Amiri Baraka — a famous African-American poet and political activist who, as LeRoi Jones, wrote the classic book Blues People in the 1960s — is under attack for a poem he wrote about the 9/11 attacks, titled "Somebody Blew Up
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One Man in his TimeBy Hans PostOtford Press, 2002$31.77Order at <http://www.otfordpress.com.au/> REVIEW BY PETER McGREGOR Hans Post's One Man in his Time is an amazing and inspiring story. It's a historically significant autobiography
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Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only SuperpowerBy William BlumZed Books, 2002308 pages, $24.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Dossier season is upon us it seems. British Prime Minister Tony Blair's September 24 dossier on Iraq was spectacularly
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REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Coeur FideleCap EnrageZachary RichardSelect RecordsVisit <http://www.zacharyrichard.com> Everyone interested in the struggle for the soul and heart of the North American continent should own these two fiery albums.
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Amerika Psycho: Behind Uncle Sam's Mask of SanityBy Richard NevilleOcean Press, 2002126 pages, $18.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON "The wounded Goliath" (the US after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001) "is on a rampage — armed to the
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WoomeraWritten by Joshua WakelyPerformed by Joshua Wakely, Susannah Hardy, Laurence Coy, Hillary Manning, Ben Barrack and Craig MenaudOld Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, corner of Cathedral and Dowling streets, WoolloomoolooTuesdays to Saturdays, 8pm;
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If you don't hear from methen don't be surprisedcause I am a criminalin ASIO's eyes. I'm opposed to starvation.I'm opposed to the war.I want liberationand food for the poor. I want justice and freedomand a whole lot moreand a livable incometo
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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) 9565 5522. Visit
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"Religion is the heart of a heartless world",Marx said, resolving some confusion.If we change society, transform the system,we won't need those old illusions. The Body of Christ will become wafer againand His Blood will be drunk at our
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Paradise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for IndependenceBy John MartinkusQuarterly Essay, issue 7Black IncOrder at <http://www.blackincbooks.com> REVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN The latest issue of Quarterly Essay features an essay by
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John Pilger has come under attack in Britain for his documentary Palestine is Still the Issue, to be screened in Australia on SBS TV at 8.30pm on October 8. A September 20 article in the British Jewish Chronicle
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Green Left Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly with his collection of sculptures The Subterraneans, modelled on members of the Howard cabinet, and Kelly's stand-alone piece titled John Howard Desert Warrior the Poor Man's Napoleon (above).