It does make you realise just how much has happened in the last 12 years yet how little has changed in the political landscape of Britain at least as far as the prevailing prejudices of the system are concerned. I would say the level of informative, incisive journalism on display here puts him head and shoulders above that bastion of liberal dissent Noam Chomsky, as great an admirer of his that I am.Īlthough it feels a tiny bit dated that is solely down to the fact that I'm reading it fifteen years after its release and not at all down to any kind of literary flaw. There's something so stirring, inspirational and galvanizing about John Pilger's work that makes his writing essential reading for anyone with any kind of interest in world news or politics.
This array of interviews with the voiceless and abused provides an indispensable corrective to the litany of disinformation we are fed by the media, “and for this achievement,” Mark Curtis writes, “Pilger is surely the most outstanding journalist in the world today.I'm going to break the habit of waiting till I've finished a book entirely before reviewing it in this instance. Pilger’s latest book, Freedom Next Time includes chapters on Afghanistan, Palestine, South Africa and India, all countries where people either have glimpsed freedom or have reached a critical stage in their struggle.ĭescribed by the author as “a guide to the unprecedented threat in our midst and those who resist it on all our behalf,” it offers us personal testimonies of those who are challenging power. His publications include A Secret Country, Hidden Agendas, and The New Rulers of the World. He unearths, with steely attention to facts, the filthy truth, and tells it as it is…I salute him.” Harold Pinter said of Pilger: “John Pilger is fearless. He has twice won Britain’s Journalist of the Year Award and his films have earned academy awards in both the U.S. He has been a foreign correspondent and writes for The New Statesman and the U.K.
John Pilger is a world-renowned investigative journalist, author and documentary filmmaker, who began his career in his homeland, Australia, before moving to London in the 1960s.
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