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

Results 41 to 50 of 290

Welcome to the first murdochracy

  • 11 March 2010
  • 5 comments

Rupert Murdoch's overweening power goes unchallenged in Australia, where all the main parties pay fealty to the media baron.

Listen to the heroes of Israel

  • 25 February 2010
  • 16 comments

The moral courage of Israeli dissidents.

Why the Oscars are a con

  • 11 February 2010
  • 26 comments

This year's Oscar nominations are a parade of propaganda and stereotypes.

The kidnapping of Haiti

  • 28 January 2010
  • 21 comments

With US troops in control of their country, the outlook for the people of Haiti is bleak

For Israel, a reckoning

  • 14 January 2010
  • 11 comments

A new global movement is challenging Israel's violations of international law with the same strategies that were used against apartheid

Welcome to Orwell’s world

  • 30 December 2009
  • 10 comments

Obama's lies over the Afghanistan war remind us of the lessons of Nineteen Eighty-Four

Iraq: the crime of the century

  • 10 December 2009
  • 12 comments

The purpose of the Chilcot inquiry is to normalise an epic crime by providing enough of a theatre of guilt to satisfy the media

Return to a secret country

  • 26 November 2009
  • 4 comments

Kevin Rudd's apology to the Aborigines has changed little. White Australia must offer its first people universal land rights and a proper share of resources

Let the bird of paradise go free

  • 12 November 2009
  • 1 comment

The theft of West Papua's mineral wealth must end. The province's courageous resistance movement deserves nothing less

The postal strike is our strike

  • 22 October 2009
  • 26 comments

New Labour has done its best to destroy the Post Office as a public institution. Postal workers deserve our solidarity

The interview

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

The interview

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

On Syria

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

GOP race so far

Infographic: Republican primary race 2012

Mind your B-sides

Mind your B-sides

Time to rethink

Time to rethink, not reassure

Who minds?

Latter Day Taint?

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling, the Miliband dilemma and what the party must do next
NewStatesman

Newsletter!
Enter your email address here to receive updates from the team
chronicle of protest
Vote!

Can the UK achieve it’s commitment to carbon reduction targets by 2020?

Suggest a question

View comments

© New Statesman 1913 - 2010