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.
The response of Britain’s media to the conspiracy in Venezuela provided an object lesson in how censorship works in free societies
Last month, I wrote about Venezuela, pointing out that little had
been reported in this country about the achievements of Hugo Chavez and
the threat to his reforming government from the usual alliance of a
corrupt local elite and the United States.
The Betrayal of Afghanistan
In a major article in The Guardian magazine, John Pilger describes
Afghanistan since its liberation from the Taliban, which he filmed for
his latest documentary, ‘Breaking the Silence’. Apart from notional
freedoms, little has changed.
Today is a day of shame for the British military
Today is a day of shame for the British military as it declares the
Iraqi city of Basra, with a stricken population of 600,000, a “military
target”.
We all have a choice
When Bush and Blair begin their illegal and immoral attack on a country that offers us no threat, we all have a choice.
Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction were almost certainly destroyed following the Gulf War
The Blair Government has known, almost from the day it came to
office in 1997, that Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction were almost
certainly destroyed following the Gulf War.
Impeccable politicians who, at a safe distance, order the mass killing of ordinary people
William Russell, the great correspondent who reported the carnage of
imperial wars, may have first used the expression “blood on his hands”
to describe impeccable politicians who, at a safe distance, order the
mass killing of ordinary people.
Importance of the march against Iraq attack
It is not possible to overstate the significance and urgency of the
march and demonstration against an unprovoked British and American
attack on Iraq, a nation with whom we have no quarrel and who offer us
no threat.
John Pilger warns that the documentary form is an endangered species
Writing in The Independent, John Pilger says that, in survey after
survey, when people are asked what they want more of on television, they
say documentaries – especially those that make make sense of news.
Universal justice is not a dream
In an article for the Melbourne Age, John Pilger says that with the
the establishment of an International Criminal Court, the promise of
universal justice is no longer far-fetched.
