Culture

  • Innovative but too 'cleaned up'

    @details 3 = TelekGeorge Mamua TelekOrigin through MDS Review by Norm Dixon It has been a long wait for those who were captivated by George Telek's Australian recording debut way back in 1991, when his collaboration with Melbourne-based Not

  • How academic orthodoxy is enforced

    Suppression StoriesBy Brian MartinFund for Intellectual Dissent, 1997. 171 pp. Review by Allen Myers Brian Martin, an occasional contributor to Green Left Weekly, has produced an intriguing and very readable account of the suppression of dissent in

  • From Moses to Marx

    etails = The Marxists and the Jewish question: History of a debate 1843-1943By Enzo TraversoHumanities Press, New Jersey, 1996. 288 pp, $37 (pb) Review by Chris Slee This book reviews a century of writings by Marxists on the history, social

  • A pioneer of socialist feminism

    Sylvia Pankhurst: Sexual Politics and Political ActivismBy Barbara WinslowUniversity College London Press, 1996. 236 pp., $37.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Strife and controversy have reigned over the bones of Sylvia Pankhurst, daughter of

  • Australia's hidden history

    FrontierThree one-hour filmsABC TV, March 5, 12 & 19 at 8.30 pm Review by Chris Martin Frontier is the history that Howard wants us to forget, the bloody, murderous history of white Australia's unfinished land war against the Aboriginal nations of

  • The road to nowhere

    Manifestations — a year in the life of the TarkineAvailable from Kaganovich Productions, PO Box 83, Paddington NSW 2021 and the Wilderness Shop, Salamanca Place, Hobart$25 Review by Joel Wilson In 1995, the Tasmanian government bulldozed a road

  • Lessons from radical republicans

    details = The Captive Republic: A history of republicanism in Australia 1788-1996By Mark McKennaCambridge University Press, 1996334 pp., $29.95(pb), $90.00(hb) Review by Alex Bainbridge For many people, the republic debate is simply a bore — a

  • Poem: Me Generation and the death of a nation

    Me Generation and the death of a nation There was a time when most knew want and therefore understood, That in this land across the sea, there was a chance for good. Knowing adversity, they saw their fellows in that light And so against

  • The Satire Workshop

    Satire, to be worthy of its name, generalises, exaggerates and distorts. Because it relies on its immediate impact and addresses topical vices and abuses, satire can rely on persistence in its struggle against hypocrisy, pretence and

  • Pornography, politics or Hollywood hype?

    The People vs Larry FlyntDirected by Milos FormanScreenplay by Scott Alexander and Larry KaraszewskiNational release from February 20 Review by Jonathon Strauss A movie of a man crucified, figuratively, in the US, or an excuse for an orgy of soft

  • Poem: Gold card people

    Poem: Gold card people Gold card people Gold card people just live to buy Plastic people tag along for the ride Only real people earn free flybuys But working people just sweat and cry they serve the tables they pour the wine

  • Brunswick Music Festival

    Brunswick Music FestivalMELBOURNE — The eighth Brunswick Music Festival kicks off on February 28 with Festivals Australia Indigenous Sounds, a weekend dedicated to the indigenous music and culture of Australia. The event