A paler shade of blue; John Pilger is away. This is an extract from a new edition of his book "Distant Voices" (Vintage), which includes extended and updated versions of much of his best work in NSS and elsewhere, New Statesman & Society, 24 June 1994, p.
We resist to win; It is 20 years since Indonesia invaded East Timor. From a prison cell in Jakarta, the leader of the resistance smuggled out a message of defiance in a remarkable interview with John Pilger, The Guardian Weekend, 02 December 1995, pp. 26-
A cry for freedom; Burma has one of the worst human-rights records in the world. But its ruling junta is keen to present a new face to the world. John Pilger goes to Burma and discovers the terrible human price its people are paying for that new face, The
The ghost of Pol Pot will haunt Cambodia; Pol Pot is reported to be dead. John Pilger says the despot who slaughtered up to a third of his people while the West looked on has left a continuing legacy of violence and terror, The Observer, 09 June 1996, p.
Taking war to the people; What is the whole truth about Iraq as America and Britain prepare to bomb? Who will be the real victims? In this exclusive extract from his forthcoming book, Hidden Agendas, John Pilger argues that it is the innocent who have alr
What a carve up!; Freedom of the press is the first casualty in authoritarian countries. But nor is it respected in democracies, where a cabal of media godfathers is busy dividing the world's spoils. John Pilger looks at the struggle for free information,
Who helped Pol Pot?; Pol Pot was a monster, but what of the Western powers who colluded with his genocidal reign? They owe a debt to a devastated country, writes John Pilger, The Sunday Age, 19 April 1998, p. 21.