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Znet Article Pilger: Wasted Freedom

Znet Article, July, 12 2002 John Pilger
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"Freedom of the press" is a phrase that sounds well. But in the world of George W Bush and Enron, freedom is not meant to be that free. On 4 July, the front page of the Daily Mirror was as powerful as any I have known, a tabloid at its best. Geor...

Znet Article Pilger: Leading Rogue State And It's Mercenaries

Znet Article, July, 07 2002 John Pilger
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Shooting at shadows, and the occasional tribesman, blowing up mounds of dirt and displaying "captured" arms for the media, all have been part of the Marines' humiliating role in Afghanistan - a role foisted upon them by the Blair government, whose...

Commentary Pilger: Central Truths

Commentary, July, 04 2002 John Pilger
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If you got your news only from the television, you would have no idea of the roots of the Middle East conflict, or that the Palestinians are victims of an illegal military occupation.

Znet Article Pilger: Israel's Secret Shame

Znet Article, June, 26 2002 John Pilger
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Ethnic cleansing attended the birth of Israel but, more than 50 years later, the country is still in denial about its bloody past. Those who speak out risk their jobs. Behind the turbulent news from Israel, a struggle for historical truth has p...

Znet Article Pilger: Our Writers' Failure

Znet Article, June, 26 2002 John Pilger
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Martin Amis represents a problem: that some of the most acclaimed and privileged writers in the English language fail to engage with the most urgent issues of our time. On 1 June, the Guardian published a long essay by Martin Amis, entitled "Th...

Znet Article Pilger: Ethnic Cleansing And The Establishment Of Israel

Znet Article, June, 19 2002 John Pilger
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Behind the turbulent news from Israel, a struggle for historical truth has passed almost unnoticed outside academic circles; yet its wider significance is epic. In May 1948, more than 200 Palestinians were killed by the advancing Jewish militia in...

Znet Article Pilger: How Britain's Armaments Fuel War And Poverty

Znet Article, May, 30 2002 John Pilger
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With nuclear powers India and Pakistan on the edge of war, the role of the Blair government in fuelling the conflict has been critical. In the year 2000, the Government approved nearly 700 export licences for weapons and military equipment to both...

Znet Article Pilger: Clare Short's treatment of Ghana

Znet Article, May, 06 2002 John Pilger
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Clare Short promotes herself expertly in the media. She is the "rebel" in the Blair cabinet, the outspoken rough diamond opposed to "those privileged middle-class types" who challenge the diktats of the World Bank, of which she is a governor. In t...

Znet Article Pilger: Venezuela and Censorship

Znet Article, May, 01 2002 John Pilger
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Znet Article Pilger: Hollywood Hurrah

Znet Article, April, 06 2002 John Pilger
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I sat down the other night to watch Mai Masri's film Frontiers of Dreams and Fears. It was on videotape; like most of her remarkable work about the Palestinians, ten films in all, it has not been shown in the cinema or on television in this countr...

Znet Article Pilger: Not in our name

Znet Article, April, 05 2002 John Pilger
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President George W Bush yesterday called on Israel to withdraw from the Palestinian cities occupied by its forces during the last week. He excused Israel's violence, but lectured the Palestinians and the rest of the Middle East on the need for re...

Znet Article Pilger: Should We Go To War Against These Children?

Znet Article, March, 23 2002 John Pilger
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  A compliant press is preparing the ground for an all-out attack on Iraq. It never mentions the victims: the young, the old and the vulnerable : John Pilger : New Statesman, 21 Mar 2002 The promised attack on Iraq will test free journalism ...

Commentary Pilger: Venezuela: Next Chile?

Commentary, March, 15 2002 John Pilger
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He has won two elections, and he has made a start on relieving poverty. So now the US wants to get rid of Venezuela's president

Znet Article Pilger: Venezuela: The Next Chile?

Znet Article, March, 11 2002 John Pilger
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Venezuela: The Next Chile?

Commentary Pilger: The Camp X-ray Concentration Camp

Commentary, March, 05 2002 John Pilger
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THE conditions in which prisoners are being held brutally and illegally in an American concentration camp on Cuba go to the heart of the "war on terrorism", and mark the Blair government for its betrayal of the basic rights of British citizens to ...

Znet Article Pilger: THE CAMP X-RAY CONCENTRATION CAMP

Znet Article, March, 01 2002 John Pilger
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THE CAMP X-RAY CONCENTRATION CAMP

Znet Article Pilger: Asylum Seekers in Australia

Znet Article, February, 09 2002 John Pilger
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Asylum Seekers in Australia

Znet Article Pilger: The Colder War

Znet Article, January, 29 2002 John Pilger
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LAST week, the US government announced that it was building the bigg...

Znet Article Pilger: Australia: Apartheid?

Znet Article, January, 29 2002 John Pilger
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Australia: Apartheid?

Znet Article Pilger: Blair's Disguised Support for Sharon and the Zionist Project

Znet Article, January, 14 2002 John Pilger
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Tony Blair's heroic peacemaking is not as it seems. Take the Middle East. When Blair welcomed Yasser Arafat to Downing Street following 11 September, it was widely reported that Britain was backing justice for the Palestinians. Editorialists drew ...

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