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Rage against Wall Street On a cold January day, militant rock band Rage Against the Machine took to the heart of the world financial system to film a video clip for "Sleep Now in the Fire", a track from the band's The Battle of Los Angeles. The

Deepa Mehta's latest feminist film disruptedProgressive Indian film-maker Deepa Mehta's latest production, Water, has been disrupted by violent attacks from Hindu fundamentalists in Varanasi, attacks supported by the Bharatiya

Living without violenceLiving without Violence 2000: an exhibition by women of western SydneyCasula Powerhouse Arts Centre, until April 2; Merrylands Central Library, until March 27; Parramatta Heritage Centre, until March 26 For

How PR buries the environment Global Spin: the corporate assault on environmentalismRevised editionBy Sharon BederScribe Publications336 pp., $29.95 (pb) Global Spin reveals the sophisticated techniques being used around the world by powerful

Review by Mark Stoyich The Great ManBy David WilliamsonSydney Theatre CompanySydney Opera House from March 9 A group of friends and relations of a once great and powerful man gather to eulogise him after his death, only to realise that he was

Radical art on the net Created by a global network of campaigners and artists, Subvertise.org documents, develops and promotes what it calls "the art form of the post-corporate millennium" — "subvertising". Subvertising is "the art of cultural

Washington on Trial: The People of Cuba Versus the US GovernmentOcean Press, Melbourne, 199944pp, $6.95 Review by Roberto Jorquera Since the 1959 revolution in Cuba, the United States has been at war with it. Few countries have had to face so much

The Eye has vision Review by James Vassilopoulos Politics Can Be FunEyeSend $10 to PO Box 1327, Woden, ACT 2606Visit <http://www.teknet.net.au/~eye/&#062; The Canberra paste-up scene has been dominated by posters for apolitical techno and DJ

The new evidence on women's oppression The dispossession of women — A Marxist examination of new evidence on the origins of women's oppression By Pat BewerResistance Books, 200044 pp., $4.95Available from all Resistance Bookshopsor send

American Beauty and suburban blisters American BeautyStarring Kevin Spacey and Annette BeningDirected by Sam Mendes Review by John Gauci Success and happiness is attained through a delicate balance of wealth, a dynamic career, a loyal family,

Forward into the pastSome of the most popular writers of a century ago envisaged futures in which poverty and oppression had been eliminated and people led simple lives, working together in peace and harmony for the betterment of

The party millennium Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2000getherLuke Leal and Sveta GilermanMardi Gras MusicGay in the Life: adventures in queer undergroundVarious artistsOdd Man Out Records through Festival Review by Mark Abberton Mardi Gras in