Culture

  • A place of struggle and resistance

    A Place Called ChiapasSBS March 9, 11.30pm (11pm SA) Review by Sandra Wallace On January 1, 1994, several thousand indigenous campesinos staged an uprising that gave them control of 25% of Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost and poorest state. The

  • Southern comfort

    Southern comfort Lyrebird — Tales of HelpmannBy Tyler CoppinDirected by Adam CookAt the Playhouse, Sydney Opera HouseUntil March 19 Review by Mark Stoyich The three greatest South Australians of my lifetime were Don Dunstan, now sadly mourned;

  • The Sugar Factory

    The Sugar Factory The Sugar Factory is the story of a psychologically troubled young man, Harris (Matt Day) who falls in love with an older woman, Helen (Rhondda Findleton) living alone with her two children. Tragedy strikes while he is

  • A rebel against the sexual double standard

    A rebel against the sexual double standard Other Powers: The Age of Suffrage, Spiritualism, and the Scandalous Victoria WoodhullBy Barbara GoldsmithGranta, 1998 — 531 pp., $35.00 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Victoria Woodhull was the first woman

  • A billionaire tries to solve the crisis

    The Crisis of Global CapitalismBy George SorosLittle, Brown & Company, 1998245 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Allen Myers George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund manager, is worried, even alarmed, at what he considers the dim prospects for

  • Utterbox: speaking out against violence

    Utterbox: speaking out against violenceWOLLONGONG — One in four women in Australia is sexually assaulted by the time she turns 18. The most common site of violence against women is in their homes. This reality has prompted

  • Adelaide's big laugh

    Adelaide's big laughADELAIDE — Music lovers here had their treat with Womadelaide; now it's the turn of comedy fans to indulge themselves. The Adelaide Festival Centre is presenting The Big Laugh — two weeks of comedy

  • Brisbane Cabaret to 'wallow in politics'

    BRISBANE — For many years, the local branches of the Democratic Socialists and Resistance have been involved in various forms of cultural dissent. At first, after opening the Resistance Centre at New Farm in 1986, these occasions

  • 2SER goes underground

    SYDNEY — 2SER is relaunching itself as Sydney's underground music and talks station. After many months of discussions about the station's programming, we came up with the idea of uniting our music and talks programming under the

  • Las Perlas del Son thank activists

    Las Perlas del Son thank activistsADELAIDE — Around 300 people attended a reception for the all-woman Cuban band, Las Perlas del Son, at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel on February 22. The reception was organised by the

  • Radio journalists wanted

    2SER-FM 107.3, Sydney's most underground radio station, is looking for activists with reporting skills to work on our weekday breakfast programs. Ideally you will: have experience using radio recording and editing equipment; have an

  • ABC-TV to broadcast Gerry Adams lecture

    ABC-TV will broadcast a public lecture given by Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams during his visit to Australia this week. Adams will deliver the Wallace Wurth Memorial Lecture at the University of NSW on Saturday, February 27 at 2pm. The ABC