Culture

Purgatory Down UnderBy Stephen Klinder and Jon WilliamsDirected by Alex BrounOld Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, SydneyUntil August 17 REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE Is it possible to laugh about something as appalling as the government's treatment of asylum

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 1277. Visit

The Age of Consent: a Manifesto for a New World OrderBy George MonbiotFlamingo, 2003256 pages, $35As a columnist for the British Guardian, George Monbiot has become renowned as a leading voice of the world-wide global justice

PalestineBy Joe SaccoJonathon Cape, 2003286 pages, $45 (pb) REVIEW BY NICK FREDMAN A work dealing with the politics of Palestine, in the form of a comic book, might seem an incongruent, even flippant, exercise. How can the immense human

Ani Di Franco, who with a handful of US celebrities and musicians, has stood up bravely against the Bush regime's war policies and its intimidation of dissidents, will be the headline performer at the 42nd annual Philadelphia Folk

SYDNEY — Radio Skid Row will celebrate 20 years of fiercely independent radio on August 10 with special acoustic performance by Spearhead's Michael Franti, who will be in town for a concert at the Hordern Pavilion. Many others

Marx's EcologyBy John Bellamy FosterMonthly Review Press, 2000310 pages, $32.40 REVIEWED BY BEN COURTICE Although Marxists have taken part in the environmental movement, especially since its rapid rise in the 1970s, there has always been

REVIEW BY RJURIK DAVIDSON The Gatekeeper: A MemoirBy Terry EagletonPenguin, 2001178 pages, $21.95 (pb)Marxism and Literary CriticismBy Terry EagletonRouledge, 2002 (originally 1976)$23Figures of DissentBy Terry EagletonVerso, 2003$46 (hb) As a

The day they launched the Cuban RevolutionFrom darkest ashes rose, the fireThe spark that lit 10,000 eveningsAgainst their mortal foes they rose. The dark was filled by Batista's brand of terror His dungeons dank and cold.Exploiting workers,

BRISBANE — 4ZZZ FM is a community-based radio station that is famous for the support it gives to progressive movements. It is one of the few media outlets to freely publicise the activities of the anti-war movement. The station

Victor Serge: the Course is Set on HopeBy Susan WeissmanVerso, 2001364 pages, $77 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Poverty and persecution dogged Victor Serge all his life. Ten of his 57 years were spent in jails, he was stalked by "security" police

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 1277. Visit