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The politics behind the carbuncles

Inventing Mark Twain: The Lives of Samuel Langhorne ClemensBy Andrew HoffmanWeidenfeld & Nicolson1997, 572 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Mark Twain is often regarded as a simple humorist and writer of children's books about growing

In brief

In brief By Barry Healy BP backs off Energy conglomerate British Petroleum has backed off from legal attempts to seize the bank accounts of UK Greenpeace. On August 21, BP dropped court actions against Greenpeace for its campaign

'Educational elitism' in the Philippines

'Educational elitism' in the Philippines By Lachlan Malloch SYDNEY = Arnel Casanova spoke on the struggle against privatisation of education in the Philippines at Macquarie University on September 11. Casanova is a left-wing member of the

Indigenous and non-indigenous artistry

Preview by Lynda Hansen The Marrugeku Company was created specifically to produce Mimi in which performers from the Stalker Theatre Company, indigenous dancers and musicians from Western Australia, and Aboriginal dancers, musicians and painters

Action updates

Action for native title BRISBANE — A branch of Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) was launched here on August 31. Fifty people gathered at Kangaroo Point to hear speakers stress the need to defeat the Howard

Brutal reaction to student sit-in

Brutal reaction to student sit-in By Will Williams CANBERRA — On September 11, after an Australian National University student general meeting, a small group of students held a brief, peaceful sit-in in the university chancellery.

Push media — whether you want it or not

Very soon every purchaser of a new Windows-based computer will have Rupert Murdoch and Kerry Packer's world view delivered right into their homes without even having to remember to subscribe. It's no fuss, no mess, no choice news on-line. Every

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne

... and ain't i a woman?: Decriminalise prostitution

Decriminalise prostitution Debates surrounding brothels in two Sydney suburbs raise, once again, the question of feminists' perspective on prostitution. Earlier this year a brothel which has operated in Liverpool Street for five

Sydney Uni left organises for elections

By Wendy Robertson SYDNEY — The left's campaign for the Sydney University SRC reflects the diverse issues that have impacted on the student population. This year the left is planning to run with more explicit left-wing politics; it also plans

Anti-racism seminar discusses strategy

By Chris Spindler Seventy people attended a fascinating seminar on the origins and nature of racism, and how to fight it, held at the Resistance Centre in Sydney on September 9. The talks presented generated a lot of discussion, in particular a

If you like country music

Doing Time for Patsy ClineStarring Matt Day, Miranda Otto and Richard RoxburghWritten, directed and produced, with John Winter, by Chris KennedyOpening nationally in Dendy cinemas on September 25 Preview by Jennifer Thompson This film opens, and