John Pilger



Profile:


Full name: John Pilger

Area of interest: Global justice and human rights

Journals: The Guardian

Email: johnpilger.com - website: contacts

Website: John Pilger.com

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Agent: David Higham Associates

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Biography:
see John Pilger biography - johnpilger.com

Education: Sydney Boys High School; Australian Consolidated Press: four-year journalism cadetship scheme

Career: Daiy and Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia): reporter, freelance writer, sports writer, sub-editor; in Italy: Freelance correspondent, 1962; Reuters: Middle East Desk, 1962/63; Daily Mirror (UK): Reporter, sub-editor, feature writer, Chief correspondent, 1963/66; Granada TV's World In Action: reporter, 1969/71; ATV: reporter/producer, 1974/81; News on Sunday: Editor-in-chief (resigning before first issue), 1987; Central & Carlton TV: documentary film-maker, 1981-

Current position/role: Commentator


 * also writes/written for: see publications - Wikipedia

Other roles: Journalist, writer, documentary filmmaker

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Viewpoints/Insight:
 * This Much I Know - John Pilger - originally pubished in The Observer, Sunday, 13 November 2005
 * John Pilger: “I have watched the political ground shift beneath my feet” - interview by Peter Bills, The Independent, 14th July 2009

TV/Radio: filmography - johnpilger.com
 * IMDb

Controversy/Criticism: see praise & criticism - Wikipedia

Awards/Honours: see awards - Wikipedia

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Books & Debate:
see books - johnpilger.com
 * The Last Day (1975)
 * Aftermath: The Struggles of Cambodia and Vietnam (1981)
 * The Outsiders (1984)
 * Heroes (1986)
 * A Secret Country (1989)
 * Distant Voices (1992 and 1994)
 * Hidden Agendas (1998)
 * Reporting the World: John Pilger's Great Eyewitness Photographers (2001)
 * The New Rulers of the World (2002)
 * Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism and its Triumphs (ed.) Cape (2004)
 * Blowin' in the wind (2004)

Latest work: Freedom Next Time (2006) OCLC 123911899

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Current debate: 

The Guardian:
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Column remit: Global justice and human rights

Section: Comment & Debate

Role: Commentator

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Website: Guardian.co / John Pilger

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Day published: varies

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Articles:

