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Not only was late journalist John Pilger a fierce truth-teller and legend in his field, but also a staunch supporter and friend of Julian Assange.

John Pilger will be a hard act to follow.

Over decades, Pilger exposed imperialist wars and intrigues, defended democratic rights and was unerring in his hostility to reporters who functioned as stenographers of governments.

 

Panic in Year Zero: Thriller, directed by and starring Ray Milland. Panic in Year Zero airs on Talking Pictures TV at 9:05 PM, Monday 8 January. Thriller, directed by and starring Ray Milland

“I think I’m going out of my mind,” Julian Assange told John Pilger at Belmarsh Prison. “No you’re not," Pilger responded. "Look how you frighten them, how powerful you are.” By John Pilger Special to Consortium News Nov. 29, 2019 I set out at dawn. Her Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh is in the flat

“I admired the force of his writing, even when I often didn’t support what he wrote, and he was always warm when we met.” So wrote John Simpson, the veteran BBC foreign affairs correspondent, on news of the death of the campaigning journalist John Pilger on December 30 at the age of 84.

The Khmer Rouge were quite something. Clearly methods differ but interesting nonetheless to note similarities between their agenda and that of much of what passes for ‘progress’ over the recent past in western societ…

STEPHEN GLOVER: One week ago today a superhero of the Left died at the age of 84. John Pilger had a good claim to being the most influential journalist of his generation.

The 'Year Zero' edition of Macau’s Festival of Young Cinema kicked off on Friday with high-profile guests and a low-key ceremony.