tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-338385662024-03-13T09:48:59.248+11:00Togs's Place.Com.'John Tognolini has been a rare voice and witness for justice in Australia, chronicling the struggles of Indigenous Australians and veterans and the deceptions of power from behind the facades of a society that prefers not to know. I salute him.'
John Pilger
John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.comBlogger1557125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-89617029422508146312024-01-01T20:22:00.013+11:002024-02-25T21:44:33.522+11:00Vale John Pilger:Born October 9, 1939, Bondi, New South Wales, Australia-Died December 30, 2023, London, England, Brilliant Journalist & Filmaker:John Tognolini John Pilger 'Dear JohnHow nice to hear
from you and to know that you've re-launched your blog; we need you!…..all my
best to you
John Pilger.’
That was in April last year before I had a knee replacement. My rehab took my full attention for the best
part of six months. I was off work from teaching for six weeks. I was going to email
him today with the late relaunch of my blog&John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-81015419618741011712023-06-25T19:35:00.003+10:002024-01-01T08:26:18.070+11:00Shakespeare's The Tempest Epilougue performed by John TognoliniI had a full Left Knee Replacement on May 30th and was in hospital for seventeen days, six of them in the Intensive Care Unit. So here twenty-seven days later is my first Shakespearean Monologue with my new mechanical knee. EPILOGUE from the Tempest, spoken by Prospero. John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-22017777093845554142023-05-29T22:13:00.002+10:002023-05-29T22:13:15.719+10:00Honest Government Ad | Anti-Protest Law (SA)-Juice MediaThe Juice Media strike a blow again defending Australian's democratic rights that are under attack from both the ALP & LNP across the nation as they defend the Fossil Fuel Mafia, I shouldn't compare big oil and gas companies to the Mafia as destroy life on our planet. The Mafia has some ethics where as Big Oil & Gas and the politicians who support them don't. To see why the South John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-68135779724062062023-05-28T21:36:00.002+10:002023-05-28T22:44:08.053+10:00The incredible story of John Pilger - Whistleblower Talks by David McBrideJohn Pilger is a journalist and has made sixty one
films. He is a role model for me as a journalist and writer. David McBride is
an Australian whistleblower and former British Army major and Australian Army
lawyer. From 2014 to 2016 McBride provided the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation with information about war crimes committed by Australian soldiers
in Afghanistan. The ABC broadcast details John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-41271562893954286332023-05-28T16:47:00.003+10:002023-05-28T16:47:51.354+10:00Henry Kissinger is 100 and still free, somehow | The Mehdi Hasan ShowFor anyone that believes the the US is benevolent Superpower how come Henry Kissenger is not on trial for crimes against Humanity. Mehdi Hasan puts forward that question in detail, a powerful little seven & half minutes that is indeed worth checking out so click on the blue. John/Togs TognoliniThis weekend is Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday. To celebrate, Mehdi Hasan says, “I want to talk John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-58222399132946801442023-05-14T12:45:00.004+10:002023-05-14T12:45:44.079+10:00Industrial Workers in Australia Are Leading the Fight Against War AN INTERVIEW WITH ARTHUR RORRIS BY CHRIS DITE
On May Day, thousands of workers from in and around the
industrial trading city of Port Kembla in New South Wales (NSW) rallied against
the AUKUS deal. AUKUS will see Australia procure nuclear-powered submarines
from the United States, and is designed to counter the rise of China as a
global power. To date, this was the biggest demonstration against the pact held
anywhere in the world.
