De Australische journalist en documentairemaker John Pilger staat bekend om zijn polemische en actiegerichte stijl. Zijn werk is erop gericht verborgen machtsstructuren te ontmaskeren en op te komen voor de onderdrukten. Pilgers documentaires, bekroond in zowel Groot-Brittannië als de VS, hebben hem samen met zijn journalistieke inspanningen aanzienlijke erkenning opgeleverd. Zijn aanpak wordt gekenmerkt door de toewijding om "schermen weg te trekken, achter gevels te kijken, stenen om te draaien".
In Freedom Next Time he looks at five countries, in each of which a long struggle for freedom has taken place; In Afghanistan, Iraq and South Africa there has been the promise of hope, and even an 'official' freedom, but the reality of these divided societies is that they are still waiting for real freedom.
The book - a selection of articles, broadcasts and books extracts that revealed important and disturbing truths - ranges from across many of the critical events, scandals and struggles of the past fifty years. Along the way it bears witness to epic injustices committed against the peoples of Vietnam, Cambodia, East Timor and Palestine.
John Pilger is one of the world’s renowned investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. In this fully updated collection, he reveals the secrets and illusions of modern imperialism. Beginning with Indonesia, he shows how General Suharto’s bloody seizure of power in the 1960s was part of a western design to impose a ‘global economy’ on Asia. A million Indonesians dies as the price for being the World Bank’s ‘model pupil’. In a shocking chapter on Iraq, he allows us to understand the true nature of the West’s war against the people of that country. And he dissects, piece by piece, the propaganda of the ‘war on terror’ to expose its Orwellian truth. Finally, he looks behind the picture postcard of his homeland, Australia, to illuminate an enduring legacy of imperialism, the subjugation of the First Australians.
The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to Kosovo. Introduction by John Pilger
s/t: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist & Myth Maker The First Casualty is a disturbing book because it suggests that attitudes to history are moulded by what's read in war-time & that what's read too often bears little resemblance to reality. The Miserable Parent of a Luckless Tribe The First Challenge The Golden Age Quite Another Game The Last War Enter America The Remedy for Bolshevism Is Bullets The Real Scoop Commitment in Spain Their Finest Hour The Struggle for Mother Russia Remember Pearl Harbor Never Again Korea, the United Nations' War Algeria Is French Vietname War Is Fun Acknowledgements Notes of Sources Selected Bibliography Index
This report is not what is seems. It is written entirely by the leading development specialist Susan George. Although a spoof report, it is based on fact and illustrates the logical processes of the world economy as we approach the new century. Written from the perspective of one in broad support of the systems of global power, Susan George is in fact deeply critical of the state of the world. Through her unique style of approach to her subject, George paints a worrying picture of the world over the next 25 years.
In this book John Pilger strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and ommision that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair's New Britain to Burma, Vietnam, Australia, South Africa and the illusions of the 'media age', power, he argues, has its own agenda. Unchallenged, it operates to protect its interests with a cynical disregard for people - shaping, and often devastating, millions of lives
Portrays the contrasting personalities and nostalgic reminiscences of a platoon of young American soldiers as they fight their way across the Japanese-held Pacific island of Anopopei.
Folowing on from "Heroes", this book includes articles/essays from the award-winning journalist. The pieces in the book look at the Gulf War, world poverty, Cambodia, England, Australia and analyses why there are so few distant voices of dissent in the media the world over.
Paperback release (with minor changes) of the controversial and passionate 1989 portrait of Australia's Tdark side': racially discriminatory, and, in the case of Aborigines, oppressive; politically and militarily dependent on foreign powers; and betrayed by politicians working in collusion with the financial kingpins. Pilger, an expatriate Australian, is a documentary maker and former war correspondent.
Highlights the silence of early historians about violent conflict; discusses contemporary issues; includes interviews with B. Randall and C. Perkins.
