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
In the freest press on earth, humanity is reported in terms of its usefulness to US power
- 19 February 2001
Society
Fascism today is not just skinheads and an Austrian political thug. There is also a geopolitical fascism, led by the US
- 05 February 2001
Politics
Iraq: the great cover-up
- 22 January 2001
Most victims of depleted uranium are not soldiers, but civilians, many of them children. John Pilgerreports on what one doctor calls "another Hiroshima"
Society
When the international court to judge crimes against humanity is set up, the Peter Hains of this world beware
- 08 January 2001
Society
US foreign policy has not changed since Vietnam and, potentially, it is more dangerous than ever
- 25 December 2000
Society
Australia ignores the plight of the East Timorese, but keeps a watchful eye on their oil and gas
- 11 December 2000
Society
The price of Vietnam being allowed to come out of isolation was the destruction of its health services
- 27 November 2000
Society
When the state and its vested interests are guilty of killing, those responsible are covered in a protective fog
- 13 November 2000
Society
The west has its reasons for validating Israel's violence; human rights are not an issue
- 30 October 2000
