Brilliant, Pete ! Be very careful :)

As a former Marxist (if such is possible), I'm mindful of the shift in Marxist practice from organising for a proletarian revolution (revealed again and again to be a bit of a dead loss) to, following the advice of Gramsci, the 'march through the institutions', the corruption and undermining of any and all Western institutions and principles, by any means possible.

That might explain the Left's de facto support and apology for the most vile fascist practices of ISIS, since after all, they are not part of the West. And the constant dragging up of anything from the past which can put anything in the West into a bad light. Maybe, somewhere, there are courses in this sort of thing. What am I suggesting ?! Of course, there are, at every university, under the heading of 'cultural studies' etc.

Which is where Aboriginal Studies - to the extent that it's still being taught anywhere - has been used to play a role in a country like Australia (or New Zealand or Canada) where the boot can be well and truly sunk, with all manner of slurs and rumours and stories and outright lies. They all contribute to the hoped-for downfall of the West.

As a socialist, I certainly support the liberation of all people from oppression (including innocent people in the Middle East from ISIS fascism), of women from patriarchal societies, of workers from exploitation, and for a better world, through constant struggle certainly, but always above-board and with as few dirty tricks or lies as possible, if only because lies always come back to bite you.

So maybe we can understand the Bilger phenomenon in those terms: the willingness to suck up to anybody as long as they are anti-West. Gramsci would have been proud.

Joe

Hi Joe

Yep I agree with you.

The likes of James -- certainly have a strange stated liking of Putin because Putin (although a neo-fascist) is anti-West. My Enemy's Enemy is my Friend.

The Russian foreign policy song sheet also designates al Qaeda and IS as being Western created. Some loonies even say the Head of IS is a Jewish agent - sure :)

So OLO has many strange bedfellows. So-called Leftists whose views would be considered rightwing and anti-Semitic in any sober and democratic courtroom.

Cheers

Pete

Here we go again.
Responses to Pilger's articles are as predictable as his stance.

Many may disagree with his conclusions but how many of the arguments are based on incorrect facts from Pilger?

It seems to come down to some people simply living in denial and not wanting to know what is happening around them and challenging the way they prefer to see the world.

How many others are aware that The Intervention policy introduced was based on unsubstantiated lies from a member of then-Minister Mal Brough's staff masquerading as as somebody working in the aboriginal community?

Not many I think.

Now Andrew Bolt is publicly suggesting that the aboriginals were not even the continent's "first people" but exterminated some mysterious race of pygmies that were here when they arrived.

Pauline Hanson was promoting rumours of tribal cannibalism - something some were eager to hear and also promote.

Weren't those selective comments intended to create a manufactured scenario?

It never ends.

Not quite exterminated, the (smaller) Tasmanian aborigine still lives on in a few Tasman strait island communities!
Rhrosty.

And why would a family of vicious white racists ever adopt a black child?

Hi Wobbles,

If you could just name one of Bilger's 'truths', I'm sure many of us would be happy to rip the daylights out of it :)

Cheers,

Joe