In the crudest, most political judgement in memory, two High Court judges in London have ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, where a trial in a kangaroo court awaits him, followed by a life lost in a barbaric prison system.| John Pilger
“A giant of journalism” was how Britain’s National Union of Journalists described John Pilger on his death in December 2023. And a giant he was – a brave and prolific film-maker and a brilliant reporter, with a rare gift for vivid, descriptive writing. But his greatest gift perhaps was in ‘lifting rocks’. In his dozens […] The post MARK CURTIS PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE JOURNALISM AND FILM-MAKING OF THE LATE JOHN PILGER appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
There have been a wealth of tributes paid to John Pilger, most recently on the anniversary of his death by Joe Laurie of Consortium News who writes that “In his many extraordinary films, books and articles, Pilger filled in what corporate media purposely left out: the industrial-scale human casualties of governments that dare call themselves […] The post “A DEEPLY FELT LOVE FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE” – THE WORLD REMEMBERS JOHN PILGER appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
The celebrated journalist is remembered by Christopher Hird and Matt Hird of Dartmouth Films, the producers and distributors of his last four films. The date was 17 January 2014. The location was a piece of vacant land in the inner-city area of Sydney, Australia, known as The Block. The occasion was the Australian premiere of […] The post “HE GAVE A VOICE TO THOSE NOT HEARD” – DARTMOUTH FILMS HONOURS JOHN PILGER appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
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 […] The post WE ARE SPARTACUS. ARE WE? THIS MAY BE THE QUESTION OF OUR AGE. appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
In this new essay, John Pilger recalls the ‘electric’ opposition of writers and journalists to the coming war in the 1930s and investigates why today there is ‘a silence filled by a consensus of propaganda’ as the two greatest powers draw closer to conflict. In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New […] The post THERE IS A WAR COMING SHROUDED IN PROPAGANDA. IT WILL INVOLVE US. SPEAK UP. appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
This is an abridged version of an address by John Pilger in Sydney on 10 March to mark the launch in Australia of Davide Dormino's sculpture of Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, 'figures of courage'. The post THE TRUE BETRAYERS OF JULIAN ASSANGE ARE CLOSE TO HOME appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
In an address to the Trondheim World Festival in Norway, John Pilger charts the history of power propaganda and describes how it appropriates journalism in a 'profound imperialism' and is likely to entrap us all, if we allow it. The post SILENCING THE LAMBS. HOW PROPAGANDA WORKS. appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
In an interview with Oscar Grenfell of the World Socialist Website, John Pilger explains the latest manoeuvres by the US and UK authorities to extradite Julian Assange, journalist and publisher, to the US where he faces 175 years in prison for the crime of journalism. The post THE US IS ‘CLOSE TO GETTING ITS HANDS ON JULIAN ASSANGE’ appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
In his latest essay, John Pilger describes the changes in the reporting of war crises such as the 'imminent invasion' of Ukraine, and the rise of what he calls 'raw propaganda'. The post WAR IN EUROPE AND THE RISE OF RAW PROPAGANDA appeared first on John Pilger.| John Pilger
In the crudest, most political judgement in memory, two High Court judges in London have ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, where a trial in a kangaroo court awaits him, followed by a life lost in a barbaric prison system.| John Pilger
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
John Pilger’s 60th documentary is both a warning and an inspiring story of resistance. When the United States, the world’s biggest military power, decided that China, the second largest economic power, was a threat to its imperial dominance, two-thirds of US naval forces were transferred to Asia and the Pacific. This was the ‘pivot to […]| John Pilger
