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Pilger: Blair's meeting with Arafat
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 ...
Pilger: The Real Story Behind AmericaÕs War
Commentary, December, 27 2001
John Pilger
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Since 11 September, the Òwar on terrorismÓ has provided a pretext for the rich countries, led by the United States, to further their dominance over world affairs.
Pilger: The Real Story Behind America’s War
Commentary, December, 27 2001
John Pilger
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Since 11 September, the “war on terrorism†has provided a pretext for the rich countries, led by the United States, to further their dominance over world affairs.
Pilger: A war in the American tradition
Commentary, October, 16 2001
John Pilger
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The Anglo-American attack on Afghanistan crosses new boundaries. It means that America's economic wars are now backed by the perpetual threat of military attack on any country, without legal pretence.
Pilger: Inevitable ring to the unimaginable
Commentary, September, 14 2001
John Pilger
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If the attacks on America have their source in the Islamic world, who can really be surprised?
Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism
Commentary, September, 04 2001
John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...
Pilger: Liberal elites have always disguised their innate conservatism
Commentary, August, 13 2001
John Pilger
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At the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in May, leading members of the media and cultural elite assembled in the fine gardens of a Regency house to await the arrival of the great man. They included broadsheet editors, deputy editors, literary editors,...
Pilger: Trivial and Serious Violence
Commentary, July, 14 2001
John Pilger
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The young people who have had the courage to take to the streets on every continent, and were among the 20,000 protesters at Gothenburg (June 25), should take satisfaction from the panic of new right politicians like Blair and Berlusconi. Abuse an...
Pilger: Tweedledum and Tweedledee seek your votes
Commentary, June, 05 2001
John Pilger
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The singular achievement of Tony Blair and his new right movement is the convergence of British parliamentary politics into two almost identical factions. While journalists try to offer the pretence of choice, the public is more aware than ever of...
Pilger: The big threat in the Middle East is Israel, not Iraq
Commentary, May, 27 2001
John Pilger
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As George Bush escalates the new cold war begun by his father, the attention of his planners is moving to the Middle East. Stories about the threat of Iraq's "weapons of mass destruction" are again appearing in the American press, this time concen...
Pilger: Academia is silent on imperialism, as German universities were during the rise of the Nazis
Commentary, April, 29 2001
John Pilger
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The other day, I attended a conference at the University of Sussex on the "new imperialism". What was extraordinary was that it took place at all. Julian Saurin, who teaches in the school of African and Asian studies at Sussex, said that, in ten y...
