John Pilger

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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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

John Pilger sees Israel denying its past

  • 03 June 2002
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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

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

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

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

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

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

Journalism in Australia has a courageous history, but Murdochism has turned it into a disgrace

  • 25 February 2002

The New Statesman Special Report - At war with refugees

  • 28 January 2002

Few asylum-seekers actually reach Australia's shores, and if they do, their treatment beggars belief

Blair's meeting with Arafat served to disguise his support for Sharon and the Zionist project

  • 14 January 2002

Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

Sheryl Sandberg: Facebook’s $1.6bn woman

A witch-hunt?

A witch-hunt against the Sun?

Osborne's woes

Osborne hoisted with his own petard

Marr's monarchism

Enough of this royal deference

The interview

Preview: Ken Livingstone: “The world is run by monsters”

On Syria

Intervention in Syria won’t work, so how do we stop Assad?

The interview

Preview: Boris Johnson: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap”

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012
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