Mark Aarons
Mark Aarons | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 25, 1951 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Author, journalist, political advisor |
| Known for | Political advisor to New South Wales Premier Bob Carr; ABC radio documentary series Nazis in Australia |
Mark Aarons (born 25 December 1951) is an Australian author and journalist, recognized for his role as a political advisor to New South Wales Premier Bob Carr.
Biography
Aarons was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and spent his formative years in Sydney. He completed his education at Fairfield Boys High School and North Sydney Boys High School. He is the son of the late Laurie Aarons, who formerly served as secretary of the Communist Party of Australia. Mark himself was affiliated with the party between 1969 and 1978, taking on responsibilities as a Young Communist organizer in 1977.
His engagement in activism started during his high school years in the mid-1960s, where he played a key role in coordinating demonstrations opposing the Vietnam War. In 1986, Aarons produced the ABC radio documentary series Nazis in Australia, which prompted a governmental investigation into war criminals and contributed to the creation of the Special Investigations Unit.
Aarons contends that atrocities committed by Western-supported right-wing authoritarian governments are on par with those perpetrated by Communist regimes. He references incidents such as the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 and South America's Operation Condor as examples.
Bibliography
- Ratlines: How the Vatican's Nazi networks betrayed Western intelligence to the Soviets, co-authored with John Loftus, William Heinemann, 1991
- Unholy Trinity: How the Vatican's Nazi networks betrayed Western intelligence to the Soviets, with John Loftus, St. Martin's Press, 1992
- East Timor: A Western Made Tragedy, Left Book Club, Sydney, 1992
- The Secret War Against the Jews: How Western Espionage Betrayed the Jewish People, co-written with John Loftus, St. Martin's Press, 1994
- War Criminals Welcome: Australia, a Sanctuary for War Criminals Since 1945, Black Inc., Melbourne, 2001
- The Nation Reviewed: Hideout, published in The Monthly, March 2009
- The Family File, Black Inc., Melbourne, 2010
- The Family File: ASIO, the Archives and the Aarons Family, featured in Memento magazine, National Archives of Australia, 2010
- The Hollowmen, appearing in The Monthly, August 2010
- The Show: Another Side of Santamaria's Movement, co-authored with John Grenville, Scribe Publications, 2017
External links
- Dynasties, a broadcast program from January 2006 detailing Aarons and his family's background