Culture

Left on-line What's new on Free Speech TV — McLibel: Criticising McDonald's is not for the faint-hearted. The corporation is notorious for abusing libel law to silence activists. British activists David Morris and Helen Steel chose to fight

BRISBANE — The controversial pamphlet, Bludgers in Grass Castles: Native title and the unpaid debts of the pastoral industry, was launched here on February 7 at the Resistance Centre. The pamphlet, by ecologist Martin Taylor, has

Return of a reggae pioneer Wash Over GoldWinston Grennan and Ska Rocks BandSwegway RecordsSend US$20 to 2400 Poplar Drive, Baltimore, MD 21207, USA Review by Norm Dixon Winston Grennan is not a household name among reggae enthusiasts, but he

Telling it like it is: Land rights and the pastoral industry Bludgers in Grass Castles: Native title and the unpaid debts of the pastoral industryBy Martin TaylorResistance Books, 1998$3.95 from Resistance Bookshops (addresses page 2) or send

Socialism — the way forwardBy John PercyResistance Books, 199730pp., $3.50Available at all Resistance Bookshops Review by Pip Hinman While the early 1990s was marked by a propaganda offensive about the end of "socialism", as we near the end of

Isaac Newton, God and the new science Isaac Newton: The Last SorcererBy Michael WhiteFourth Estate, 1997. 402 pp., $45 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Once upon a time, way back in the 17th century, Sir Isaac Newton saw an apple fall and in a

Tasmanian Waffle Waffle Tall StoriesSunday, February 8, 7.30pmCinema After Dark, HobartWednesday, February 11, 8.30pmCafe Who$8.50/$6 concession (slightly more at the door) Review by Kathy Pinkus HOBART — Waffle Tall Stories are back. There are

Jazz Against RacismSYDNEY — What better way to protest against racism than through an art form whose roots are historically grounded in the struggle of an oppressed people? Jazz literally means "wildly active" or "lively". On

Graphic evidence of East Timor's plight Review by Jon Land Human Rights Violations in East Timor, a magazine-style booklet produced by the East Timor International Support Centre, contains photographic evidence of torture and murder by the

A Dangerous Man [A tribute to Siegfried Sassoon — antiwar poet. ] Sassoon was a man,A dangerous man,Sassoon was a dangerous man.He went off to a warAnd went back for moreSassoon, what a dangerous man! And after this warHe settled his

Porsche belt humour SeinfeldChannel 107pm week nights Review by Al McCall After stitching up a deal for another season the cast of Seinfeld must have been pretty peeved when Jerry pulled the rug from under them. As one of the cast may have

Transcending barriers The Joy of Being Alive (Live)By Trude AspelingJOBAOrder from PO Box 568, Leichhardt NSW 2040 Review by John Gauci Trude Aspeling was the first Australian vocalist to perform at London's premier Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club,