Newsletter date: 26 December 2013
Contents:
* John Pilger, The Stringer: John Pilger goes back to his homeland to investigate Australia's dirtiest secret
* JohnPilger.com : How to support the Aboriginal people in their struggle for justice
* Upcoming Australian screenings of John Pilger's documentary film, 'Utopia'
* WGAR News: Interview - John Pilger exposes Australia's shocking secret in Utopia: Australian Times (24 Nov 13)
* Respect and Listen: Utopia
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Trevor Stockley, Reconciliation Australia Blog: Yirrkala celebrates 40 years of bilingual education
* Background to the use of Aboriginal languages in NT schools
* Respect and Listen - Dismantling the Land Rights Act: Koori Mail - Elder in Fight for 'Cultural Survival' [Featuring Rosalie Kunoth-Monks]
* WGAR News: "Statement by Rev. Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM regarding MOUs on township 99 year leases" (11 Nov 13)
* WGAR News: Dismantling the Land Rights Act - 99 year leases: 'concerned Australians' & 'Respect and Listen' compilations (9 Dec 13)
* WGAR News: Coalition stirs the ghost of Jimmie Blacksmith: Tim Kroenert, Eureka Street [99-year leases] (19 Dec 13)
* JOHN PILGER, THE STRINGER: JOHN PILGER GOES BACK TO HIS HOMELAND TO INVESTIGATE AUSTRALIA'S DIRTIEST SECRET
- Analysis / Opinion
The Stringer: John Pilger goes back to his homeland to investigate Australia’s dirtiest secret
The Stringer: http://thestringer.com.au/john-pilger-goes-back-to-his-homeland-to-inves...
UTOPIA: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/blog/details/6491/mandela-is-gone-but-apar...
The Ecologist: http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2207822/down_where_aparth...
23 Dec 13: "In the late 1960s I was given an unusual assignment by the Mirror’s editor in chief, Hugh Cudlipp. I was to return to my homeland, Australia, and "discover what lies behind the sunny face". The Mirror had been an indefatigable campaigner against apartheid in South Africa, where I had reported from behind that "sunny face". As an Australian, I had been welcomed into this bastion of white supremacy. ... " John Pilger
"John Pilger's documentary, Utopia, was broadcast on ITV in Britain on 19 December at 10.35pm, and will be launched in Australia in January. For details, see http://www.utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/ "
* JOHNPILGER.COM : HOW TO SUPPORT THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE
- Take Action
JohnPilger.com : How to support the Aboriginal people in their struggle for justice
JohnPilger.com: http://johnpilger.com/
UTOPIA: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/blog/details/6492/how-to-support-the-abori...
"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 Tony Abbott, 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. ... I suggest you copy your message to the Australian press. John Pilger"
"The Hon. Tony Abbott, MP
Prime Minister
Parliament House
CANBERRA ACT 2600
Australia"
* UPCOMING AUSTRALIAN SCREENINGS OF JOHN PILGER'S DOCUMENTARY FILM, 'UTOPIA'
- Upcoming Events
All screenings of 'Utopia': http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/showings
Updated Event: 17 January 2014: Redfern, Sydney, NSW
John Pilger's documentary film, 'Utopia'
"A premiere in the Sydney indigenous community at Redfern Community Centre"
"Introduced by John Pilger and special guests"
"Utopia, John Pilger’s new film set for release (in the United Kingdom)
in November, examines the worsening oppression of Aboriginal
people in Australia." Paddy Gibson, an associate producer of Utopia
"John Pilger, the renowned investigative journalist and award winning
film maker, has recently completed a new film, Utopia, which deals
with the subjugation of the Aboriginal First Australians." Niall Mulholland
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/screenings/details/3126/9262
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/articles/a-new-john-pilger-film-utopia-is-now-show...
Event details: http://thestringer.com.au/john-pilger-utopia-launches-in-australia-in-ja...
'Utopia' film reviews: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/reviews & http://johnpilger.com/articles/utopia-reviews
All screenings of 'Utopia': http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/showings
WGAR Background to 'Utopia' film: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/23/wgar-news-interview-john-pilger-expos...
