Culture

  • On the box

    Guerrilla Girl – Isabel is an educated young woman from a wealthy family in Colombia who has decided to leave behind everything she knows to join the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). SBS, Sunday March 22, 11.10pm. Living Black –

  • On the box

    Madame Sata – Joao Francisco dos Santos, better known as Madame Sata, was also a notorious gay performer in Brazil who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time. SBS, Saturday, March 14, 12.55am. Outsourced – Outsourcing is the new frontier

  • Tennis plays into Israel's apartheid project

    The decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to ban Israeli tennis star Shahar Pe’er from playing in the US$2 million Dubai tennis tournament on February 16 — sent shockwaves around the world. However, in reporting this decision, many mainstream outlets have missed the point.

  • 'Make Bono pay tax'

    The most eye-catching placard on a 120,000-strong march in Dublin on February 21 against the Irish government’s austerity response to the tottering of the capitalist system was held aloft by a scrawny teenager with the look of a music-lover about him, reading “Make Bono Pay Tax”.

  • A fiercely independent woman

    Ani DiFranco, one of the most inspirational singer-songwriters in the US, toured Australia in January and February.

  • Propagandhi rock Melbourne

    At 10.30pm on February 22, the lights went out at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, Melbourne and a chant rose up. “Come, come, come to the sabbat, come to the sabbat, Satan’s there.”

  • Stop killing Coke

    Belching Out the Devil: global adventures with Coca-Cola
    By Mark Thomas
    Ebury Press, 2008
    363 pages, $34.95 (pb)

  • On the box

    Message Stick: Voices From The Cape — Documents the "Community Prophet" approach to engaging young Indigenous people from the at-risk community of Aurukun, inspiring them to use their voices again using film. ABC, Friday, February 27,