Culture

  • Iraq

    In Iraqthe Yanks are back.Democracy,I suppose,is what they're goingto impose. Democracy,dictatorship,do not let your sweet lips slip. They now tell us thatOperation Enduring Freedomwas a success.Well I'd hate to see a failure.Though in one

  • On the box

    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

  • Drought

    In the midst of parched desertno-one can come with usWe cannot journey hand in handThere is no green place to rest the eyeand the scorching wind of destiny lashes at our backsA call to DIMIA is like the smell of rain in the desertHope, like black

  • Power to the peaceful

    SAN FRANCISCO — "We can bomb the world to pieces, but we can't bomb it into peace", this best sums up my opinion on militarism. The line came to mind at an organising meeting for a mass concert and rally we put on in San

  • 'We will not be silent'

    REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN No Blood for Oil: Australian Voices for Peace Various artists Order a copy of listen to sample tracks at <http://www.indie-cds.com> No Blood for Oil brings together a varied and interesting collection of

  • The Pianist: An inspiring story of survival and resistance

    REVIEW BY BRIAN JONES The PianistDirected by Roman PolanskiWritten by Ronald Harwood and Wladyslaw SzpilmanWith Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann In 1939, Wladyslaw Szpilman played the last live music heard on Polish radio before the Nazi

  • Hair's anti-war message as relevant as ever

    HairDirected by David AtkinsLyrics by Gerome Ragni and James RadoMusic by Galt MacDermotWith Matt Hetherington, Kane Alexander, Mitchell Butal and Kelly AbbeyCapitol Theatre, Sydney, until May 8Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, from May 20. REVIEW

  • Ritter exposes Washington's weapon of mass deception

    In Shifting Sands: the Truth About UNSCOM and the Disarming of IraqWritten and directed by Scott RitterNow showing at: the Valhalla, Sydney (phone 9552 2456 for session details); the Nova, Melbourne (9347 2573); and the Schonell Twin, Brisbane (3377

  • Children of the Gulf War

    The Children of the Gulf War, an exhibition of photographs depicting the effects of depleted uranium on the children of the Iraq, is showing at the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) until April 24. The exhibition consists of 58

  • Wilfred Owen: exposing the 'old lie' of war and patriotism

    Wilfred Owen: A New BiographyBy Dominic HibberdWeidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002424 pages, $59.95 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Death snatched 10 million lives in World War I but it reserved a cruel teasing for those who survived a long, five-year war

  • Scottish socialism on the rise

    Scotland: Socialism in the Making A film by Jill Hickson Actively Radical TV Screening 9pm, Sunday, April 16, on Channel 31, Sydney. REVIEW BY LEAH GANLEY Scotland: Socialism in the Making is a short film about the Scottish Socialist

  • Art without boundaries

    Art Sans FrontieresSEAS Art Basement, 66 Hindley Street, AdelaideUntil April 11 (auction at 7pm, April 11) REVIEW BY JO ELLIS ADELAIDE — "Nations have imposed borders but art and human rights transcend them", state the organisers of Art Sans