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  • Lolita denies the reality of abuse

    Lolita denies the reality of abuseAdrian Lyne's 1997 adaption of Vladimir Nabokov's novel has been dogged by controversy. It took a year to clear US censors and it was nearly banned by Australian authorities. Much of the hype

  • Marxism or nationalism?

    Marxism or nationalism? Fatherland or Mother Earth? Essays on the National QuestionBy Michael LöwyPluto Press, 1998108 pp., $29.95 (pb) Review by Doug Lorimer Michael Löwy, director of Research in Sociology at the National Centre for

  • The day the war ends in Kosova

    The day the war ends in Kosova The day the war ends in Kosova will be a great day for all Slavs. A new age of peace will return to the Balkans, and our television sets will resume normal programming. Unfortunately, as so often happens in war,

  • Polemical theatre without gimmicks

    Polemical theatre without gimmicks Face To FaceBy David WilliamsonDirected by Sandra BatesEnsemble Theatre, SydneyUntil May 8 Review by Brendan Doyle David Williamson goes back to his working-class roots with his latest play, Face To Face, which

  • Billy Bragg — this machine bombs Belgrade

    Billy Bragg — this machine bombs BelgradeThere has been a soft spot for Billy Bragg in many socialists' hearts — certainly in mine. He's even produced a t-shirt acknowledging it: "Socialism of the heart", it reads. Over the

  • Buffalo Music: benefit for East Timor

    Buffalo Music: benefit for East Timor MELBOURNE — Buffalo Music, a six-hour musical spectacular to promote solidarity with the people of East Timor, will be held at Trades Hall on May 1. The concert features the Natural Mystic, Painters

  • On the box

    Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News —

  • An Easter feast of diversity

    An Easter feast of diversityCANBERRA — The National Folk Festival at Easter was a feast of diversity that you don't have to be feral to enjoy. Traditional peasant dances and medieval reenactments competed with bagpipes and

  • Free double passes to Vince Jones' Sydney shows

    Free double passes to Vince Jones' Sydney shows Five lucky Green Left Weekly readers and their friends will catch Australia's leading jazz vocalist/trumpet player Vince Jones and his band free of charge. Vince will be playing at the Basement,

  • New film brings to life Indonesian struggle

    New film brings to life Indonesian struggleOn April 23 and 24, a new documentary film is being premiered in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Entitled Indonesia in Revolt — Democracy or Death!, it depicts the student-led popular