
John Pilger
Born
1939-10-09
Place of birth
Sydney, Australia
Died
2023-12-30
Biography
John Richard Pilger was an Emmy Award winning Australian journalist based in London. Pilger lived in the United Kingdom from 1962. Since his early years as a war correspondent in Vietnam, Pilger was a strong critic of American, Australian and British foreign policy, which he considered to be driven by an imperialist agenda. Pilger also criticised his native country's treatment of indigenous Australians and the practices of the mainstream media. In the British print media, he had a long association with the Daily Mirror, and wrote a fortnightly column for the New Statesman magazine. Pilger tw...
Known for

The War on Democracy
Self

The War You Don't See
Movie

The Coming War on China
Movie

Stealing a Nation
Himself

Utopia
Himself

Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror
Movie

The New Rulers of the World
Movie

Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
Movie

Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
Movie

Palestine Is Still the Issue
Self - Presenter

Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq
Movie
Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny
Movie

Nicaragua: A Nation's Right to Survive
Movie

Burp! Pepsi v. Coke in the Ice-Cold War
Movie

The Dirty War on the NHS
Movie