Culture

  • Dodging lunatics with black moustaches

    The Absurd Machine: A Cartoon History of the WorldBy Bruce PettyPenguin, 1997, $29.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Global 2000 is in trouble. About to enter the next millennium with five billion passengers on board, it crashes, breaking off its

  • Feeling good about struggle

    detail = Sprout Wings and FlyBy John McCutcheonRounder Records, 1997 detail = Nothing to LoseBy John McCutcheonRounder Records, 1995 Review by Alex Bainbridge John McCutcheon is a progressive songwriter with an enduring ability to make

  • Che's Bolivian campaign

    As It Happened: Ernesto Che Guevara: Bolivian Diary — SBS, Thursday, October 9 — 8.30pm (8pm in SA) Review by Neville Spencer October 9 is the 30th anniversary of the capture and execution in the jungles of Bolivia of Argentine-Cuban

  • Kakadu

    Kakadu If they're mining KakaduThen they're surely killing youCause they're killing all the thingsYou care about.We will see the wild ducks flyAcross a lemon coloured sky,When everything goes wrong in Kakadu.We'll see the mushroom cloudAnd

  • The Vietnam War through a writer's eyes

    The Sorrow of WarSBSMonday, October 13, 8.30pm (8pm in SA) Review by Brendan Doyle "Long ago, at the gates of Hanoi, there was a large drum. Any citizen was allowed to beat the drum and voice his opinion. If the speech pleased the Emperor, he

  • The one day of the year for us types

    The one day of the year for us types It is right and fitting that some testimony of the passions and adventures of our times be provided for those who may succeed us. I am therefore taking this extraordinary step of addressing you because the

  • New Indonesia solidarity publication in the US

    Indonesia Alert!Edited by Kurt Biddle and Malik MiahPrinted by Inkworks, USA Review by Nick Everett Indonesia Alert! is a new publication produced by supporters of Indonesia's democracy movement in the United States. It reports on developments

  • Access News: 'biased towards people, campaigns, activists'

    MELBOURNE — It is now three years since free-to-air community television Channel 31 hit the airwaves. Stephen Baras-Miller and Jeff Riley are involved in the weekly activist program, Access News, produced by Channel 31's Ska TV

  • Kabila's long struggle to liberate Congo

    Kabila: The Revolutionary RevealedSBSTuesday October 7, 8.30pm (8pm in SA) Review by Norm Dixon In spite of its title, don't expect this BBC report to shed new light on new Congo leader Laurent Kabila's background. Anybody who has followed the

  • Rage for Indonesian political prisoners

    Rage for Indonesian political prisoners PERTH — Spank and Humbug are just two of the major bands which will be donating their time and talents for a Freedom Rage to be held at the Ozone Bar on November 7. The band night aims to raise

  • A fine working-class cultural event

    auth = By Mark Cronin The ACTU Congress in Brisbane earlier this month achieved little of political importance but it did have an interesting cultural offshoot. On the eve of the congress, 400 people packed the Culture Bank in West End to hear

  • The funny side of 'ugly'

    Sunrise BlvdRod Quantock at The Comedy (Harold Park) Hotel115 Wigram Road, Glebe, Sydney.September 23 to October 5, 8pm. $7. Review by Chris Spindler Rod Quantock is a rarity. He is not only funny, he uses real politics as the drawcard and