Culture

  • 25 years of activism on show

    Stand Up and Fight!Photographs by John EllisNew International Bookshop Gallery, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton, MelbourneNovember 30-December 21Monday to Friday, 9.30am-6.30 pmSaturdays, 11am-5pm MELBOURNE — This excellent exhibition

  • World Bank guru reveals crimes of the free market

    Globalization and its Discontents By Joseph Stiglitz Penguin, $45 (hb) REVIEW BY LEE SUSTAR In the last decades of the USSR, Western officials denounced the Kremlin whenever Moscow purged or harassed dissidents who had the courage

  • On the box

    Actively Radical TV &#151 Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org&#062; for program details. Access News &#151 Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has

  • Are Aussies heartless bastards?

    MELBOURNE — Are all Aussies heartless bastards? This was the question that was thrashed out at the third annual Green Left Weekly comedy debate. Almost 200 people crowded into the Brunswick Town Hall on October 25 to find

  • On the road with Che

    The Motorcycle Diaries: a Journey Around South America By Ernesto Che Guevara Fourth Estate $20.95 REVIEW BY STEVEN KATSINERIS The Motorcycle Diaries is the incredible story of a remarkable road journey, written in the words of a

  • Rock for Refugees draws good crowd

    SYDNEY — Around 1000 people enjoyed themselves at the inaugural Rock 4 Refugees concert on the afternoon of October 27. The concert was held at Henson Park, Marrickville. Among the bands that performed were Mental As Anything (pictured), the

  • How racism destroyed a great cricketer

    Only one bowler has ever knocked the bat out of the hands of Don Bradman, cricket's greatest batter: Eddie Gilbert. Only 15 bowlers have ever dismissed Bradman without a run to his name. Eddie Gilbert was one of them. Yet, whilst Bradman played test cricket for Australia for two decades, Gilbert was never selected to play at the sport's highest level.

  • Students tackle 'border protection'

    MELBOURNE — Creative arts students from the University of Melbourne have responded to Australia's treatment of asylum seekers with Asylum, a theatrical work that addresses issues of "border protection" and the farce of the

  • Songs of solidarity for the new century

    MayDay, MayDay: Songs of Solidarity Various artists Wobbly Radio and Unions NSW REVIEW BY DANIELLE BUHAGIAR There has been a proud history of pro-worker tunes dating back to the early days of the 20th century. In 1915, Ralph

  • John Trudell's poetic arrows

    ALBUQUERQUE — A New Mexico tribal drum circle concludes an honour song and John Trudell steps onto the stage, all in black, even his eyes shielded by opaque lenses, his dark hair streaming past his shoulders. His band Bad

  • Moving portrayal of the Bloody Sunday massacre

    Bloody SundayWritten and directed by Paul GreengrassWith James Nesbitt, Declan Duddy, Tim Pigott-Smith, Mike Edmonds and Nicholas FarrellShowing at Palace Academy Twin and Norton Street Cinemas, Sydney; Nova and Rivoli Cinemas, Melbourne; and the

  • A Sniper Poem: Metaphor

    When using force to secure the peace,and encouraging more shopping to save the economy,and children and teens play video games that rewardfor every person decapitated and limb severed.When old women and babies are pepper-sprayedand rubber bullets