Culture

  • A promise made by soldiers

    "Your friends will never forget you",the fluttering leaflet said,"Your friends will never forget you",and then o'er the valley spread,The wide sky cowed in sorrow,and the eyes of the angels wept,For a promise made by the soldiersthat their leaders

  • Children of the crocodile

    Children of the Crocodile: The Australia-East Timor storyPassengers Gallery at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney9.30am-5pm Monday-Sunday until 2007Visit <http://www.anmm.gov.au&#062; Children of the Crocodile is

  • Agitpop

    Get Up Stand UpSaturdays, ABC TV at 10pm REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY As you grow older you forget. My ears have been listening to music for longer than I know and thousands of melodies have wafted between my two earlobes. I have been treated to so

  • Paddy Keneally

    Rufino risked his life by helping to carry wounded Australian servicemen at Bazartete on March 2, 1942. Paddy Keneally was interviewed for the Timor Sea Justice Campaign advertisements shown on national television over the Anzac weekend. He is

  • The gagging of dissent

    Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of DemocracyBy Lewis H. LaphamThe Penguin Press, 2004178 pages, US$19.95 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON When the US went to war against Iraq, a majority of people in the US opposed the

  • Greek tragedy meets black Australia

    Black MedeaDirected by Wesley EnochBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyUntil May 8CUB Malthouse, Melbourne, from May 12 REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE As director, Wesley Enoch has given us such outstanding theatrical successes as The Sapphires, Radiance,

  • I wanna go to Venezuela

    Land to the poor, schools to the youngDentists for them all so smiles beamat victory stories talked and revolt stories sungword on the street is the gifts are as they've seen Factories to the workers, bold in their new hourunions taking heart at

  • For the Moment

    For the moment the horizon is on fireDemocracy rising balanced on a wireLiberation, you can smell it in the airThings are moving and the rich are all awareSome will talk along the sidelines, others they will doMe, I'll sing a song for Chavez before

  • Is blood thicker than water?

    Two BrothersBy Hannie RaysonMelbourne Theatre CompanyWith Gary McDonald, Nicholas Eadie, Laura Lattuada, Diane Craig, Rodney AfifAt the PlayhouseUntil May 14 REVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN What do two brothers do when they can't stand each other's