Updated Event: 21-23 January and on Australia Day, 26 January 2014: The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
John Pilger's documentary film, 'Utopia'
Australia launch at "Museum of Contemporary Arts (MCA) in Sydney"
"A special post-show conversation featuring John Pilger and a
number of Indigenous representatives from the film will follow
the 26 January Australia Day screening." MCA
"Discover Australia’s hidden past in this Australian premiere
of acclaimed journalist and filmmaker John Pilger’s major feature
documentary Utopia. Reaching behind Australia’s tourist postcard
image this film tracks political treatment of Indigenous Australians
- from land rights to the revisionists - revealing an untold
history of Australia." MCA
Event details: http://www.mca.com.au/events/john-pilgers-utopia-21-jan/8037/
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/articles/a-new-john-pilger-film-utopia-is-now-show...
Event details: http://thestringer.com.au/john-pilger-utopia-launches-in-australia-in-ja...
'Utopia' film reviews: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/reviews & http://johnpilger.com/articles/utopia-reviews
All screenings of 'Utopia': http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/showings
WGAR Background to 'Utopia' film: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/23/wgar-news-interview-john-pilger-expos...
New Event: 23 January 2014: Murdoch, WA
John Pilger's documentary film, 'Utopia'
"Screening to take place in the Kim Beazley Theatre, Murdoch University"
"Apartheid may have fallen in South Africa. But in Australia
John Pilger finds an equally cruel and pervasive racism against
the country's 'aboriginal' people." John Pilger, The Ecologist
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/screenings/details/3131/9284
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/
'Utopia' film reviews: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/reviews & http://johnpilger.com/articles/utopia-reviews
All screenings of 'Utopia': http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/showings
WGAR Background to 'Utopia' film: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/23/wgar-news-interview-john-pilger-expos...
Updated Event: 25 January 2014: Araluen, Alice Springs, NT
John Pilger's documentary film, 'Utopia'
"Utopia will be screened in Alice Springs at the Araluen Arts Centre"
"When I began filming this secret Australia 30 years ago,
a global campaign was under way to end apartheid in South Africa.
Having reported from South Africa, I was struck by the similarity
of white supremacy and the compliance and defensiveness of
liberals. Yet no international opprobrium, no boycotts, disturbed
the surface of "lucky" Australia." John Pilger, Guardian
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/screenings/details/3132/9269
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/articles/a-new-john-pilger-film-utopia-is-now-show...
Event details: http://thestringer.com.au/john-pilger-utopia-launches-in-australia-in-ja...
'Utopia' film reviews: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/reviews & http://johnpilger.com/articles/utopia-reviews
All screenings of 'Utopia': http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/showings
WGAR Background to 'Utopia' film: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/23/wgar-news-interview-john-pilger-expos...
New Event: Sun 26 January 2014: South Brisbane, Qld
John Pilger's documentary film, 'Utopia'
"Screening organised by the Brisbane Aboriginal Sovereign
Embassy and will follow the Invasion Day march."
Jagera Arts Centre
"Utopia is John Pilger's new feature documentary,
made for the cinema and ITV. Drawing on his long
association with the first people of Australia,
his homeland, Utopia is both an epic portrayal of the oldest
continuous human culture and an investigation into a suppressed
colonial past and rapacious present." Official Utopia website
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/screenings/details/3134/9260
Event details: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/
Event details: http://johnpilger.com/
'Utopia' film reviews: http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/reviews & http://johnpilger.com/articles/utopia-reviews
All screenings of 'Utopia': http://utopiajohnpilger.co.uk/showings
WGAR Background to 'Utopia' film: http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/23/wgar-news-interview-john-pilger-expos...
* WGAR NEWS: INTERVIEW - JOHN PILGER EXPOSES AUSTRALIA'S SHOCKING SECRET IN UTOPIA: AUSTRALIAN TIMES (24 NOV 13)
- Compilation
WGAR News: Interview - John Pilger exposes Australia's shocking secret in Utopia: Australian Times (24 Nov 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/23/wgar-news-interview-john-pilger-expos...
