Culture

  • How capitalism commercialises childhood

    >This Little Kiddy Went to Market: The Corporate Capture of ChildhoodBy Sharon Beder, Wendy Varney & Richard GosdenUNSW Press, 2009288 pages, $39.95 (pb).

  • Music, revolution and the '60s

    There’s a Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars & the Rise and Fall of ‘60s Counter-Culture By Peter Doggett Canongate, 2008 598 pages, $29.95 (pb)

  • On the box

    Becoming Muhammad Ali — The story of Cassius Clay, a charismatic black boxer from Kentucky, who defied the personal and political restraints of his time, to emerge a global hero. SBS2, Sunday, November 29, 11am. Living Black — Australia's only

  • Lucky for some

    I'm Sorry Mr. Okoye — and Mr. Nguyen too For the abuse you suffered at the hands Of those who should have better things to do; There are evils done under the cover of night Or in distance and desert, hid from our sight You know we mistreat

  • American racism's 'bitter crop'

    Seventy years ago in New York City, a combination of outraged political radicalism and artistic grandeur derived from wounded humanity produced a song that struck to the heart of racism in the US.

  • War IS The Answer!

    I wonder why I've felt like shit ever since they declared war on drugs I've been starving ever since they declared war on hunger I've been depressed since they declared war on mental illness I can't get a break since they declared war on

  • The SIEVX remembered

    Thirty-six artworks based on "A Certain Maritime Incident — the Sinking of the SIEVX" By Nathalie Haymann Kidogo Arthouse, Fishermans' Harbour (off Mews Road), Fremantle, WA Until November 24, 10 am - 4 pm

  • Finding Engels?

    The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels By Tristram Hunt Penguin, 2009 443 pages, $59.95 (hb)

  • On the box

    Samson & Delilah — When tragedy strikes in an isolated community in the central Australian desert, Samson and Delilah embark on a journey of survival. ABC1, Sunday, November 22, 8.30pm. Casualties of War — Follows the personal journey of