John Pilger
John Pilger, renowned investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, is one of only two to have twice won British journalism's top award; his documentaries have won academy awards in both the UK and the US. In a New Statesman survey of the 50 heroes of our time, Pilger came fourth behind Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela. "John Pilger," wrote Harold Pinter, "unearths, with steely attention facts, the filthy truth. I salute him."
Articles by John Pilger
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World Affairs
Back to the point of departure
- 25 June 2009
Journeys that once took weeks can now be completed in a day. But every so often a tragedy reminds you just how vast our world is
Politics
Smile on the face of the tiger
- 11 June 2009
- 20 comments
Obama’s speech in Cairo on the Middle East peace process was seductive, but its content was as morally bankrupt as any of Bush’s spiels
UK Politics
The depth of corruption
- 28 May 2009
- 3 comments
Tales of tax evasion and phantom mortgages conceal a more profound venality in our political monoculture
Asia
Distant voices, desperate lives
- 14 May 2009
- 11 comments
History teaches us that when no one listens, tragedy ensues. Sri Lanka’s Tamils face terrible suffering. They urgently need to be heard
North America
The Madmen did well
- 30 April 2009
- 10 comments
The first 100 days of Barack Obama’s presidency have shown him to be a marketing exec’s dream, a Marlboro Man for the Noughties – and little else
Australasia
The reds are revolting
- 16 April 2009
- 2 comments
My affair with the red wines of Australia lasted long after I left its shores. Our love was ruined by the industry’s greed for ever bigger global markets
Religion
Fake faith and epic crimes
- 02 April 2009
- 9 comments
The Brussels War Crimes Tribunal and the newly established Blair War Crimes Foundation are building a case for the former British prime minister’s prosecution
International Politics
War comes back home
- 05 March 2009
- 9 comments
As the colonial crimes in Algeria, Vietnam and Afghanistan blew back to their perpetrators, so the effects of western cynicism in Iraq and Afghanistan return
Film
Sticking to the script
- 19 February 2009
- 15 comments
During the Cold War, Hollywood's anti-Soviet message was loud and clear. Today, the film industry is more likely to censor by omission
North America
The politics of bollocks
- 05 February 2009
- 102 comments
Supporters of the new US president refuse to admit that the "man of change" is, in fact, changing very little. It's time the Obama lovers grew up
