Culture

  • Jabiluka Blockade

    Jabiluka Blockade In peace we coloured the camping groundin harmony we moved boldly on the tar.In dust and warm dry air we cared for our selves,in horror we looked on those faces of scornSun shaded blind eyed, stick figures of the long arm. Why

  • Let the folk festivals begin

    Nestled in a picturesque valley, the historic town of Wollombi is usually serene, perhaps a little too slow for many city dwellers. But every year the town is invaded by crowds of people, from Newcastle and Sydney and just about

  • 'Fight back and never surrender'

    Never a White Flag: The Memoirs of Jock Barnes, Waterfront Leader Edited by Tom BrambleVictoria University PressAvailable from One World BooksBox 68-419, NewtonAuckland NZe-mail <[email protected]>NZ$36 (includes postage) Review by

  • Great show, but where was the audience?

    Great show, but where was the audience? The Government InspectorBy Nikolai Gogol (adapted by Adrian Norman)New Theatre, SydneyFridays and Sundays until August 22 Review by Brendan Doyle Polish theatre guru Grotowski did his plays with a select

  • Mordechai Vanunu's story on stage

    Mordechai Vanunu's story on stage ADELAIDE — In August 1986, Mordechai Vanunu revealed Israel's secret nuclear bomb-making facilities and paid a high price for his courage. He was kidnapped by Israel's secret police and shipped in a crate from

  • Private ownership of almost everything

    Scam! Everything has a priceMusic and lyrics by Sean PeterBook by Barry LoweJunction Theatre CompanyQueen's Theatre, Playhouse Lane, AdelaideWednesday to Saturday, August 5 to 22$18/12 concession Review by Melanie Sjoberg Corporate greed and

  • GST

    GST Tax reform so they saywill increase our paybut we'll pay through the nose;so oppose — GST.It'll be easy comeand then easy goesas we pay through the nose;so oppose — GST. We don't wish to be rudebut it seems rather crude —this tax on our

  • New plays in Sydney

    SYDNEY — It seems to be a particularly busy time for theatre here at the moment, more than our volunteer reviewers can keep up with. As well, many of the plays about to open have short seasons, and may disappear almost before a review appears. At

  • Law and legends of "the Cobar Mob"

    Law and legends of "the Cobar Mob"KATOOMBA — Koori artist (and sometimes didgeridoo player in Katoomba) Graeme King's latest exhibition at the Parakeet Cafe told the stories, law and legends of his "Cobar mob". The centrepiece

  • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: 'Get involved; be anti-racist'

    The Mighty Mighty Bosstones toured Australia in July with their ska music combined with hard-core punk rock — "ska-core" — and a single reaching for the top of the mainstream charts. Green Left Weekly's LIAM MITCHELL spoke to the Bosstones'

  • US life as we're not meant to see it

    Public HousingProduced and directed by Frederick WisemanSydney International Film Festival Review by Becky Ellis Public Housing is a documentary about the life of residents of one of the poorest housing complexes in the United States: the Ida B.

  • Poem: Growth industry

    Growth industry “Uranium is a growth industry”, Says the Mining Maggot, always smilin' — You're sure to get a growth out of it, you idiot! Just look at the people from the Marshall Islands! Denis Kevans