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The courage of Bradley Manning will inspire others to seize their moment of truth 8 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
John Pilger describes the importance of Bradley Manning's 'triumph' and of other whistleblowers, whose inspiration may well be their most enduring achievement.
Australia's election campaign is driven by a barbarism that dares not speak its name 29 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
In an article for the Guardian, John Pilger describes the cynical forces driving the election campaign in Australia, evoking an era of fear and exclusion that many Australians would prefer to forget.
How we are impoverished, gentrified and silenced - and what to do about it 25 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
John Pilger describes the rapid takeover of public institutions and people's lives by a deeply ideological government in Britain. Recalling Percy Shelley's epic 'Masque of Arnarchy', he argues it's ti...
Mandela's greatness may be secured, but not his legacy 11 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
John Pilger recalls his return to South Africa after his banning and a concern that apartheid did not die.
Forcing down the Bolivian president's plane was an act of piracy 4 Jul 2013 | 04:00 am
John Pilger describes the 'casual abduction' of Bolivian President Evo Morales as a metaphor the gangsterism that now dominates international affairs and urges that a taboo is broken.
Understanding the latest leaks is understanding the rise of a new fascism 20 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
John Pilger recalls the dawn of the "PR age" and how whistleblowing reveals what Daniel Ellsberg calls "that abyss".
There is a war on ordinary people and feminists are needed at the front 6 Jun 2013 | 04:00 am
John Pilger examines the world according to a feminist 'media club' and asks why Europe's raging class war seems not to be a priority.
From Iraq, a tragic reminder to prosecute the war criminals 27 May 2013 | 04:00 am
In an article for the Guardian, John Pilger describes a "top secret" report by the World Health Organisation that says birth defects are appearing across Iraqi society at unprecedented "crisis levels"...
Hold the front page! We need free media, not an Order of Mates 9 May 2013 | 04:00 am
John Pilger returns to where he began his career in journalism and argues that Australia, his homeland, provides a model of media that was once free and independent and is no more.
New John Pilger film, Utopia, to be broadcast on ITV and released worldwide 29 Apr 2013 | 04:00 am
A new John Pilger film on Australia, Utopia, commissioned by ITV and backed by the UK company, Network Distributing, and produced by Dartmouth Films, will be delivered in the summer in Britain, and br...