant unions are growing increasingly keen on
At 2pm on February 7, Ecuadoran indigenous leaders signed a 23-point
accord with President Gustavo Noboa Bejarano, ending an indigenous uprising
against economic policies imposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The uprising started on
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 JANINE CURR
SYDNEY On February 19, the International Women's Day Collective
debated, for the third time in as many weeks, the question of whether men
should be encouraged to participate in the IWD rally and march on March
10.
The
BY MARGARET ALLUM
Human rights advocates are outraged by new legislation redefining the concept "terrorism", allowing for the banning of organisations considered terrorist and reversing the burden of proof, which was passed by the British
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
ChocolatWith Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp and Lena OlinDirected by Lasse HolstromPalace Cinemas, Sydney, other states to follow
REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM
I saw Chocolat on Valentine's Day. So too, it seemed, did a good
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