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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War is peace, ignorance is strength

  • 15 October 2009
  • 10 comments

Obama, the man of peace, is planning another war to add to his impressive record

Iran’s nuclear threat is a lie

  • 01 October 2009
  • 28 comments

Obama's "showdown" with Iran has another agenda. The media have been tasked with preparing the public for endless war

The party game is over

  • 17 September 2009
  • 1 comment

For the Afghan villagers blown to pieces in our name, one craven motion at Labour’s conference is too late

Megrahi was framed

  • 03 September 2009
  • 24 comments

The trial of the “Lockerbie bomber” was worse than a travesty of justice. Evidence that never came to court proves his innocence

A travesty of omissions

  • 20 August 2009
  • 5 comments

It is ten years since East Timor’s referendum on freedom from Indonesia – but, as the gaps in a new film show, the western cover-up continues

Read between the lines

  • 06 August 2009

The radical works which can make sense of these extraordinary times

Lies, damn lies

  • 23 July 2009
  • 4 comments

Murdoch’s papers have relentlessly assaulted common truth and decency, but their most successful war has been on journalism itself

Mourn on the 4th of July

  • 09 July 2009
  • 14 comments

With his government of warmongers, Wall Street cronies and polluters from the Bush and Clinton eras, Barack Obama is merely upholding the myths of a divine America

Back to the point of departure

  • 25 June 2009

Journeys that once took weeks can now be completed in a day. But every so often a tragedy reminds you just how vast our world is

Smile on the face of the tiger

  • 11 June 2009
  • 21 comments

Obama’s speech in Cairo on the Middle East peace process was seductive, but its content was as morally bankrupt as any of Bush’s spiels

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
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