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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Politics
John Pilger laments the silence of the writers
- 10 November 2003
For the great writers of the 20th century, art could not be separated from politics. Today, there is a disturbing silence on the dark matters that should command our attention
Politics
The awakening of liberal England
- 13 October 2003
Ye are many, they are few. Millions have broken their customary silence to rescue the noble ideas of freedom and democracy from Tony Blair's diminishing court
Society
John Pilger finds Murdochism everywhere
- 29 September 2003
Reducing journalism to a branch of corporate and government public relations is the hidden agenda of the media deregulators, in Britain and America
Politics
John Pilger wants to put Blair in the dock
- 15 September 2003
While we are allowed to read internal e-mails in Whitehall, we can't see the traffic between Blair and Bush that would reveal the biggest lie of all
World Affairs
John Pilger investigates US plans for mini-nukes
- 18 August 2003
With the United States spoiling for further fights across the globe and prepared to consider the deployment of "mini-nukes", there is no doubt which is the greatest rogue state of all
Politics
War on truth
- 04 August 2003
The White House sets the tone and the media echo a line that celebrates the victimhood of the invader and the evil of the Iraqis. And then London takes its cue. By John Pilger in America
Politics
John Pilger insists that all governments lie
- 07 July 2003
Unless we apply the lesson "all governments are liars" to our own leaders, British fighter jets and chemical weapons technology will continue to wreck lives all over the world
Politics
Bush's Vietnam
- 23 June 2003
Once more, we hear that America is being "sucked into a quagmire". The rapacious adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan are going badly wrong
World Affairs
John Pilger argues that Britain supports terrorism
- 26 May 2003
The official version is that Britain's foreign policy is basically benevolent: that it promotes democracy, peace and human rights. The truth is that Britain supports terrorism, argues John Pilger
Politics
John Pilger remembers a courageous campaigner
- 12 May 2003
The tall, ruddy-faced man opened my door and said: "I'm Jim Howard. Where do I start?" So began the rescue of Cambodia, one of the biggest and boldest relief operations in history
