Culture

  • Women's liberation or equality in a rotten system?

    The Whole WomanBy Germaine GreerDoubleday, 1999330 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Kath Gelber "It's time to get angry again." So ends the introduction to Greer's latest book, The Whole Woman. It's a powerful book, a call to arms, a reminder that

  • This machine still kills fascists

    Mermaid AvenueBilly Bragg and WilcoWarner Music Review by James Smith "The world is filled with people who are no longer needed/ And who try to make slaves of us/ And they have their music and we have ours/ Theirs, the wasted songs of a

  • Bridging the divide

    Bridging the divide HAVANA — On April 1, the Baltimore Orioles became the first US major league baseball team to play on Cuban soil in 40 years. After the game, musicians from both nations danced the night away at an all-star concert to bridge

  • Indonesia in Revolt — Democracy or Death

    Advertisement Premiere screenings of Indonesia in Revolt — Democracy or Death! Made in Indonesia and Australia between August 1998 and March 1999 in cooperation with activists from the Indonesian political underground. Sydney 6.30pm,

  • Is the Communist Manifesto still relevant?

    Is the Communist Manifesto still relevant? The Communist ManifestoBy Karl Marx and Friedrich EngelsWith a commentary by Leon TrotskyResistance Books, 199880pp., $6.95 (pb) Review by Chris Slee Generations of socialists have read the Moscow

  • The after-death experience

    The after-death experience The American Way of Death RevisitedBy Jessica MitfordVirago, 1998282 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon It's funerals today, something else tomorrow, warned Mortuary Management in 1961 about the perils of reform of

  • Ban Lolita? Never!

    With federal MP Trish Draper, amongst others, still insisting that it should be banned outright, Adrian Lyne's new film version of Lolita has finally been released in Australia. Those who recall the anti-censorship campaigns of the

  • Early Williamson packs a punch

    Early Williamson packs a punch The RemovalistsBy David Williamson New Theatre, NewtownFriday-Sunday until 1 May Review by Helen Jarvis Written nearly 30 years ago, and becoming David Williamson's first major success in Australia before going

  • The postmodernists' new clothes

    Intellectual Impostures: Postmodern philosophers' abuse of scienceBy Alan Sokal and Jean BricmontProfile Books, 1998274pp., price? Review by Neville Spencer The complexity and difficulty of most writing by postmodernist theorists is widely

  • Greek Australians: beyond the stereotypes

    Greek Australians: beyond the stereotypes In Their Own ImageBy Effy Alexakis and Leonard JaniszewskiHale & Iremonger, 1998.240pp. $49.95 (hb) Review by James Vassilopoulos The most enduring stereotypes of Greek Australians are that they are

  • Cubanismo! A fundraiser for Cuba

    SYDNEY — On Friday, April 9, three top Latin American bands will be joining forces to help raise funds for Cuba. Bands Candela, Charanga Libre and Club Havana will perform a vast spectrum of Cuban music styles. The event will take place at

  • Coping with the water crisis

    Coping with the water crisis Sydney on TapBy John ArcherPure Water Press, 199896pp, $9.95 (paperback) Review by Dot Tumney John Archer's latest water quality opus provides a description of the events surrounding Sydney's 1998 water crisis. The