A celebration of the life and legacy of John Pilger, whose journalism and films took on power, uncovered hidden agendas and gave voice to the voiceless across the world
John Pilger investigates when the ‘good and decent’ will stand with David McBride and Julian Assange and the Palestinians and rescue enfeebled democracy. Spartacus was a 1960 Hollywood film based on a book written secretly by the blacklisted novelist Howard Fast, and adapted by the screenplay writer Dalton Trumbo, one of the ‘Hollywood 10’ who […]
John Pilger describes the obsequious media support for Hillary Clinton’s score-settling book about her failed attempt to win the US presidency – title, What Happened – notably by the ABC in Australia. He analyses her attacks of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, whose disclosures of her warmongering and corruption were blamed for her losing to Donald Trump.
Reporting from New York, John Pilger describes the re-writing of the history of the Vietnam War in the 10-part television series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Millions died “in good faith”, they say. And so yet more wars are justified – as President Trump tells the world he is prepared to “totally destroy” North Korea and its 25 million people.
In a new essay, John Pilger recognises Nevil Shute’s novel, On the Beach – on which a Hollywood film was based – as a forgotten masterpiece, which conveys an urgent warning of how close we may be to nuclear war in 2017.
John Pilger argues that the obsession with Donald Trump, as the liberals’ ultimate demon, masks an enduring complicity in creating him and his predecessor in the White House.
Writing from the United States, John Pilger joins a momentous election campaign – his fourth as a reporter – and suggests that the sound and fury may not be as it appears.
A virulent if familiar censorship is about to descend on the US election campaign. As the cartoon brute, Donald Trump, seems almost certain to win the Republican Party’s nomination, Hillary Clinton is being ordained both as the “women’s candidate” and the champion of American liberalism in its heroic struggle with the Evil One.
The US is planning a massive intervention in Colombia under the pretext of fighting the ‘narco-guerrilla’.
As the West prepares for an assault on Iraq, John Pilger argues that
‘war on terror’ is a smokescreen created by the ultimate terrorist …
America itself.
