Articles from Arena Magazine (August 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A classic cult of virtuosity: the Sydney International Piano competition exemplifies a decline in Australia's musical culture.	Cooper, Simon		1727
A golden cage: detention centres are being replaced by an equally appalling form of incarceration with the aim of dampening community concerns.	Nettle, Kerry		1053
Crisis in Darfur: the political manoeuvres of Sudanese militias, backed by the government, have coalesced in a genocide that has so far claimed thousands of lives.	Dorward, David		1327
Dobbing in an atmosphere bludger.	O'Reilly, Brendan		551
From disability to minority: hearing people are always keen to give deaf people the 'gift' of hearing, but who says they need to be 'cured'?	Uniacke, Michael		3529
Gerry Harant on the politics of filmmaking.	Harant, Gerry	Book Review	819
Greenland's 25 years of indigenous self-rule.	Jull, Peter		953
In defence of Michael Moore: the vilification of filmmaker Michael Moore as a propagandist seems absurd in the context of a war based on lies.	Holding, Peter		1143
In the public interest? A critical look at public-private partnerships in Australia shows that we are travelling down a hazardous road and should be seeking alternatives.	Stilwell, Frank; Jordan, Kirrily		2921
Multiculturalism: difference and/or social cohesion? Mark Latham's recent statements reflect the gap between perception and policy on the substance of Australia's multiculturalism.	Soutphommasane, Tim		3040
Olympic depths.	Rundle, Guy		728
Poem to a Thief.	Goodfellow, Geoff	Poem	121
Polite conversation.	O'Donnell, Anthony		774
Presidents shine in the light of history.	Gook, Ben		364
Prometheus unhinged: Iraq, the ethics of military intervention and the politics of the new century.	Rundle, Guy		1570
Restoring sanity in South Asia: India and Pakistan's moves towards a peaceful solution offer economic opportunities for one of the world's poorest regions.	Ali, Syed Mohammad		1563
Saints or communists? The threat to non-government organisations in Australia represents a threat to our national democracy.	Lewis, C.S.		2856
Shane Hopkinson on the struggle between commodification and collaboration.	Hopkinson, Shane	Book Review	1396
Sincerely, L. Cohen: through the works of Leonard Cohen we are reminded of a kind of humanity too often forgotten in modern existence.	Smith, Pia	Sound Recording Review	2774
Susan Hawthorne on the social and environmental impact of globalisation.	Hawthorne, Susan	Book Review	1891
The belly-dancer at the wedding: in Egypt the unusual love--hate relationship with belly-dancing persists amid a conservative culture of veiled women and virgin weddings.	Lababidi, Yahia		1348
The next step in the 'business as usual' approach to saving the planet: the Howard Government's investment in geosequestration is yet another way of justifying its continued inaction on climate change.	Walker, Cam		801
They F*** you up: an interview with Oliver James: British psychologist and author Oliver James discusses the political implications of evolutionary psychology.		Interview	2001
Welfare dependency: the need for a historical critique: understanding the social origins and developments of 'dependency' can help to destigmatise welfare recipients.	Blunden, Andy		4120
Who's talking to who?	Goswell, Angus		583