Ripping apart the fabric of history

One of the more pernicious developments of the post modern deconstruction of truth is how those in power subvert and fabricate historical 'facts', initially to position and then reinforce their ideologies. A major power centre has been established at the core of the Australian educational establishment, i.e. the schools and universities, and in the latter case particularly within the humanities where Gramsci's 'disciples' have ended their 'long march' and established an 'intellectual consensus'. Since the early 70's these disciples have been deconstructing truth in order to re-construct an alternative view of Australian history, fabricating facts to suit their ultimate agenda and they do it under the auspices of academic consensus, much like the ( thankfully rapidly dissolving) 'consensus' around anthropogenic global warming.
A few courageous individuals have stood against these egregious fabrications and they have done it by arguing from documented facts and scientific methodology as opposed to the ad hominem attacks made by a large percentage of those who claim the perceived moral authority of 'consensus'. These doughty few have established a beachhead of resistance to the lies and by using the www.  have made the facts widely available. I have been following the serialisation of Windshuttle's book on the fabrication of Australia's history on Quadrant and have just read John Izzard's review of the official rebuttal to this book.
Washout: On the Academic Response to the Fabrication of Aboriginal History (revised edition), by John Dawson; Macleay Press, 2010, 416 pages, $39.95.
It is well worth the read but concludes with a rather sobering thought:

"As Dawson points out, “What Attwood implies is that Reynolds should have stated proudly that his narratives were fabricated, which would have left revisionists [like Keith Windschuttle] nothing to expose.” Welcome to the academic world of Australian history! With the twenty essays of Whitewash to consider, and the new seven Epilogues to digest, the reader of the new edition of John Dawson’s Washout can only gasp at the utter nonsense and deception that high school and university students are being subjected to. Their courses should have warning labels attached. Those indulging in this sort of Orwellian mindset are winning the race, particularly in our education establishments, the media and in politics. We desperately need more Windschuttles and Dawsons." John Izzard, who lives in Tasmania, is a frequent contributor to Quadrant

As a teacher and one who has a vested interest in truth I believe that we owe it to both our current and future generations to contribute in any small way we can to an open and honest evaluation of the veracity of  truth claims  and to provide alternative perspectives where and when they are needed.