In these awful times, as we struggle to understand what is happening to our world, we must keep in mind the events of the recent past.
At dawn on September 11, he received his orders.While others would attack the citadels of commerce and defenceTo
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GabrielWritten by Moira BuffiniDirected by Kevin JacksonWith Elaine Hudson, Lee Lewis, Elisha Oliver, Pete Nettell and Wendy StrehlowNew Theatre, SydneyUntil September 14 REVIEW BY IGGY KIM Gabriel is a wonderfully acted and intensely
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SYDNEY The capitalist media has consistently demonstrated its bias on the issue of asylum seekers. While the federal government and right-wing commentators are given regular coverage, it's rare for the stories of asylum
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Naked Among Cannibals: What Really Happens Inside Australian BanksBy Graham HandAllen & Unwin, 2001306 pages, $29.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Banks are the most hated companies in Australia. Their expansive greed drives constant branch
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The Rising Bruce Springsteen Sony Music REVIEW BY RICHARD PITHOUSE Bruce Springsteen's new album, The Rising, has been marketed as vigorously as his 1984 Born in the USA album and, as with that album, has achieved massive
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WOLLONGONG — A refugee solidarity quilt was started earlier this year by the Illawarra Refugee Action Collective. Detained refugees and members of the community continue to contribute 30-centimetre square patches to be added to the quilt, which is
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SYDNEY — The national and Victorian leaderships of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union are in dispute. The national leadership recently stood down the Victorian secretary Craig Johnston and, against the wishes of the Victorian branch,
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JerusalemSteve EarleArtemis RecordsAvailable form <http://www.artemisrecords.com> REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Steve Earle is unrepentant, as one of his toughest songs declares. He makes no apologies for his past dissent and rebellion, and he
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Viet Nam VoicesAn exhibition of art, photos and videosQueensland Museum, South Bank, BrisbaneDeveloped and toured by the Casula Powerhouse Arts CentreUntil September 29 REVIEW BY JIM McILROY The Viet Nam Voices exhibition is deeply moving,
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No Toxic Dump By Paul Strangio Pluto Press Australia, 2001 $24.95 (pb) REVIEWED BY BEN COURTICE Paul Strangio introduces No Toxic Dump by comparing the two buzzwords globalisation and community. While the revival of community
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Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-1945, and the American Cover-upBy Sheldon H. HarrisRoutledge, 2002385 pages, $57 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON In the last days of World War II, as the Japanese retreated from the Soviet
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Love is Mighty CloseVika and LindaBullbar records REVIEW BY MOLLY WISHART Vika and Linda Bull's latest album, Love is Mighty Close, arguably lacks the joie de vivre of earlier recordings, but the songster siblings nevertheless evoke an