6/19/2023 0 Comments A Brutal Game by Stuart Rees![]() ![]() My great-great grandfather landed not far from here, on November 8th, 1821. Its an honour I cherish, because it comes from where I come from. Thank you all for coming tonight, and my thanks to the City of Sydney and especially to the Sydney Peace Foundation for awarding me the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize. ![]() You can watch the full speech below with an introduction by Professor Emeritus Stuart Rees. In a speech at the Sydney Opera House to mark his award of Australia's human rights prize, the Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger describes the "unique features" of a political silence in Australia: how it affects the national life of his homeland and the way Australians see the world and are manipulated by great power "which speaks through an invisible government of propaganda that subdues and limits our political imagination and ensures we are always at war - against our own first people and those seeking refuge, or in someone else's country". Breaking the great Australian silence 5 November 2009 ![]()
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