A
journalist since 1958, John Pilger has the reputation of being one
of the few remaining voices in the media with any integrity. He has
spoken out on controversial subjects when the footsoldiers of the
mainstream media have all fallen in behind the flag of patriotic propaganda.
His
body of work cannot be underestimated as in times of international
crises, outside the alternative media it has frequently remained
the last visible trace of sanity in a world of corporatism and neo-imperialism.
The following documentaries
are amongst his most notable works.
Video: The
War On Democracy
How the US claims to support democracy yet it has has consistently undermined
democratically elected governments in South and Central America - particularly
Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia and Nicaragua.
Video: Breaking
The Silence - Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
Investigation the discrepancies between American and British claims for the 'war
on terror' and the facts on the ground as he finds them in Afghanistan and Washington
DC.
Video: Stealing
A Nation
The plight of people of the Chagos Islands - secretly and brutally expelled from
their homeland by British governments in the late 1960s and early 1970s, to make
way for an American military base.
Video: Paying
the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
The effects of the ten years of sanctions imposed on Iraq after the invasion
of Kuwait in 1990 which caused the deaths of one million people including half
a million children.
Video: The
New Rulers of the World
Examination of the true effects of globalization, the spotlight is turned on
Indonesia, a country described by the World Bank as a model pupil until its globalized
economy collapsed in 1998.
Video: The
Truth Game
A penetrating documentary which looks at world-wide propaganda surrounding the
nuclear arms race.
Video: Breaking
the Mirror (The Murdoch Effect)
John Pilger describes the downfall of his old paper and the all-pervasive influence
of Rupert Murdoch.
Extra: Video:
Freedom Next Time
A speech given in Chicago in 2007 which draws on material from his new
book, Freedom Next Time
