Culture

  • A new musical treat

    ExilioCanto Coro Order by phoning (07) 38485208 or e-mail <[email protected]>Cost is $15, including postage Review by Mark Cronin A CD recording of part of the latest performance in Brisbane by Canto Coro, a program of choral works

  • Isaiah Berlin: The liberal gilder of dung heaps

    Isaiah Berlin: A LifeBy Michael IgnatieffChatto & Windus, 1998. 356 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Since the death of Sir Isaiah Berlin in 1997, there has been a publishing flurry of Berlin's philosophical and historical essays,

  • Viva Timor leste!

    Viva Timor leste! SYDNEY — Australian and East Timorese performers will join forces on July 15 to raise money for much needed medical and humanitarian aid to East Timor in an event organised by the Australia-East Timor Association (AETA). Viva

  • Helen Todd's battle for justice

    Helen Todd's battle for justice Punitive DamageDirected by Annie GoldsonSydney Film Festival Review by Michael Goldstein Punitive Damage, recently shown at the Sydney Film Festival, is an inspiring and most moving testimony to the courage and

  • Star Wars: The force be with racism and sexism

    The force be with racism and sexism Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom MenaceDirected by George Lucas Review by Mary Merkenich The latest Star Wars movie, The Phantom Menace, is both entertaining and visually very beautiful. Unfortunately,

  • Poem

    How To Attract Capital Take a pageFrom Auschwitz Auschwitz attractedPlenty of Capital Two huge factoriesKrupps and Siemens Why was AuschwitzSuch a beaconFor Capital? The reason is simple:Labour at AuschwitzCost nothing. Denis Kevans

  • A conflict created by chauvinist intellectuals

    A conflict created by chauvinist intellectuals Kosovo: A Short HistoryBy Noel MalcolmPaperMac, 1998 Review by Michael Cooke This book provides historical background to current events in the Balkans. Malcolm's work is even-handed, judicious and

  • SBS to screen new Jabiluka doco

    SBS to screen new Jabiluka doco As the final decision of the listing of Kakadu National Park on the "World Heritage in danger" list approaches on July 12, SBS is to screen Cathy Henkel's documentary Walking Through a Minefield. Narrated by film

  • 400 attend premiere of new Pilger film

    SYDNEY — Four hundred people packed the Globe Cinema on Friday, June 25, for the premiere of John Pilger's documentary The Timor Conspiracy, presented by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) and Green Left

  • Jazzed up, anti-racist and danced out

    Jazzed up, anti-racist and danced outMELBOURNE — More than 400 people packed the Prince of Wales Hotel on June 16 to hear a range of artists perform in Green Left Weekly's Jazz Against Racism. The audience was treated to

  • DIG: The last history of Burke and Wills

    DIG: The last history of Burke and Wills A short story by Craig Cormick ROBERT O'HARA BURKE waves his top hat triumphantly and leads Mr Wills and Mr King into the fortified stockade at Cooper's Creek. They've covered the last hundred miles with

  • A rebuttal of hatred

    Primo Levi: Tragedy of an OptimistBy Myriam AnissimovAurum Press, 1998. 452 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Eight thousand Italian Jews were deported to Auschwitz during World War II. Only 600 came back. Primo Levi was one of these few. As