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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."

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International Politics
East Timor – a lesson in why the poorest threaten the powerful
03 April 2012
International Politics
Up, up and away — how money power works Down Under
22 March 2012

Qantas, the oldest continuously operating airline, was also the world’s safest . . . until it got ta

International Politics
Julia Gillard’s rise marks the triumph of machine politics over feminism
08 March 2012

As commentators from Germaine Greer to Anne Summers fawn over the hawkish prime minister, John Pilge

Global Issues
Let’s learn from Blair’s crimes, so we don’t repeat them in Syria
16 February 2012

The warmongering and human rights abuses of the New Labour years seem forgotten by all but the likes

International Politics
In the Assange case we are all suspects now
02 February 2012

Washington's enemy is not "terrorism" but the principle of free speech and voices of conscience with

International Politics
The war on democracy
19 January 2012

From the Chagos Islands to Pakistan, innocent civilians are pawns to America, backed by Britain. In

International Politics
Glossy façades can’t hide an Indian spring
30 December 2011

From Jammu Kashmir to Maharashtra, in a land of empty advertising slogans and fantastic wealth that

International Politics
Once again, war is prime time and journalism’s role is taboo
01 December 2011

With Libya recently dealt with ("It worked," said the Guardian), Iran is next, it seems.

International Politics
In Mexico, a universal struggle against power and forgetting
10 November 2011

Mexican politics and business have been polluted by greedy forces backed by Wall Street.

International Politics
The Son of Africa claims a continent’s crown jewels
20 October 2011

Barack Obama is leading the US at the head of a pack of western nations intent on the new scramble t

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