Culture

  • A voice for East Timorese youth

    A voice for East Timorese youth SYDNEY — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos Horta recently cancelled an appearance on Channel 9's Midday show to appear on the Freedom Chants radio show, inspiring East Timorese youth to continue the struggle

  • Speaking out about refugees

    Speaking out about refugeesSYDNEY — Paulo Corsino, born in Dili 19 years ago, is the eldest of three children. He grew up in an environment of fear and oppression under the occupying Indonesian army, and fled to Australia in

  • The writer who believed what he was told

    Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His LifeBy D.M. ThomasLittle, Brown and Company, 1998. 583 pp., $45.00 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon February 9, 1945, was the turning point in the life of Captain Alexander Solzhenitsyn. An officer in the Red

  • The memory that will not die

    Chile, Obstinate MemoryDirected by Patricio Guzmán Review by James Vassilopoulos September 11, 1973, is a date chiselled into the consciousness of the Chilean people. It was the day of the coup d'etat by General Augusto Pinochet against the

  • Festival educates and organises

    Festival educates and organisesSYDNEY — The Wild Spaces film festival, held here June 19-21, presented a wide range of important issues using various film formats. If it continues and branches out, as festival organiser Gary

  • Aboriginal children feature in exhibition

    Aboriginal children feature in exhibition Aboriginal art works on the theme "Our children — for those we lost; for those who will lead us" will be focus of the 1998 Mil-PRA art exhibition at the Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre from July 9 to 27.

  • Political prisoners benefit a huge success

    Political prisoners benefit a huge successBRISBANE — More than 120 people crammed into Che's Lounge on June 28 to support the campaign to free Indonesia's political prisoners. The fundraiser was organised by Green Left Weekly

  • Barbarism unleashed

    Among the BarbariansBy Paul SheehanRandom House, 1998. 338 pp., $19.95 Review by Ben Reid This book represents the ideas that underpin much of the xenophobic and racist thinking of the "respectable" right in Australian politics. Sheehan, a

  • Satisfyingly 'un-Australian' folk music

    Satisfyingly 'un-Australian' folk music Un-Australian Folk Songs David Beniuk Send $14 to PO Box 29, Wollongong East NSW 2520 Review by Alex Bainbridge I had never heard of David Beniuk before listening to this album, but now

  • Youth band competition

    Youth band competition SYDNEY — South Sydney Youth Services are holding a youth band competition on August 8 in conjunction with the Mascon 3 Festival 1998, at Sydney Park in St Peters. Young female musicians are particularly encouraged to

  • No prison break-outs

    No prison break-outs The FarmDirected by Jonathan Stack and Liz GarbusProduced by Gabriel FilmsScreened at the 45th Sydney Film Festival Review by James Vassilopoulos Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, is one of the biggest

  • A celebration of courage and solidarity

    A celebration of courage and solidarity Honey and AshesDirected by Nadia FaresWith Nozha Khouadra, Amel Ledhili, Naji Najeh, Samia MzaliScreened at the 45th Sydney Film Festival Review by Francesca Davis Honey and Ashes is a powerful movie