"Contents:
* Paddy Gibson, Socialist Worker: Utopia: The brutal theft of a continent goes on in Australia
* Australian Times: Interview - John Pilger exposes Australia's shocking secret in Utopia
* Niall Mulholland, from The Socialist: An interview with the maker of Utopia, John Pilger
* The Stringer: John Pilger - 'Utopia' - launches in Australia in January
* JohnPilger.com : "Utopia will be launched in Australia in January"
* JohnPilger.com : Utopia reviews
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention ... "
* RESPECT AND LISTEN: UTOPIA
- Compilation
Respect and Listen: Utopia
http://www.respectandlisten.org/miscellaneous/docos/utopia.html
* BACKGROUND TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (NT) INTERVENTION:
Last updated: 24 November 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/04/22/background-to-the-northern-territory-...
* TREVOR STOCKLEY, RECONCILIATION AUSTRALIA BLOG: YIRRKALA CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION
- Analysis / Opinion
Reconciliation Australia Blog: Yirrkala celebrates 40 years of bilingual education
http://www.reconciliation.org.au/blog/2013/11/yirrkala-celebrates-40-yea...
26 Nov 13: "The recent celebration of 40 years of bilingual education at Yirrkala was a strong display of Yolngu pride and recognition of Yolngu resistance to the domination of English language and culture in the education of their children. The celebration was a time for Yolngu to remember the insightful vision and strength of their Elders, but it was also an important marker in the continuing battle for Indigenous language rights in Australia. ... Through the vision and strength of the Yirrkala Elders and forty years of hard work the Yirrkala community (and Australia) now proudly have the Yirrkala Community Education Centre; a Yolngu bilingual and bicultural school, ... " By Trevor Stockley
"Trevor Stockley: Trevor is a Gumatj speaker and worked for 14 years at Yirrkala and Laynhapuy Homeland schools (NT), focusing on Yolngu control, the inclusion of Yolngu knowledge in a balanced curriculum, implementing Yolngu ways of working and community-based teacher training. He currently works in North Queensland as a specialist Aboriginal languages teacher and program writer for the Warrgamay and Gudjal language revival programs."
* BACKGROUND TO THE USE OF ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES IN NT SCHOOLS:
Last updated: 21 December 2013
http://indymedia.org.au/2012/05/05/background-to-the-use-of-aboriginal-l...
* RESPECT AND LISTEN - DISMANTLING THE LAND RIGHTS ACT: KOORI MAIL - ELDER IN FIGHT FOR 'CULTURAL SURVIVAL' [FEATURING ROSALIE KUNOTH-MONKS]
- News
Respect and Listen - Dismantling the Land Rights Act: Koori Mail - Elder in Fight for 'Cultural Survival'
[scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/land-rights/dismantling-...
4 Dec 13: "'I think every First Nations person should be concerned when we've fought so hard for land rights and now they're going to be taken back.' - Alyewarre Elder Rosalie Kunoth-Monks"
- Related News
Respect and Listen - Dismantling the Land Rights Act: Koori Mail - edition 565 - Gathering held in Canberra
[scroll down page] http://www.respectandlisten.org/nt-intervention/land-rights/dismantling-...
4 Dec 13: "... Regarding the proposed issuing of 99-year leases in the NT, the Sovereign Union supports the Alyewerre Nation and People's opposition to the threat of these leases over their land. ... "
* WGAR NEWS: "STATEMENT BY REV. DR DJINIYINI GONDARRA OAM REGARDING MOUS ON TOWNSHIP 99 YEAR LEASES" (11 NOV 13)
- Compilation
WGAR News: "Statement by Rev. Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM regarding MOUs on township 99 year leases" (11 Nov 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/11/10/wgar-news-statement-by-rev-dr-djiniyi...
* WGAR NEWS: DISMANTLING THE LAND RIGHTS ACT - 99 YEAR LEASES: 'CONCERNED AUSTRALIANS' & 'RESPECT AND LISTEN' COMPILATIONS (9 DEC 13)
- Compilation
WGAR News: Dismantling the Land Rights Act - 99 year leases: 'concerned Australians' & 'Respect and Listen' compilations (9 Dec 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/12/09/wgar-news-dismantling-the-land-rights...
* WGAR NEWS: COALITION STIRS THE GHOST OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH: TIM KROENERT, EUREKA STREET [99-YEAR LEASES] (19 DEC 13)
- Compilation
WGAR News: Coalition stirs the ghost of Jimmie Blacksmith: Tim Kroenert, Eureka Street [99-year leases] (19 Dec 13)
http://indymedia.org.au/2013/12/18/wgar-news-coalition-stirs-the-ghost-o...
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