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 sees freedom die quietly

  • 17 April 2006
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The bill marks the end of true parliamentary democracy; it is as significant as Congress abandoning the Bill of Rights

John Pilger doesn't buy the sales pitch of war lovers

  • 27 March 2006

Turn on the television and there they are, night after night, intoning not so much their love of war as their sales pitch for it

Ghosts of indonesia won't lie

  • 13 March 2006

East Timor's history is repeating itself as Jakarta colludes with the west to crush another resource-rich land: West Papua. The world is watching as Australia decides the fate of 43 West Papuans seeking asylum

John Pilger refuses to fly the flag

  • 27 February 2006

Americans wrapped themselves in their flag, but not we Australians. This was never part of Australian life

Iran: the next war

  • 13 February 2006
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Bush and Blair are gearing up for it, and they are preparing us, too - just as they did before attacking Iraq. But where is the threat?

John Pilger - can't mourn Kerry Packer

  • 23 January 2006

Behind the glamour of Australian sport, black footballers, including whole teams, are often dead before 40

The death of freedom

  • 09 January 2006

The rights of ordinary people to speak out against an unjust war and atrocities unleashed in their name are being crushed. Fascism is at the door. Who else, asks John Pilger, will fight it?

John Pilger - recommends the world wide web

  • 28 November 2005

If you want to know the truth about Iraq, join the millions who have given up on the silences of the mainstream media

America's new enemy

  • 14 November 2005

Latin Americans have spent the past few years finding their voices. Now they may have the strength to defy their northern neighbour

John Pilger applauds a military refusenik

  • 31 October 2005

A British officer is facing court martial because, after two tours of Iraq, he has concluded it would be illegal to return

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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