John Pilger at the " Humber Mouth" Hull literature festival 2006 John Pilger (born October 9, 1939) is an Australian journalist and documentary filmmaker from Sydney, primarily based in London, England. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 768 pixels, file size: 282 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...
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Life and career
Pilger's career in journalism began in 1958, and he has developed his reputation through both his reporting and the various books and documentary films that he has written or produced. He is best known in Britain for his investigative documentaries, particularly those on Cambodia and East Timor. He has acted as a war correspondent during conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Bangladesh and Biafra. In all of his work, Pilger has been a prominent and fervent critic of Western foreign policy. He is particularly opposed to many aspects of American foreign policy, which he regards as being driven by a largely imperialist agenda. A war correspondent is a journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone. ...
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Imperialism is the policy of extending the control or authority over foreign entities as a means of acquisition and/or maintenance of empires, either through direct territorial or through indirect methods of exerting control on the politics and/or economy of other countries. ...
He has been the subject of much praise, with Harold Pinter saying of his work: "John Pilger is fearless. He unearths, with steely attention to facts, the filthy truth, and tells it as it is . . . I salute him."[1]. He has also been subjected to criticism, with Auberon Waugh in Britain coining the verb 'to pilger' to denote 'to present information in a sensationalist manner to reach a foregone conclusion'.[citation needed] Noam Chomsky has claimed that the reason why journalists have invented the terms 'to pilger' and 'pilgerise' is because, when faced with the uncomfortable facts about the consequences of U.S foreign policy that Pilger presents, 'ridicule' is the only response they are capable of.[1] Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist. ...
Auberon Alexander Waugh (November 17, 1939 – January 16, 2001) was a British author and journalist. ...
Avram Noam Chomsky (Hebrew: ××‘×¨× × ×•×¢× ×—×•×ž×¡×§×™) (born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher, political activist, author, and lecturer. ...
Tell Me No Lies (2004), 2005 Vintage paperback edition Pilger has a son Sam (born in 1973) and a daughter Zoe (born in 1984). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 391 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (765 × 1,171 pixels, file size: 367 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) http://www. ...
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The Daily Telegraph is a tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News, part of News Corporation. ...
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Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ...
World in Action was an investigative current affairs series produced by Granada Television in the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1998. ...
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Criticism of 'mainstream' journalism Pilger is a strong critic of the institutions and economic forces that structure 'mainstream' journalism. He said in an address at Columbia University on 14 April 2006: Alma Mater Columbia University is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. ...
| “ | During the Cold War, a group of Russian journalists toured the United States. On the final day of their visit, they were asked by their hosts for their impressions. 'I have to tell you,' said their spokesman, 'that we were astonished to find after reading all the newspapers and watching TV, that all the opinions on all the vital issues were by and large, the same. To get that result in our country, we imprison people, we tear out their fingernails. Here, you don’t have that. What’s the secret? How do you do it?' [2] | ” | He is particularly scornful of pro-Iraq war commentators on the liberal left, or 'liberal interventionists', such as Nick Cohen and David Aaronovitch. For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ...
Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of...
Nick Cohen is a British journalist, author, and political commentator. ...
David Aaronovitch (born July 8, 1954) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and author. ...
Criticism of Tony Blair In addition to criticizing the policies of President George W. Bush, Pilger has also taken aim at former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whom he believes to be just as culpable as President Bush for the invasion and occupation of Iraq. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...
For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...
In a column published in New Statesman on 25 July 2005, Pilger ascribed blame for the 2005 London bombings that took place the same month to Blair, whose decision to follow President Bush generated the rage that he claims precipitated those bombings. [3] The New Statesman is a left-of-centre political weekly published in London. ...
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The 7 July 2005 London bombings (also called the 7/7 bombings) were a series of coordinated terrorist bomb blasts that hit Londons public transport system during the morning rush hour. ...
In the same column a year later, Pilger described Blair as a war criminal for supporting Israel's actions during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, seeming to entirely miss the point that Hezbollah blatantly started the war. He is, however , believed to blame most of the world's ills on Israel. He also asserted that Blair gave permission to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in 2001 to initiate what would ultimately become Operation Defensive Shield.[4] A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, military or civilian. ...
Combatants Hezbollah Amal LCP Israel Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General of Hezbollah) Imad Mughniyeh (Commander of Hezbollahs armed wing)[5] Dan Halutz (CoS) Moshe Kaplinsky[12] Udi Adam (Regional) Strength 600-1,000 active fighters 3,000-10,000 reservists[6] 30,000 ground troops (plus IAF & ISC)[13...
(Hebrew: , also known by his diminutive Arik ×ָרִיק) (born February 27, 1928) is a former Israeli politician and general. ...
Combatants Israel (Israel Defense Forces) Fatah (Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades & Tanzim) Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad Palestinian security forces Commanders Aluf Itzhak Eitan (Central commander) Strength Golani Brigade, Nahal Brigade, Paratroopers Brigade, 5th Reserve Infantry Brigade, 408th Reserve Infantry Brigade, Jerusalem Brigade(reserve), Shayetet 13, Armor and Engineering forces. ...
