John Pilger
latest news & developmentsThe judicial kidnapping of Julian Assange
Britain’s high court showed no hesitation in sending Julian Assange to his death, living or otherwise.
Hollywood’s new censors
Film critics rarely question the corporate control exhibited in movies such as <i>Munich</i>, which endorse Israeli policy.
Obama — we should dry our eyes quickly
The histrionics of Obamamania have permitted no scrutiny of liberal democracy’s shift towards a corporate dictatorship.
The real nuclear threat
The US and its allies pose the biggest danger to world peace
Australia’s secret, dirty empire
When the outside world thinks about Australia, it generally turns to venerable clichés of innocence — cricket, leaping marsupials, endless sunshine, no worries. Australian…
A ‘good war’ that became a disaster
I had suggested to Marina that we meet in the safety of the Intercontinental Hotel, where foreigners stay in Kabul, but she said no. She had been there once and government…
Brown’s bombs
Just as the London bombs in the summer of 2005 were Blair’s bombs, the inevitable consequence of his government’s lawless attack on Iraq, so the potential bombs in the summer of…
The death of freedom
"On Christmas Eve, I dropped in on Brian Haw, whose hunched, pacing figure was just visible through the freezing fog. For four and a half years, Brian has camped in London’s…
The rise of Bush’s new enemy
I was dropped at Paradiso, the last middle-class area before barrio La Vega, which spills into a ravine as if by the force of gravity. Storms were forecast, and people were…
An epic crime
A Royal Air Force officer is about to be tried before a military court for refusing to return to Iraq because the war is illegal. Malcolm Kendall-Smith is the first British…
The silence of writers
Culture and ideas and words constitute a world power, and they stand against the current menace — thanks in no small measure to Nobel Prize-winner Harold Pinter, writes John…
What good friends left behind
Two years ago, as the bombs began to drop, George W Bush promised Afghanistan ‘the generosity of America and its allies’. Now, the familiar old warlords are regaining power,…