John Pilger describes how the distintegration of real and mythical
democracy in the United States influences British politics under Tony
Blair, such as the reduction of Parliament to a ‘craven talking shop’
and the promotion of war and ‘thoughtcrimes’.
Out of Eden
The Indian Ocean paradise of Diego Garcia was once home to more than
a thousand contented British subjects. In 1966, Harold Wilson’s
government sold it to the US in a secret, illegal deal and terrorised
the population into leaving.
Exposing the guardians of power
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger pays tribute to the influence of an extraordinary British website Medialens.org whose creators David Edwards and David Cromwell have challenged the declared objectivity and other myths of the liberal media. On 2 December, they will receive the Gandhi International Peace Prize.
Sicko 2: The destruction of Britain’s health service
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes
how the notorious US healthcare companies exposed by Michael Moore in
his film, Sicko, are now invading Britain and warms of the destruction
by stealth of the model for universal for health care, Britain’s
acclaimed National Health Service.
Class is still the issue
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes
the parallel worlds of the great ‘unmentionable’, class, in modern
Britain: in the streets and in the media.
Destroying the best of Britain
John Pilger describes how the New Labour government is destroying one of the the venerable features of “communal decency” in Britain – the local post office. Economies need to be made, though not in the pursuit of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In the cause of fear and ignorance
John Pilger describes another Britain: “a vicious, sectarian and mostly unreported war” against Muslims. People snatched from the homes following 9/11 are consigned to a Kafkaesque oblivion, and worse.
How Britain wages war
John Pilger describes the insidious militarisng of Britain as the effects of two colonial wars and the cover-up of atrocities come home.
The new world war – the silence is a lie
John Pilger describes the ‘great silence’ over the annual British party conferences as politicians and their club of commentators say nothing about a war provoked and waged across the world the responsibility for which lies close at hand.
The diplomacy of lying
John Pilger describes the truth and lies of great power as practised by British “diplomacy”, and the prospects for peace and order following the US presidential election on November 4.