Support of Hugo Chavez Pilger is a supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.[5] In May 2007 he co-signed and put forward a letter supporting the refusal of the Chavez government to renew the broadcasting licence of Venezuela's largest television network Radio Caracas Televisión, for openly supporting and colluding in a 2002 coup attempt against Chavez's democratically elected government. Pilger and other signatories suggest that if the BBC or ITV used their news broadcasts to publicly support a coup against the British government, they would suffer consequences.[6] President Hugo Chávez Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (born July 28, 1954) has been the President of Venezuela since 1999. ...
Radio Caracas Televisión Internacional (RCTV Internacional) is a Venezuelan cable television network headquartered in the Caracas neighborhood of Quinta Crespo. ...
The Venezuelan coup attempt of 2002 was a failed coup détat on April 11, 2002. ...
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Works
Publications Pilger has written for the following publications: He has also written for various French, Italian, Scandinavian, Canadian and Japanese newspapers and periodicals, among others, and has contributed to the BBC's news service. He is on the advisory board of UKWatch. Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ...
For other uses, see Guardian. ...
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For other uses, see Morning Star. ...
The New Statesman is a left-of-centre political weekly published in London. ...
The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ...
The Los Angeles Times (also L.A. Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ...
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The Bulletin is an Australian weekly magazine, which has been published in Sydney since 1880. ...
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Selected documentaries - The Quiet Mutiny 1971
- Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia 1979
- Nicaragua. A Nations Right to Survive Video
- Japan Behind the Mask 1987
- Cambodia The Betrayal 1990
- Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy 1994 Video
- Vietnam: the Last Battle 1995
- Inside Burma: Land of Fear 1996
- Apartheid Did Not Die 1998
- Welcome To Australia 1999
- Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq 2000
- The New Rulers of the World 2001-2002
- Palestine Is Still the Issue 2002 Video
- Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror 2003 Video
- Stealing a Nation 2004
The New Rulers of the World is collection of essays by journalist John Pilger, published April 19, 2003. ...
Stealing A Nation is a documentary by journalist filmmaker John Pilger about the Chagos Islanders of Diego Garcia, who were forcibly removed from the island by the British government between 1967 and 1973 to Mauritius, 1,000 miles away, so that the island could be used as an American airbase. ...
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DVDs - In The Name of Justice - 18/06/07
- Documentaries That Changed The World - 11/9/06
- World In Action Vol. 1 - features The Quiet Mutiny 31/10/05
Books by Pilger - 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) Video
- Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism and its Triumphs (ed.) Cape (2004)
- Blowin' in the wind (2004)
- Freedom Next Time (2006)
The New Rulers of the World is collection of essays by journalist John Pilger, published April 19, 2003. ...
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Biography - Hayward, Anthony (2002). In the Name of Justice: The Television Reporting of John Pilger. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New Ed edition. ISBN 0747558981.
Awards Awards include: - Descriptive Writer of the Year (1966)
- Reporter of the Year (1967)
- Journalist of the Year (1967)
- International Reporter of the Year (1970)
- News Reporter of the Year (1974)
- Campaigning Journalist of the Year (1977)
- Journalist of the Year (1979)
- UN Media Peace Prize, Australia (1979 – 80)
- UN Media Peace Prize – Gold Medal, Australia (1980 – 81)
- TV Times Readers' Award (1979)
- The George Foster Peabody Award, USA (1990)
- American Television Academy Award ('Emmy') (1991)
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) – The Richard Dimbleby Award (1991)
- Reporters Sans Frontiers Award, France (1990)
- International de Television Geneve Award (1995)
- The Monismanien Prize, Sweden (2001)
- The Sophie Prize for Human Rights, Norway (2003)
- EMMA Media Personality of the Year (2003)
- Royal Television Society – Best British Documentary for Stealing a Nation (2004)
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BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...
The Sophie Prize is an international environment and development prize (USD 100,000 = 77,000 €), awarded annually. ...
The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ...
Quotes - "There is no War on Terrorism; it is the great game speeded up. The difference is the rampant nature of the superpower, ensuring infinite dangers for us all."[7]
- "More terrorists are given training and sanctuary in the United States than anywhere on earth. They include mass murderers, torturers, former and future tyrants and assorted international criminals. This is virtually unknown to the American public, thanks to the freest media on earth."[7]
- "During my lifetime, America has been constantly waging war against much of humanity: impoverished people mostly, in stricken places."[8]
- "In these surreal days, there is one truth. Nothing justified the killing of innocent people in America last week and nothing justifies the killing of innocent people anywhere else." (referring to 9/11)[8]
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The date that commonly refers to the attacks on United States citizens on September 11, 2001 (see the September 11, 2001 Attacks). ...
References - ^ Noam Chomsky Chomsky Answers Guardian
- ^ John Pilger, Speech at Columbia University, 14 April 2006
- ^ John Pilger, Blair's bombs, 25 July 2005
- ^ John Pilger, The real threat we face in Britain is Blair, 17 August 2006
- ^ Chávez is a threat because he offers the alternative of a decent society
- ^ Television's role in the coup against Chávez
- ^ a b The journalism and films of John Pilger. Internet Archive copy
- ^ a b John Pilger Blair has made Britain a target
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