In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger reports an unprecedented study by three UK universities which found that, contrary to myth, 80 per cent of the media followed “the government line” on Iraq and only 12 per cent challenged it. He analyses the subtleties and insidious nature of censorship in free societies and asks why this is neglected by many media colleges.
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ISRAEL AND THE MEDIA
If you got your news only from the television, you would have no idea of the roots of the Middle East conflict, or that the Palestinians are victims of an illegal military occupation.
Empire and Israel
The National Museum of American History is part of the celebrated Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. Surrounded by mock Graeco-Roman edifices with their soaring Corinthian columns, rampant eagles and chiselled profundities, it is at the centre of Empire, though the word itself is engraved nowhere. This is understandable, as the likes of Hitler and Mussolini were proud imperialists, too: on a “great mission to rid the world of evil”, to borrow from President Bush.
Palestine: A war on children
In a cover piece for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how the US and Israel have finally resolved the problem of the Palestinians, who voted for the “wrong” government. They are to starve them while missiles are fired at their homes and picnickers on a beach.
Bringing down the new Berlin Walls
In his latest article for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how the Palestinian breakout of Gaza offers inspiration for people struggling to bring down the new Berlin Walls all over the world.
Rebel Journalism: The Writings of Wilfred Burchett
Foreworded by John Pilger, ‘Rebel Journalism’ is an anthology of the writing of Wilfred Burchett, one of the greatest journalists and war correspondents Australia has ever produced. Burchett published more than 30 books and this volume brings together extracts from most of these, spanning the entire breadth of his career, from before World War 2, […]
In The Name of Justice: The Television Reporting of John Pilger
Anthony Hayward presents the compelling story of the international crises tackled by John Pilger in over thirty years of television reporting. He examines Pilger’s prolific and dramatic television documentaries on subjects ranging from war in Vietnam to the aftermath of Pol Pot’s Cambodia, repression in the former Czechoslovakia, East Timor and Burma, continuing discrimination against […]
Hidden Agendas
‘Hidden Agendas’ is one of John Pilger’s most substantial and challenging books. It strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair’s New Britain to Burma, Vietnam, Australia and South Africa, Pilger unravels the hidden histories of […]
Cambodia: Year Ten
An examination of how the UN protected and revitalised the Khmer Rouge. “This film is about extraordinary events which have allowed Asia’s Hitler to rise again and the prospect of the previously unthinkable happening again… The memories of 10 years ago are indelible and, now that the Vietnamese have left, almost everybody I know is […]
The Last Dream: Other People’s Wars
A look at the complicated relationship that Australians have with war. John Pilger returned to his homeland with director Alan Lowery, a fellow Australian, to make a three-part documentary series, The Last Dream, screened at the time of the country’s bicentenary in 1988. In Other People’s Wars, the last in the trilogy, he explores a […]
