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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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UK Politics
John Pilger wants to put Blair in the dock
15 September 2003

While we are allowed to read internal e-mails in Whitehall, we can't see the traffic between Blair a

International Politics
John Pilger investigates US plans for mini-nukes
18 August 2003

With the United States spoiling for further fights across the globe and prepared to consider the dep

International Politics
War on truth
04 August 2003

The White House sets the tone and the media echo a line that celebrates the victimhood of the invade

UK Politics
John Pilger insists that all governments lie
07 July 2003

Unless we apply the lesson "all governments are liars" to our own leaders, British fighter jets and

International Politics
Bush's Vietnam
23 June 2003

Once more, we hear that America is being "sucked into a quagmire". The rapacious adventures in Iraq

UK Politics
John Pilger argues that Britain supports terrorism
26 May 2003

The official version is that Britain's foreign policy is basically benevolent: that it promotes demo

International Politics
John Pilger remembers a courageous campaigner
12 May 2003

The tall, ruddy-faced man opened my door and said: "I'm Jim Howard. Where do I start?" So began the

Middle East
John Pilger finds journalism rotting away
28 April 2003

Something deeply corrupt is consuming journalism. A war so one-sided it was hardly a war was reporte

International Politics
A crime against humanity
14 April 2003

They have blown off the limbs of women and the scalps of children. Their victims overwhelm the morgu

International Politics
What now?
17 March 2003

Civil disobedience is the sole path left for those who cannot support the Bush-Blair pact of aggress

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