If ever there was a reality check needed amidst the noise and dust whipped up by the US war machine, this simple photograph exhibition about Iraq is it. No satellite photos and no fuzzy phone intercepts, just mountains of evidence
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SYDNEY — Imagine you're on the TV set of a Sydney soapie — fast paced, full of conflict, emotion and energy. That describes A Moment on the Lips. The play is written by Jonathan Gavin and features Nicole Winkler, Susan Godfrey, Kirrily White,
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I am Woman, Hear Me DrawCartoons by Judy HoracekState Library of Victoria, Keith Murdoch Gallery, Swanston Street, MelbourneUntil mid-FebruaryFree REVIEW BY RACHEL EVANS Cartoonist Judy Horacek's work, now showing at the Victorian State Library,
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Women of TroyWritten by Euripides, translated by Jenny GreenDirected by Jenny Green and Robert KennedyA Hoi Barbaroi productionPlayed by Jeanette Cronin and Zoe HoughtonBelvoir St Downstairs Theatre, Surry Hills, SydneyUntil February 16Tuesdays, 7pm;
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REVIEW BY KATHY NEWNAM 8 MileDirected by Curtis HansonWritten by Scott SilverStarring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Eugene ByrdAt major cinemas "This world is mine for the takingMake me king, as we move toward a new world
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Peace Not WarVarious artistsStop the War Coalition (UK)Order at <http://www.stopwar.org.uk/#cd> REVIEW BY LUKE SMITH With the world music industry becoming more commercialised everyday, and with most major record labels being reluctant
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Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersDirected by Peter JacksonWritten by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Peter JacksonStarring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen. REVIEW BY LAURA DURKAY The corporate media were quick to
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SYDNEY — A powerful new anti-war documentary is being screened by Socialist Alliance. Not in My Name tells the story of the US-led "war on terrorism" you have not been allowed to see on tellie. It asks, "why is dropping bombs on
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REVIEW BY ALEX SALMON The Quiet AmericanBased on the book by Graham GreeneDirected by Philip NoyceStarring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser and Do Thi Hai YenShowing at major cinemas The Quiet American is a dramatised account of the CIA's role in
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Interesting Times: A Twentieth Century LifeBy Eric HobsbawmAllen Lane, 2002448 pages, $55 (hb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON It was almost better than sex, thought Eric Hobsbawm during the massive but last legal march of the German Communist Party (KPD)
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REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN Poetry by Mohsen Soltani ZandVocals by Annette Hughes, Yvette Duncan and Jane CamachoMusic by Geoffrey Datson$20, order at <www.stickylabel.com.au/mohsen.html> or <http://www.chilout.org>Send cheque or
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Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century by Howard Zinn, Dana Frank, Robin DG Kelley Beacon Press, 2001 174 pages, $34.50 (pb) Three Strikes: Labor's Heartland Losses and What They Mean