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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Iran: the war ahead

  • 16 April 2007
  • 37 comments

The sailors' ordeal was a diversion from the bigger danger. The US and UK identified their new enemy long ago and are preparing the propaganda for the war ahead.
Plus Rageh Omaar on how the Iran affair has weakened Britain's hand

The swimmer's journey home

  • 02 April 2007
  • 1 comment

Pilger recounts his passion for swimming wherever he is in the world

The liberal war on democracy

  • 19 March 2007
  • 9 comments

"Hugo Chávez expresses the kind of genuine exuberant democracy long ago abandoned in Britain"

Australia: the new 51st state

  • 05 March 2007
  • 18 comments

John Howard's servility to the US is even greater than Tony Blair's and has earned him the nickname Bush's deputy sheriff. The conspiracy between Washington, the media and politicians is eroding the country's freedoms

Days of mourning in a secret Australia

  • 19 February 2007
  • 6 comments

The shameful treatment of Australian aboriginals

Iran: The war begins

  • 05 February 2007
  • 29 comments

As opposition grows in America to the failed Iraq adventure, the Bush administration is preparing public opinion for an attack on Iran, its latest target, by the spring.

Terror and starvation in Gaza

  • 22 January 2007
  • 21 comments

Pilger on the genocide that is engulfing Palestine as bystanders silently look on

Setting the limits of invasion journalism

  • 11 December 2006
  • 4 comments

'Sanitised' coverage of the Iraq war by organisations like the BBC compares with America's 'noble cause' in Vietnam

Saddam: Let's now charge the accomplices

  • 13 November 2006
  • 2 comments

Blood and money

  • 06 November 2006
  • 1 comment

British state terrorism in Iraq has cost more than £7bn. The real cost of Trident may be £76bn. Now it is more urgent than ever to raise our voices against Blair's mutant liberalism

Vince Cable

The bankers' escape

The bankers cannot believe their luck

China

The next superpower

A new sun rises in the east

James Macintyre

Brown's PR gamble

Brown’s PR gamble

John Pilger

Travel and tragedy

Back to the point of departure

Iran

Hidden meanings

Hidden meanings

John Bercow

Speaker's secrets

Secrets of the Speaker

Sweden

Death of a dream

The death of a dream

Film review

Shirin

Movies, minus the popcorn

Vote!

Will China rule the world?

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