As the Tories plot to get rid of Prime Minister Theresa May, John Pilger analyses the alternative Labour Party, specifically its foreign policy, which may not be what it seems.
THE KILLING OF HISTORY
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.
ON THE BEACH 2017. THE BECKONING OF NUCLEAR WAR.
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.
THE KILLING FIELDS OF AUSTRALIA – A MATTER OF ROUTINE
Chris Graham reports on the trial in Perth, Australia of the white man who killed Elijah Doughty, an Aboriginal teenager, and the litany of killings and injustice that preceded it and mark the other Australia behind the sunny mask.
TERROR IN BRITAIN: WHAT DID THE PRIME MINISTER KNOW?
In this investigation, John Pilger raises questions about the role of the British ‘deep state’ in the atrocity that killed 22 in Manchester on 22 May 2017.
GETTING JULIAN ASSANGE: THE UNTOLD STORY
Following the news that Sweden has dropped its case against Julian Assange, John Pilger draws together his investigations into the pursuit and persecution of the founder of WikiLeaks.
The universal lesson of the courage of East Timor
On May 5, John Pilger was presented with the Order of Timor-Leste by East Timor’s Ambassador to Australia, Abel Gutteras, in recognition of his reporting on East Timor under Indonesia’s brutal occupation, especially his landmark documentary film, Death of a Nation: the Timor Conspiracy. The following was Pilger’s response…
AUSTRALIA BECKONS A WAR WITH CHINA
Australia is sleep-walking into a confrontation with China. Wars can happen suddenly in an atmosphere of mistrust and provocation, especially if a minor power, like Australia, abandons its independence for an “alliance” with an unstable superpower.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM PRIZE AWARDED BY MEXICO FOR JULIAN ASSANGE INTERVIEW
John Pilger has been awarded the International Journalism Prize by the Press Club of Mexico in the XLIV National and International Competition of Journalism, founded in 1951 by Antonio Saenz de Miera. The citation reads, “The exclusive interview with WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, through which international public opinion was able to ascertain the extent of the key issues of the current political situation [is] journalism that allows people to defend themselves against powerful, clandestine forces.”
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GRAHAM PILGER, CHAMPION OF THE DISABLED 1932-2017
I wrote this obituary of my brother Graham for the Sydney Morning Herald.
