As he launches a season of his films, John Pilger argues that, in
the age of Big Brother, television is no longer nurturing challenging
documentary-makers.
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The invisible government
In a speech in Chicago, John Pilger describes how propaganda has
become such a potent force in our lives and, in the words of one of its
founders, represents ‘an invisible government’.
The strange silencing of liberal America
In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger examines the ‘Obama effect’ on much of liberal opinion and anti-war dissent in the United States, of which the recent banning of his film, ‘The War You Don’t See’, is a symptom.
A tribute to Philip Jones Griffiths, who understood war and peace, and people
John Pilger pays tribute to his friend, the great photo-journalist Philip Jones Griffiths, who has died. “No photographer,” he writes, “produced such finely subversive work, knowing that truth in war is always subversive.”
Power, propaganda and conscience in the ‘War on Terror’
John Pilger delivers the Summer School Lecture at the University of Western Australia in Perth on power, propaganda and conscience in the ‘war on terror’, with special reference to the part played by Australian government, media and scholarship.
John Pilger hails the Brigaders
John Pilger explains how the legacy of the International Brigades helps us understand not only the nature of fascism, but that even those who are not fascists have similar goals.
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.
Fake faith and epic crimes
John Pilger describes a worldwide movement that is ‘challenging the once-sacrosanct notion that imperial politicians can destroy countless lives and retain an immunity from justice’. In Tony Blair’s case, justice inches closer.
John Pilger wins 2009 Sydney Peace Prize
John Pilger has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize, Australia’s recognition of outstanding work for human rights and “peace with justice”.
