Dear runner,

The following quote from an article by Milton Meltzer,
"Four Who Locked Horns with the Censor." Found in the
Wilson Library Bulletin, v.44, no.3. p.278-286.
May be of interest:

"Somebody in France wanted to put Voltaire
in jail. Somebody in Franco's Spain sent Lorca, their
greatest poet to death before a firing squad. Somebody in
Germany under Hitler burned the books, drove Thomas Mann
into exile, and led their Jewish scholars to the gas chamber.
Somebody in Greece long ago gave Socrates the hemlock to
drink. Somebody in the USSR banned Solzhenitsyn and Pasternak.
Somebody at Golgotha erected a cross and somebody drove the
nails into the hands of Christ. Somebody spat on his garments.
No one remembers their names".

Foxy
" The moment that the historian begins to look critically at -
motivation, circumstances, context, or any other such
considerations, the product becomes unacceptable for one
or another camp of readers."
um yes, indeed. Why do you say Russians are informed? Have you read about their internet censors?

Dear Nick,

According to history - there has always been
dissident movements in Russia, prior to and
during the Soviet regime. There have been authors,
journalists, and many individuals who have not
followed the Party-line. Hence many people have
been kept informed. I don't doubt that this is still
on-going today.

cont'd ...

People like journalist Masha Gessen write in both
Russian and English and keep people informed as does
the Russian newspaper - "Novaya Gazeta." People
will always be able to get information if they really want it.

hmm , Rossian people not happy about west democratica , it's too complex. Putin is strong man, good for strong power and defend nation.

'Ezhil' seems to be fixated on wild descriptions of dead people; we all know the 'musn't speak ill of the dead' palaver, and this nonsense is certainly used by poor quality historians. The latest example is the absolute rubbish written about the monster and murderer, Fidel Castro; we all know that Ned Kelly was not a folk hero: he was a rotten, cop-killing criminal. Only the gullible believe 'good press' on people from Mao to Churchill. It is the lies told about facts of history that are the problem for us.

One of the greatest historical liars of modern times is Henry Reynolds, with his 'invasion' theory of Australian settlement. The truth of such utter nonsense is to be found well before Reynolds, in actual anthropologists, not bum historians, who actually lived with Aborigines at the time of settlement,and up to and including the 1930s and 1940s.

Reynolds lies, eagerly grasped by modern Aboriginal elites and their Left, white lap-dogs, are the basis for the Recognition Referendum via which Australians are actually expected to hand over 60% of our continent to 3% of the population. Despite his waffle, Aborigines did not make 'war' on British colonisation; to the contrary, they took advantage of the easy living provided by the British and individual settlers because it was easier than the hunter-gatherer model. They never felt sovereignty for the land; they were not the first Australians, they were the first occupiers of a continent, not a nation, whose history started in 1770, and culminated in 1901 when the colonies merged into the nation of Australia. The claim that Aborigines were denied a vote, and ignored is also a lie. If this bulldust and treachery survives, Australia is finished.