Culture

  • The campaign that unseated Howard

    Worth Fighting For — Inside the Your Rights At Work Campaign
    By Kathie Muir
    University of New South Wales Press
    242 pages, $27 (pb)

  • On the box

    Transsexual in Iran — In the Islamic Republic of Iran, a country with strict social mores and traditional values, sex-change operations are legal for "diagnosed transsexuals" yet homosexuality is still punishable by death. SBS2, Monday July 13,

  • Another side of Marx

    Servant of the Revolution
    Written by Anitra Nelson
    Directed by Brenda Addie
    Mechanics Institute Performing Arts Centre, Brunswick (cnr Sydney & Glenlyon rds)
    July 21-25 and July 28-August 1, 8pm
    Tickets $25/$15 concession
    Bookings 0420 933 101 or servantrevolution@gmail.com
    Visit

  • On the box

    2 Mums and a Dad — Unique exploration of the nature of family in today's complicated society. A lesbian couple raise a child with a gay man. SBS1, Friday, July 3, 1.30pm. 1929: The Wall Street Crash — More than $25 billion in individual wealth

  • John Lennon: the power of art and peace

    Forty years ago, between April and May 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono began an international cultural struggle against the Vietnam War using their fame and notoriety to draw attention to their peace message.

  • Traveston

    The Queensland Government is threatening to build a dam on the Mary River at Traveston Crossing. This dam will endanger the Queensland Lung Fish, flood the nesting sites of the endangered Mary River Turtle and endanger the Eastern Cod. All these

  • Sex, lies and privatised war

    State of Play
    Directed by Kevin Macdonald
    Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan and Tony Gilroy
    With Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Helen Mirren
    In cinemas

  • Fela Anikulapo Kuti lives!

    In proof that Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s radical legacy continues long after his death, Nigerian government authorities shut down his night club, Afrika Shrine, in Lagos on May 26.

  • On the box

    In Search of Bony — Explores how Arthur Upfield came to create the unique and highly controversial fictional hero, Aboriginal detective Napoleon Bonaparte. SBS1, Friday, June 26, 2.30pm. Message Stick: Intervention — Two years ago, the Howard