John Pilger

  • Thirty years after he visited Pol Pot's Cambodia, John Pilger describes the holocaust he witnessed there. November 5, 2009

  • The struggle of postal workers in Britain is as vital for democracy as any event to take place in the country in recent years. October 27, 2009

  • Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, is planning another war to add to his already impressive record. October 20, 2009

  • The manufactured crisis over Iran's supposed "nuclear capabilities" has echoes of the U.S. case for invading Iraq in 2003. October 5, 2009

  • More than the fake expenses of MPs, the trivializing of life and death when it comes to Afghanistan marks the fitting end to the "modernized" Labour Party. September 22, 2009

  • The supposed bomber of Pan Am Flight 103 was blackmailed by Scottish and British authorities so the case against him wouldn't be revealed as a fraud. September 9, 2009

  • Something is missing from the new film Balibo about the 1975 genocide in East Timor--the scandalous role of the Australian government. August 28, 2009

  • Some books can help us make sense of extraordinary times and resist our "training" to make war. August 17, 2009

  • Revelations of phone tapping by a British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch are part of a pattern for a man of relentless inhumanity. August 4, 2009

  • The history of America in the world is of a rapacious empire that bends other nations to its will--but presents itself as benevolent. July 27, 2009

  • The U.S. president spoke in Cairo as if his and previous administrations were neutral brokers of peace, instead of rapacious backers of Israel's war. June 16, 2009

  • That so many Labour and Tory politicians have been revealed as crooked is a metaphor for the anti-democratic system they have forged together. May 28, 2009

  • London and Washington are offering silent approval of the violence and tragedy taking place in Sri Lanka, as Tamils are slaughtered by the government. May 14, 2009

  • It's time for a little truth in advertising--what's the reality behind the media happy talk about Barack Obama's first 100 days? May 6, 2009

  • The quality of Australia's once-distinguished wines has declined, a striking illustration of the greed and destructiveness of "global" cash cropping. April 29, 2009

  • The International Criminal Court, to which Britain is a signatory, has received a record number of petitions related to Blair's wars. April 15, 2009

  • The erosion of liberal freedoms in Britain as a result of the "war on terror" is symptomatic of an evolved criminal state. March 6, 2009

  • The devastation and destruction that Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger began in Cambodia was completed by Pol Pot. February 24, 2009

  • Colonial wars, political corruption, environmental destruction--yet try to name one recent film that dealt with these honestly and powerfully. February 19, 2009

  • There's a lot of rubbish about at the moment--from the BBC's explanation for banning an appeal on behalf of Gaza, to those who claim Obama is really a radical. February 9, 2009

  • George Bush presented a last round of "presidential freedom medals," but there were actually a few war criminals missing from his list this time. January 27, 2009

  • Western governments know about Israel's murderous history against the Palestinians. Their silence is a sign of their complicity. January 9, 2009

  • Some predictions for international highlights of the new year...if justice were to prevail in the world. January 2, 2009

  • Having campaigned on the slogan of "Change you can believe in," President-elect Barack Obama's message is different now. December 15, 2008

  • Is there a bigger irony than the British Foreign Office celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? December 3, 2008