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Pilger inspired many with his willingness to critique the damaging effects on ordinary people’s lives of capitalism and Western countries’ foreign policies. But he also provoked global controversy.

Also a filmmaker, he was a vocal critic of Western foreign policy throughout his career.

The documentary maker’s 1979 ITV film Year Zero: The Silent Death Of Cambodia revealed the extent of the Khmer Rouge’s crimes

Even if he never wins a general election again, he retains his hold. The endurance of that power is incredible.

Https://www.youtube.com/embed/u9pEotvlW-s?si=vlyXt80tzTgj-XdB By New Matilda on December 31, 2023,  https://newmatilda.com/2023/12/31/legendary-australian-journalist-john-pilger-has-passed-away/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New+Matilda+%23FreePalestine+video+series He was aged 84. John had been battling illness since early 2023. The news was announced on John’s Facebook page a short time ago. “It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger...

Campaigning journalist, film-maker, author and fervent critic of US and British foreign policy

John Pilger, world famous investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, has died on Saturday at his home in London, his family announced on Sunday in a

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Pilger, best known for his work on the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, was an outspoken critic of American and British foreign policy throughout his career.

The journalist hosted his own documentary strand for ATV in the seventies as well as reporting for Granada's influential World in Action series. John Pilger's family announced earlier today that the campaigning Australian journalist and filmmaker died yesterday (December 30) aged 84. "It is with great sadness the family of John Pilger announce he died