John Pilger describes in the New Statesman how the WikiLeaks founder and editor is subjected to ‘a drip feed of hostility’ from those who were once his allies. The information revolution is a threat not only to great power but to its media gatekeepers.
War and shopping – an extremism that never speaks its name
John Pilger describes the surreal experience of a Westfield mega mall. The biggest mall in Europe has just opened in London, controlling the main entrance to the 2012 Olympics. In the West, consumerism and war are apparently natural allies, with indebted shopping now ‘normal’ – like ‘perpetual war’.
Hail to the true victors of Rupert’s revolution
John Pilger describes the lethal similarities between the propaganda that led to the invasions of Iraq and now Libya, and the arms industry’s view of “a very worthwhile region to target”.
Damn it or fear it, the forbidden truth is an insurrection in Britain
John Pilger describes the conditions that have led to the social explosion across the UK and argues that while crime may feed on riots, it does not ignite them.
In Cuba, the revolution continues, softly, as times change
John Pilger reports from Havana on his first assignment to Cuba in many years. He finds a softer, easier society, with the idea and symbol of revolutionary Cuba, unchanged.
What did you do during the Dock Strike?
Members of the flexible workforce might find a lesson in the dockers’ fight against casualisation.
Moral Tourism
Whatever Nato says, the war was waged against innocent civilians and the tyrant is still in place.
Acts of Murder
How many NATO aircraft have really been shot down or crashed? This is suppressed, of course.
Morality, don’t make me laugh
| John Pilger sees only one Balkan winner: the arms trade. |
A private and quiet sacrifice
Just as Aung San Suu Kyi is Burma’s most famous heroine, her husband Michael Aris was one of its heroes.