 * empty dock'' - International justice is a farce while those in the west who sided with Pol Pot's murders escape trial - 21st February 2009
 * Letter: Ali Alatas - John Pilger writes: The 'urbanity' and 'peace-brokering' of Ali Alatas was a myth which he deployed to gull journalists - 30th December 2008
 * has a rival. Today, the Foreign Office lectures us on human rights'' - Such an open day beggars belief. At this PR gala you will find no stall for the victims of rapacious British power - 1st December 2008
 * Under cover of racist myth, a new land grab in Australia - Claims of child abuse are proving a fertile pretext to menace the Aboriginal communities lying in the way of uranium mining - 24th October 2008
 * The lies of Hiroshima live on, props in the war crimes of the 20th century - The 1945 attack was murder on an epic scale. In its victims' names, we must not allow a nuclear repeat in the Middle East - The Guardian (comment & debate), Wednesday, 6th August 2008
 * From triumph to torture - Israel's treatment of an award-winning young Palestinian journalist is part of a terrible pattern - The Guardian (comment & debate), Wednesday, 2nd July 2008
 * Cowardice of silence - The renewal of Aung San Suu Kyi's arrest casts shame on the Burmese junta's western sponsors - The Guardian (comment & debate), Saturday, 31st May 2008
 * The prisoner of Dhaka - This illegal incarceration should be a global cause celebre, but instead there is a shameful silence - The Guardian (comment & debate), Wednesday, 12th March 2008
 * Our model dictator - The death of Suharto is a reminder of the west's ignoble role in propping up a murderous regime - The Guardian (comment & debate), Monday, 28th January 2008
 * Left for dead by New Labour, liberal Britain must urgently fight back - Blair and his cult have wrecked the very beliefs millions thought they were voting for. The time for direct action is now - The Guardian (comment & debate), Tuesday, 18th December 2007
 * Keep the record straight - Some journalists in the mainstream media fail to report the facts when dealing with Venezuela, preferring instead to parrot Washington's line - The Guardian (comment & debate), Tuesday, 4th December 2007
 * The politics of hypocrisy - UK business interests in Burma are more important to this government than justice - The Guardian (comment & debate), Saturday, 27th October 2007
 * The old Iran-Contra death squad gang is desperate to discredit Chavez - Democracy and hope in Latin America have been revived by Venezuela's leader. But the forces allied against him are formidable - The Guardian (comment & debate), Friday, 17th August 2007
 * The cry of the invisible - In Latin America, populist movements are rising up against western intervention. John Pilger explains why only the cinema was big enough to tell their story - The Guardian G2 (comment & debate), Wednesday, 13th June 2007
 * We cannot look from the sides as we are led towards crisis over Iran - Bush and Blair have spent four years preparing an onslaught that is about oil, rather than non-existent nuclear weapons - The Guardian (comment & debate), Friday, 13th April 2007
 * Cruelty and xenophobia stir and shame the lucky country - The social regression and flag-waving promoted by Australia's neocon prime minister may come unstuck in Guantánamo - The Guardian (comment & debate), Friday, 19th January 2007
 * Truth shall set us free - There is a huge public hunger for incisive political documentaries. If only the media had the courage to show them, says John Pilger - The Guardian (features), Friday, 15th September 2006
 * Bloodshed and hope - After years of terrorising an occupied people, the rogue regimes of Washington and Tel Aviv may finally have met their match - Guardian.co - Friday, 28th July 2006
 * What happened to the "what" or the "why"? - The BBC Ten O'Clock News last night wasn't news: it was a series of pronouncements by the spokespeople of the spokespeople - Guardian.co - Thursday, 18th May 2006
 * Chávez is a threat because he offers the alternative of a decent society - Venezuela's president is using oil revenues to liberate the poor - no wonder his enemies want to overthrow him - The Guardian (comment & debate), Saturday, 13th May 2006
 * Reality check - Channel 4 News's report on Hugo Chavez was a disgrace - Guardian.co - Tuesday, 28th March 2006
 * Blair insults our intelligence - Nothing in the prime minister's speech on terrorism is to be taken seriously - Guardian.co - Wednesday, 22nd March 2006
 * Paradise cleansed - There are times when one tragedy, one crime tells us how a whole system works behind its democratic facade and helps us to understand how much of the world is run for the benefit of the powerful and how governments lie. To understand the catastrophe of Iraq, and all the other Iraqs along imperial history's trail of blood and tears, one need look no further than Diego Garcia - Guardian Weekly - Friday, 8th October 2004
 * A journey through genocide - S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine forces Pol Pot's former torturers to confront their victims. The result is remarkable, writes John Pilger - The Guardian - Thursday, 29th January 2004
 * Why my film is under fire - The pro-Israel lobby intimidates journalists to ensure that most coverage remains biased in its favour - The Guardian, Monday, 23rd September 2002
 * The great charade - 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 Observer, Sunday, 14th July 2002
 * John Pilger - The world has been in ferment since September 11, but why weren't there similar outcries at earlier atrocities? - The Guardian (comment & features), Thursday, 4th October 2001
 * Blair has made Britain a target - The prime minister's belligerence is dangerously irresponsible. We want an end to terrorism, not a new war - The Guardian, Friday, 21st September 2001
 * Charles Perkins - Lifelong campaigner for the rights of Australia's forgotten minority, the Aborigines - The Guardian, Friday, 20th October 2000 (Charles Perkins)
 * A moral outrage - It was the public, not politicians, who forced the Australian government to end the betrayal of East Timor - The Guardian, Tuesday, 2nd November 1999
 * Australia's under side - Canberra has looked the other way to protect western business interests in Indonesia - Tuesday, 5th October 1999
 * Under the influence: The real reason for the United Nations' peacekeeping role in East Timor is to maintain Indonesian control - Guardian.co - Tuesday, 21st September 1999
 * Jakarta's godfathers - It is grotesque hypocrisy for Tony Blair to weep for the children of Dunblane - Tuesday, 7th September 1999
 * Making the news - Western war reporting is selective and the real stories of the Kosovan crisis remain largely untold - The Guardian, Tuesday, 24th August 1999
 * Moral tourism - Whatever Nato says, the war was waged against innocent civilians and the tyrant is still in place - Guardian.co - Tuesday, 15th June 1999
 * Acts of murder - Up to 38 aircraft have been shot down or crashed. This is suppressed, of course - Guardian.co - Tuesday, 18th May 1999
 * Nuclear war, courtesy of Nato - Kosovo, like Vietnam, has liberal support. But what of our weapons? - Guardian.co - Tuesday, 4th May 1999



Links:

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Archive of articles (1999 to present) special sites: Palestine - Is Still The Issue Globalisation - New Rulers of the World Iraq - Paying The Price Australia - Paying The Price Burma - Land of Fear Vietnam - The Last Battle East Timor - The Timor Conspiracy


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