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
Iraq: the unthinkable becomes normal
- 15 November 2004
Mainstream media speak as if Fallujah were populated only by foreign "insurgents". In fact, women and children are being slaughtered in our name
Politics
John Pilger denounces Americanism
- 01 November 2004
"Anti-Americanism" has long been a pejorative, used to denigrate critics of an imperial system. But it is the opposite, "Americanism", which threatens a war on the world
Books
John Pilger recommends
- 25 October 2004
From Oslo to Iraq and the Roadmap Edward Said Bloomsbury, 323 pp, £18.99 ISBN 0747573433 Wars of the 21st Century: new threats, new fears Ignacio Ramonet Ocean Books, 192pp, £11.99 Killing Hope: US military and CIA interventions since World War II William Blum Zed Books, 480pp, £12.99
Society
John Pilger cheers the islanders fighting dirty tricks
- 18 October 2004
More than 30 years ago, the British expelled the inhabitants of Diego Garcia so the US could establish a military base. Now the government's dirty tricks are being challenged in court
Society
John Pilger on why we ignored Iraq in the 1990s
- 04 October 2004
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Even before the 2003 war, we were attacking Iraqi civilians with our inhumane economic sanctions. Yet where were the media protesting against this injustice?
Society
John Pilger hears Blair echo Mussolini
- 20 September 2004
The terrorism of groups and individuals, however horrific, is tiny by comparison with that of states. But the media have no language to describe state terrorism
World Affairs
Not shining, but drowning
- 06 September 2004
In the 1990s, as India opened itself to global capital, its rulers said poverty would be eradicated. Now it is becoming clear that millions were casually betrayed by the privileged few who cashed in. Special report from John Pilger in Mumbai
Politics
The warlords of America
- 23 August 2004
Most of the US's recent wars were launched by Democratic presidents. Why expect better of Kerry? The debate between US liberals and conservatives is a fake; Bush may be the lesser evil. From John Pilger in Washington
Society
John Pilger pays tribute to the Aboriginal community
- 12 July 2004
Aboriginal children today have the same life expectancy as white children in 1900. Yet most Australians can't understand why there was an uprising in Sydney this year
