Cultural Dissent

A voice of optimism in the struggle for justice

REVIEW A Power Governments Cannot Suppress By Howard Zinn City Lights Books, 2007 293 pages, US$16.95 <http://www.akpress.org> » Culture, power and society

REVIEW The Culture Struggle By Michael Parenti Seven Stories Press, 2006 143 pages, US$12.95 (pb) <http://www.sevenstories.com> » Music for the socially conscious

REVIEW White Moth Xavier Rudd Universal, 2007 14 tracks, $22.99 » Justice for Mulrunji now!

Justice for the Innocent: A Benefit Gig for the Doomadgee Family of Palm Island The Arena, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, August 11 Tickets $42 + booking fee available from music shops and <http://www.oztix.com.au> <http://www.myspace.com/justicefortheinnocent07> » On the box

Hard Choices: Unchain My Heart — The story of a Burmese refugee who has voluntarily shackled himself in chains to draw attention to the plight of his suffering homeland. SBS, Friday, August 3, 3.30pm. » Politics of Justice

Yesterday Sergeant Chris Hurley Walked smooth hair and broad-shouldered from the courtroom. His stride was confident but his nostrils flared ever-so-slightly his face flushed the crude red of triumph by the all-white jury. But Mulrunji is dead. Left to bleed his severed vessels into his own ...

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