John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-75882045794771578242023-05-13T09:27:00.003+10:002023-05-13T10:24:43.113+10:00War profiteers: Morrison, Sinodinos feed at trough of pro-war organisations By Robert BarwickAfter leading a government that trashed Australia’s relationship with China, Scott Morrison and Arthur Sinodinos have joined Kurt Campbell’s US influence network cashing in on war talk.[WITH AN URGENT NOTICE AT THE END FOR A CHANCE TO MOBILISE AGAINST AUKUS].At his 15 March 2023 appearance at the National Press Club, the media challenged former Prime Minister Paul Keating on whether his financialJohn/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-4060385711271160982023-05-08T16:16:00.000+10:002023-05-08T16:16:03.917+10:00A Kingly proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III By Julian Assange To His Majesty King Charles III,On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to you to commemorate this momentous occasion by visiting your very own kingdom within a kingdom: His Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh.You will no doubt recall the wise words of a renowned playwright: “The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-4878440374789957222023-05-07T18:31:00.000+10:002023-05-07T18:31:10.687+10:00Honest Government Ad | Reserve Bank of Australia-thejuicemediaThe juicemedia does not hold back giving it to the Reserve Bank and both the major politicial parties, check out their latest wrap on Youtube, click on the blue John Tognolini The Reserve Bank of Australia has made an ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-51505509582608666642023-05-07T18:05:00.000+10:002023-05-07T18:05:41.972+10:00No one left behind? Will Albo raise the rate? Swollen Pickles Another great Youtube Wrap Up by Swollen Pickles, Click on the blue and check it out. John Tognolini. Interesting week with the Budget a few days a way the Government are drip feeding some announcements. This included the drop that the Government were likely to raise the jobseeker rate for the over 55's. No doubt this was designed to test the temperature in the room - could they get John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-66713977770325458212023-05-04T18:55:00.000+10:002023-05-04T18:55:31.147+10:00Former British Soldier Joe Glenton EXPOSES King Charles Former soldier and author (pictured) Joe Glenton, 'People all over the land are preparing for the king's coronation and the King'John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-742060861007111142023-05-03T20:27:00.002+10:002023-05-03T20:27:15.822+10:00Throwing fuel on the fire-The West Report Another excellent piece of journalism by Michael West on Australia's Fossil Fuel Industry and the ALP's relationship with them. Timely as Fracking is given the Green Light in the Top End by Northern Territory ALP.John TognoliniJohn/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-87986205862393879482023-05-03T10:45:00.005+10:002023-05-03T10:45:51.757+10:00The coming war: Time to speak up By John PilgerSilences filled with a consensus of propaganda contaminate almost everything we read, see and hear. War by media is now a key task of so-called mainstream journalism.In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on “the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers and journalists” to discuss theJohn/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-52755563420783374682023-05-01T19:51:00.001+10:002023-05-01T19:52:22.195+10:00The Monroe Doctrine, Revisited: How 200 Years of U.S. Policy Have Helped to Destabilize the Americas- Democracy Now!This weekend, Democracy Now! co-host Juan González gives the opening plenary at American University's one-day conference, "Burying 200 Years of the U.S. Monroe Doctrine," marking 200 years since the Monroe Doctrine, the foreign policy directive from President James Monroe that effectively declared all of Latin America a U.S. sphere of influence. For the past two centuries, the Monroe Doctrine hasJohn/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-27668160796555753362023-04-29T17:58:00.003+10:002023-04-29T17:58:20.703+10:00How Harry Belafonte Subsidized The Civil Rights Movement-The Katie Halper ShowHarry Belafonte & Fidel CastroGerald Horned explains the importance of Harry Belafonte to the Civil Rights movement in America. Gerald Horne holds the Moores Professorship of History and African American Studies at The University of Houston. His research has addressed issues of race in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights and war. He is the author of over forty John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-63866086789864578042023-04-27T17:14:00.003+10:002023-04-27T17:14:31.497+10:00Australia Pays Washington Swamp Monsters For War Advice by CAITLIN JOHNSTONE Australia has been paying insiders of the US war machine for consultation on how to run the nation's military, a massive conflict of interest given that Washington has been grooming Australia for a role in its war agendas against China.In an article titled "Retired US admirals charging Australian taxpayers thousands of dollars per day as defence consultants," the ABC reports that John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-57363123568256780012023-04-25T23:12:00.000+10:002023-04-25T23:12:23.118+10:00One Family Anzac Story by John TognoliniThis
is an Anzac Day story of two family members who both died in France in two
different wars.
