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Didgeridoo Concerto

Didgeridoo Concerto Didgeridoo Concerto Ellipsis Arts Reviewed by Francesca Davidson Didgeridoo Concerto is an impressive 51 minutes of solo didgeridoo playing by musician Mark Atkins — reputedly Australia's leading Aboriginal

Three intellectuals of the left

Representations of the Intellectual: The 1993 Reith Lectures By Edward W. Said Vintage, 1994. 90 pp., $12.95 (pb) Styles of Radical Will By Susan Sontag Vintage, 1994. 274 pp., $12.95 (pb) Revolutionaries: Contemporary Essays By

Pilger calls for escalation of East Timor campaign

By Pip Hinman SYDNEY — "Australians can be made to understand the problem with trading with Indonesia's genocidal generals", renowned author and film maker John Pilger told a 450-strong meeting here on December 2. "Trade is not the holy grail,

Colouring human relationships

Three Colours: Red Directed by Krysztof Kieslowski Starring Irene Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant Reviewed by Vannessa Hearman and Karl Miller The trilogy Blue, White and Red deals with the themes of liberty, equality and fraternity,

Melbourne Workers Theatre funding slashed

By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — A fortnight prior to the state government's "Arts 21" package being unveiled on November 23, the Melbourne Workers Theatre had its funding cut by $20,000. Arts 21 is the Kennett government's policy supposedly

Does public education have a future?

By Adam Hanieh Australian education is presently undergoing some dramatic changes that will profoundly affect the type of education we receive and its role in Australian society. They are integrally related to the direction of the Australian

NSW bills target young people

By Rebecca Collerson SYDNEY — A new bill, and proposed changes to others, as part of the NSW Liberal government's law and order campaign have been diluted following pressure from the public. However, police powers regarding young people and

Shearers oppose union sell-out

Shearers oppose union sell-out By Dave Wright and Ray Fulcher BALLARAT — The breakaway Shearers and Rural Workers Union (SRWU) is angry over the proposed award restructuring deal the right-wing AWU-FIME is set to conclude with the

Melanesian women speak out about choice

By Pip Hinman SYDNEY — For both Junilyn Pikacha, from the Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association, and Geraldine Maibani-Michie, from the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Papua New Guinea, women's rights are

Pulping fiction (and somebody's head)

Pulp Fiction Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino Reviewed by Zanny Begg Pulp Fiction is an amoral film. It's a film full of violence. A young black boy's head is blown off in the back of a car. A boxer kills his opponent in the ring.

Conference calls for a just new world order

By Pip Hinman KUALA LUMPUR — "In search of a just world order" was the title and theme of a three-day international conference held here from November 18. Sponsored by the non-government organisation the Jamahir Society for Culture and

Indonesian unionist in Australia

DITA SARI, the general secretary of the Centre for Indonesian Working Class Struggle (PPBI), is completing a visit to Australia to attend the Indian Ocean Trade Union Conference in Perth and to address several public meetings, including the December