Culture

The will to oversimplify

The Will to Violence: The Politics of Personal Behaviour By Susanne Kappeler Published in 1995 by Spinifex Press, 288 pp., $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Kath Gelber The Will to Violence presents a powerful and one-sided critique

How Yugoslavia was unmade

The Destruction of Yugoslavia: Tracing the Break-up 1980-92 By Branka Magas Verso, 1993. 359 pp. Reviewed by Rob Graham "The year 1992, scheduled to be a milestone on the road to European unity, saw Sarajevo and other

Casting stones at the icon

Carcrash Directed by David Caesar Chauvel Cinema, Sydney, from August 17 Reviewed by Kath Gelber People "drive the way they would like to live their lives", claims this new documentary by David Caesar. They substitute for

High school anti-nuclear magazine launched

Student Independent High school student magazine against nukes Published by Brisbane Resistance Reviewed by Zanny Begg One of the most noticeable features of the campaign which erupted in the wake of Chirac's announcement

The white terror in Greece

All That Grief: Migrant Recollections of Greek Resistance to Fascism 1941-1949 Compiled by Allan and Wendy Scarfe Hale & Iremonger, 1994. 256 pp., $29.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The stories of 12 Greek migrants to

'Links' circles the globe

Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal Issue Number 5 Reviewed by Kath Gelber Positive assessments of prospects for Cuba are sometimes hard to find, even in progressive publications. The US embargo, combined with the

What are they doing to the footy?

Football Ltd: The Inside Story of the AFL By Garry Linnell Ironbark, 1995. 393 pp., $17.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Ah, footy! The pleasure of sinking your boot into the perfect torp, or gasping at the silky skills of a

Blood, sweat, tears and sugar

The Big Picture: Sugar Slaves ABC TV, Wednesday, August 23, 9.30pm Reviewed by Norm Dixon The sugar industry in Australia generates around $2 billion a year, and Australia recently surpassed Cuba as the world's largest exporter

Japan, the war and invented mandates

Higher than Heaven: Japan, war and everything By Tony Barrell and Rick Tanaka Private Guy International: 1995. 304 pp., $35 Reviewed by Heidi Pegrem "This book is called Higher than Heaven because that's where a lot of

Challenging the free market

Arguments for a New Left: Answering the Free Market Right By Hilary Wainwright Blackwell, 1994 Reviewed by Neville Spencer Champions of the free market are on a wave of almost unprecedented self-confidence. Hilary Wainwright

More than incense

By Laura James When you see Hecate play live, it's easy to understand why they are one of the hottest of Melbourne's growing number of young female bands playing fast, loud rock. Powered along by Stephanie's furious drumming, bass-player

Understanding the unforgivable

Understanding the unforgivable Mad Turk Napier Street Theatre, South Melbourne, August 9-September 2 Previewed by Bronwen Beechey At 10am on May 9, 1989, a man entered a kindergarten in Hawthorn, a middle-class