My
Uncle Henry Phillips was stretcher bearer on the Western Front, France and
Belgium. Also serving there were his brothers Stephen, Andrew, who were both
Gallipoli Veterans and Jack/John Tognolini. Jack/John Tognolini was killed on
the fourth Anzac Day at the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux. He was was John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-58010186786054834102023-04-25T22:26:00.006+10:002023-04-25T22:26:46.440+10:00Senator Lidia Thorpe interview with Tom TanukiLidia ThorpeAustralia's political and media spaces rarely require Senator Lidia Thorpe's input on her various 'scandals' of 2023.... so here's an exclusive chat with Lidia to set some facts straight. We get into her political positions, such as her specific objections to the Voice to Parliament... and discuss why politicians & journalists are so hell-bent on pearl-clutching over Lidia John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-22070408007741502772023-04-24T23:00:00.004+10:002023-04-24T23:11:49.862+10:00Here's what the experts have to say on the Coalitions Voice talking points-Swollen Pickleshttps://wAfter an intense couple of weeks full of disingenuous talking points and straw man arguments, thanks to the release of the Solicitor-General's advice we are now in a far better position to filter out fact from fiction, and when it comes to the Coalition talking points, well... there's been a lot of fiction. John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-87108839525850934702023-04-21T20:25:00.000+10:002023-04-21T20:25:13.899+10:00IS THIS A DAGGER: Macbeth by William Shakespeare-John TognoliniI was sixteen when I saw Macbeth with Roman Polanski's 1971 film Macbeth in a cinema in Footscray, in Melbourne, on an excursion with Brunswick High School in 1975. I was in Form Five today's Year Eleven. It was the first time I was exposed to Shakespeare. Reading Mad about Shakespeare: From Classroom to Theatre to Emergency Room by Jonathan Bate. I found out that Bate was only 16 when he saw itJohn/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-53223246421338080972023-04-21T16:04:00.005+10:002023-04-21T20:06:50.006+10:00America SCAMS Australia by Friendly Jordies Jordan Shanks Getting Stuck Into AUKUS & Nuclear Subs But Also US Interference In Australia.I agree with a lot of what he says including joining your union, but disagree about joining the ALP. By the way I'm in the Greens.John TognoliniJohn/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-58832298899995528842023-04-21T12:41:00.002+10:002023-04-21T12:55:07.471+10:00Dutton's visit to the Alice: The Coalitions 'No' Show rolls in to town-Swollen PicklesWhen the Oppositions No Show rolled in to Alice Springs veteran Peter Dutton watchers probably had a fair idea of what to expect. Under the guise of concern, Dutton decided he'd take the opportunity to launch his 'No' campaign. This video looking at Peter Dutton and Jacinta Price's Alice Springs tour ended up being longer - and probably less coherent! - than I intended when I started out. If John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-25118278585194180442023-04-21T12:20:00.000+10:002023-04-21T12:20:13.532+10:00John Pilger’s Guide To Propaganda: The Katie Halper ShowJohn PilgerKatie HalperJohn Pilger has written dozens of books, including Heroes, Hidden Agendas, and Freedom Next Time. He's made over 60 documentaries, including Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny, Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back, The War You Don't See, The Coming War on China. He has appeared as a contributor on BBC Television Australia, BBCJohn/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-38902187756629559052023-04-19T16:46:00.000+10:002023-04-19T16:46:13.300+10:00 This Week on the Katie Halper Show: How To Blow Up A Pipeline + Fight Climate Change In Puerto Rico Katie Halper Katie interviews Daniel Goldhaber, Jordan Sjol & Daniel Garber the director, writer & editor of the film HOW TO John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33838566.post-75199620643312176252023-04-17T22:16:00.002+10:002023-04-17T22:16:21.315+10:00Never before has a Labor Government been so bereft of policy ambition By Paul KeatingIn facing the great challenge of our time, a super-state resident in continental Asia and an itinerant naval power seeking to maintain primacy – the foreign minister was unable to nominate a single piece of strategic statecraft by Australia that would attempt a solution for both powers.Paul Keating’s response to Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s speech at the National Press Club, 17 April 2023.I John/Togs Tognolinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01991679381033314236noreply@blogger.com0