In an investigation for the Guardian, John Pilger expands the evidence in his new film, ‘Utopia’, to reveal the scandal of a second Stolen Generation.
The forgotten coup – and how the godfather rules from Canberra to Kiev
John Pilger describes how the upheaval in the Ukraine is no different, in principle, from other US-engineered coups, including the least known of all – in Australia.
‘Good’ and ‘bad’ war – and the struggle of memory against forgetting
John Pilger describes how historical memory and investigation have rescued a ‘forgotten’ war with significance for us all.
The accessories to war crimes are those paid to keep the record straight
John Pilger describes his experience with the BBC’s top-rating Today programme and how the truth about Iraq had to be ‘countered’.
It’s the other Oscars – and yet again the winner slips away
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger steals a march on the Oscars with the ‘celebrity Oscars’ – ‘those whose ubiquitous self promotion demands recognition’.
Is media just another word for control?
John Pilger describes censorship in ‘free societies’ on a special edition of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme guest-edited by artist and musician PJ Harvey.
In India, a spectre for us all, and a resistance coming
John Pilger reports from India on the illusions of an economic experiment as brutal as Pinochet’s Chile, and a resistance building.
How to support the Aboriginal people in their struggle for justice
The public response to the broadcast of Utopia on the ITV Network has been widespread across the UK. Many people have asked what they can do to support Aboriginal people in their struggle for justice.
I recommend that people write to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, calling on him to start, without delay, negotiations for a fully constituted Treaty between the Commonwealth of Australia and all the First Nations of Australia. This would included long overdue restitution and universal land rights.
The Hon. Malcolm Turnbull, MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Australia
I suggest you copy your message to the Australian press.
Watch this video by ‘concerned Australians’ calling for a Treaty with Australia’s First People.
Please consider donating, or supporting the campaign initiatives from the following organisations:
Grandmothers Against Removals
http://stopstolengenerations.com.au
A growing national network led by Aboriginal grandmothers campaigning for an end to the forced removal of Aboriginal children
Culture is Life
The rate of youth suicide in Indigenous Australia is now the highest in the world. Indigenous Elders are calling for support to help them heal their communities. This is their campaign.
The Intervention Rollback Action Group
http://rollbacktheintervention.wordpress.com
Campaign group in Alice Springs organising public meetings and protests to end the NT Intervention and win self-determination for Aboriginal people.
Mandela is gone, but apartheid is alive and well in Australia
In the late 1960s, I was given an usual assignment by the London Daily Mirror’s editor in chief, Hugh Cudlipp. I was to return to my homeland, Australia, and “discover what lies behind the sunny face”.
The prison that is Bangladesh
Once Moudud Ahmed defended the country’s independence leader, but now he is sick and in jail as the prime minister cracks down on opposition ahead of January’s national elections.
