Culture

  • On the box

    Black Coffee: Gold in Your Cup — Coffee drinkers are questioning the origin of their coffee, the living conditions of those who produce it, and the misery of the slaves who were in the original coffee trade. SBS, Friday, September 5,

  • The making of "the news"

    Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion & Propaganda in the Global Media
    By Nick Davies
    Chatto & Windus, 2008
    408 pages, $54.95 (hb)

  • The Black Power era

    The role of music in the early civil rights movements is fairly widely known.

  • On the box

    Flesh and the Devil — Looks at compulsory celibacy in the Roman Catholic priesthood, and whether there is a connection between enforced celibacy and deviant sexual behaviour. ABC, Sunday, August 25, 2.35am. Cutting Edge: Blair and Power — Tony

  • Rod Quantock celebrates 40 years

    Rod Quantock marks his 40 years in comedy in his latest show, "First Man Standing" running until September 6 at Trades Hall, cnr Lygon and Victoria Streets, Carlton. In the "year of revolutions", 1968, Quantock told his first jokes to an audience and

  • Privatisation: the case against

    Privatisation — Sell-off or Sell-out? The Australian Experience
    Bob Walker & Betty Con Walker
    Sydney University Press, 2008, $19.95

  • Monster Saturday against power sell-off

    On “Super Saturday” August 16, hundreds of activists across NSW will staff “Stop the Sell-Off” stalls in 50 NSW electorates. Part of the campaign to stop the state ALP government from privatising electricity, the stalls are expected to gather thousands of signatures on petitions, and promote the mass anti-privatisation rally planned for September 20, at Sydney Town Hall.