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
Who's afraid of Michael Moore?
- 18 October 2007
- 51 comments
John Pilger argues the spirit and humanity of Moore's film-making shames the supine American media. Brian Cathcart on how good journalism can be both right and wrong plus Michael Moore: hero or villain?
Media
My last conversation with Aung San Suu Kyi
- 04 October 2007
- 5 comments
John Pilger recalls the last time he met with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Middle East
Unmentionable truths
- 06 September 2007
- 7 comments
Class allows us to connect the present with the past and to understand the malignancies of a modern economic system based on inequity and fear
Media
An important marker has been passed
- 23 August 2007
- 178 comments
Those calling for a boycott of Israel were once distant voices. Now the discussion has gone global. It is growing inexorably and will not be silenced.
Media
Good Ol' Bill, the liberal hero
- 09 August 2007
- 45 comments
Entering the "grotesquely paid presence" of Bill Clinton
World Affairs
"It never happened..."
- 26 July 2007
- 26 comments
Concealed during the Alan Johnston kidnap crisis was the fate of a Palestinian cameraman shot by the Israelis. The BBC, desperate to deny charges of "bias", refused to follow the story.
Middle East
Children of the dust
- 28 May 2007
- 30 comments
As the Israeli army attempts to imprison an entire nation, it is the youngest who suffer most. Half of all Palestinians killed in the past six years are children
Media
Another legacy, another myth
- 14 May 2007
- 5 comments
No wonder "Washington-besotted" Gordon Brown is attracted to the politics of the opportunist Robert Kennedy, writes John Pilger
