Last Updated on August 3, 2018
In this interview, Julian Assange talks about Wikileaks‘ role in opening up space for investigative journalism, whistleblowers and dissidents in the info war against the enterprise of war. By documenting the evidence of the history of war and the collateral murder of civilians as routine slaughter, Wikileaks, says Assange, uses transparency as a tool to seek justice for the abused.
While Intercontinental Cry is no Wikileaks, it, too, seeks justice for the abused. Using a news magazine format where Indigenous activists, scholars and reporters can tell these stories often censored by governments and mainstream media, IC also uses the tool of transparency. As a unique resource for the Indigenous movement, the archived testimonies in print and video here likewise become a documentation of history in the making.
By opening up space for Indigenous peoples to tell their stories without intermediaries, IC fills the void left vacant by the lack of investigative journalism and the inherent bias of mainstream media. Given the dominant assumptions about the sanctity of the state, and the widespread inability to imagine a world where corporations don’t control every aspect of our lives, magazines like Intercontinental Cry remain a vital component of communication for change.
Across the world right now, Indigenous peoples are facing a renewed assault on their lands, rights, and ways of life.
From extractive industries pushing deeper into ancestral territories, to governments rolling back hard-won protections,
the threat is global—and it is growing.
What makes this moment especially dangerous is how little attention it receives.
Stories like this are disappearing in real time. Mainstream media
barely covers it and the coverage is fragmented. The public is left without the context
needed to understand what is truly at stake.
That is exactly why IC Magazine exists..
For more than 20 years, IC has reported on Indigenous struggles worldwide — consistently, independently, and without compromise.
We don’t follow news cycles; we trace patterns. We don’t sensationalize; we provide context.
And when the world looks away, we stay focused.
But this work is increasingly difficult to sustain.
We refuse to lock our reporting behind a paywall. We don’t sell access through subscriptions.
And we don’t answer to advertisers. IC Magazine survives solely because readers like you choose to
support independent Indigenous journalism.
Please donate today if you can. Every contribution helps us to continue this crucial work.
Thank you,
John Ahni Schertow
Founder and Editor in Chief
