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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Society
John Pilger on a not-so-free press
- 15 July 2002
"Freedom of the press" is a phrase that sounds well. But in the world of George W Bush and Enron, freedom is not meant to be that free
Society
John Pilger on Israel and the media
- 01 July 2002
If you got your news only from the television, you would have no idea of the roots of the Middle East conflict, or that the Palestinians are victims of an illegal military occupation. John Pilger reports
Society
John Pilger takes on Martin Amis
- 17 June 2002
Martin Amis represents a problem: that some of the most acclaimed and privileged writers in the English language fail to engage with the most urgent issues of our time
World Affairs
John Pilger sees Israel denying its past
- 03 June 2002
Ethnic cleansing attended the birth of Israel but, more than 50 years later, the country is still in denial about its bloody past. Those who speak out risk their jobs
Politics
John Pilger on Clare Short's treatment of Ghana
- 06 May 2002
Clare Short's true commitment is to western capital. In Ghana, her department has made aid money conditional on the privatisation of water
World Affairs
The response of Britain's media to the conspiracy in Venezuela provided an object lesson in how censorship works in free societies. The episode was a journalistic disgrace
- 29 April 2002
World Affairs
What about Hollywood making a film called Operation Cyclone, telling how the CIA trained Islamic terrorists and starring Bruce Willis as Bush?
- 08 April 2002
World Affairs
Should we go to war against these children?
- 25 March 2002
A compliant press is preparing the ground for an all-out attack on Iraq. It never mentions the victims: the young, the old and the vulnerable
Politics
He has won two elections, and he has made a start on relieving poverty. So now the US wants to get rid of Venezuela's president
- 11 March 2002
World Affairs
Journalism in Australia has a courageous history, but Murdochism has turned it into a disgrace
- 25 February 2002
