John Pilger – Sydney Peace Prize lecture
Last month Australian journalist John Pilger, recipient of the 2009 City of Sydney Peace Prize, delivered his prize address, The Great Australian Silence (transcript). Pilger focuses here on issues of … Continue reading
Medea Benjamin on the Gaza Freedom March
As the end of the year approaches, mobilisation for the New Year’s Gaza Freedom March is gearing up. Here is an innovative action where hundreds of supporters around the world … Continue reading
A Museum of Intolerance in Jerusalem
An excellent address by Saree Makdisi who was in Australia recently as the 2009 recipient of the Adelaide-based Edward Said Memorial Lecture (there is also a US-based Edward Said Memorial … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Empire of Illusion
Author and journalist Chris Hedges discusses his new book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle, which describes what he considers to be the economic, … Continue reading
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