We live in an age of propaganda by the 'mainstream' media, writes John Pilger. Inconvenient stories, truths and even entire countries are airbrushed away, while dominant narratives are parroted incessantly to bludgeon our minds in acceptance of war, injustice, austerity, all to serve the interests of our ruling elites.
… War by media and the triumph of propaganda … Pilger | 22nd December 2014 Comment Media War Economics Politics pilger-truth-cut.jpg We … to bludgeon our minds in acceptance of war, injustice, austerity, all to serve the …
The world is in the grip of a massive wave of militarism of which most of us are blissfully ignorant, writes John Pilger. When did mainstream media last tell you about the US's $1 trillion nuclear weapon renewal? NATO's massive build up of military power on Russia's eastern frontier? The encirclement of China by nuclear-armed US bases? The world is at war. Pass it on!
… A World War has begun. Break the silence John Pilger | 23rd March 2016 Comment War Nuclear Media Politics USA China Russia … by nuclear-armed US bases? The world is at war. Pass it on! I have been filming in the …
The United Nations’ International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict takes place on November 6. The international community must face up to the reality that protecting the environment from conflict is vital to protect people, argues DOUG WEIR.
… Governments can no longer ignore war’s impact on people - and planet Doug Weir | 6th November 2017 Comment War Environment United Nations 405637.jpg The … the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict takes place on November …
Depleted uranium (DU) munitions may not be regulated but their severe long term health impacts mean they should be, writes Doug Weir. So why did 'Coalition' forces fire 5,265 armour-piercing DU rounds on IS fuel convoys in Syria? When non-DU munitions would have done the job just as well? Just because they knew they would never be held to account? All the more reason to act now!
… Doug Weir | 20th February 2017 News Radiation War Regulation Syria USA du-shot-2.jpg … sites may pose? A joint investigation by Airwars and Foreign Policy that was published … convoys of fuel tankers. According to the Airwars report, CENTCOM spokesman Major Josh …
It's easy to forget that Julian Assange - reviled by mainstream media, hounded by Sweden's judiciary, 'red-listed' by Interpol, publicly attacked by the US defense secretary - remains an innocent man, 'wanted' for nothing more than questioning, writes John Pilger. His disgraceful treatment dishonours only his persecutors.
… truth-telling in an era of lies, cynicism and war. The persecution of Julian Assange must … that the two governments had discussed his onward extradition to the US before the European Arrest Warrant was issued. Perhaps an explanation is …
Julian Assange's struggle for freedom is one of law and justice against vengeful state power determined at all costs to darken the light of truth that Wikileaks has cast into the murkiest of places, writes John Pilger. Now, after a long series of moral and legal victories, his release may finally be drawing near.
… truth-telling in an era of lies, cynicism and war. The persecution of Julian Assange is … in 2013 - wrongly believed to be carrying Edward Snowden. According to documents released … that the two governments had discussed his onward extradition to the US. Contrary to its …
Since 1948 Jordan has taken in millions of refugees from Palestine, Iraq and most recently Syria, writes Doug Weir. Politically and economically the country has proved astonishingly resilient - but the population increase has caused huge damage to its fragile environment. Ecological degradation, pollution and resource scarcity may cause political instability unless more is done to tackle the problems.
… Doug Weir | 27th April 2016 News Society War Middle East Jordan Syria Pollution Water … cost. For example, during the 1991 Gulf War an estimated 1.38m refugees entered … Doug Weir manages the Toxic Remnants of War Project , part of a global coalition of …
For most Australians, 26th January is a day of family celebration, writes John Pilger. But for its indigenous peoples the only thing to celebrate is their survival after over two centuries of rape, murder, theft and vicious racism that continues to this day, and has even found new expression in Australia's war on refugees, incarcerated in barbaric Pacific Island concentration camps.
… has even found new expression in Australia's war on refugees, incarcerated in barbaric … Australia's settler dead in mostly imperial wars, not one stands for those warriors who fought and fell defending …
Hundreds of square kilometres of Iraq are eclipsed by dense clouds of toxic smoke from fires at oil facilities and a sulphur factory blown up by 'Islamic State' terrorists, writes Doug Weir. With the fires left to burn for months on end, entire towns are suffering a public health catastrophe. But the Iraqi government is slow to act, or even collect vital health and environmental data.
… Doug Weir | 30th November 2016 News Iraq War Health Oil Terrorism 102736scr-cut.jpg … conflicts since the start of mechanised warfare. It is a practice that can have … in Mosul and the wider area have moved towards Qayyarah. People in Qayyarah have …
In 1975 Indonesia invaded the small Pacific country of East Timor, writes John Pilger, and then massacred a third of its population to suppress demands for independence. Now unearthed documents show the genocide was supported by Australia so it could grab the oil and gas reserves of the Timor Sea. Despite East Timor's independence, won in 1999, Australia is still stealing its oil and gas revenues worth $5 billion and counting.
… Indonesia USA Pacific Oil Law Human Rights War timor-leste-cut.jpg In 1975 Indonesia … British consulate in Surabaya, and British warships escorted a ship full of Indonesian … largely on Australia's terms. Soon afterwards, Prime Minister Mari Alkitiri, a …
Australia's deliberate and calculated attacks on its indigenous population carry many of the hallmarks of genocide, writes John Pilger. And things are getting worse, not better, as states that have grown rich by exploiting Aboriginal land evict and demolish remote Aboriginal communities.
… communities. Australia has again declared war on its Indigenous people, reminiscent of … gunpoint. Yet again, Aboriginal leaders have warned of "a new generation of displaced … clique around the then prime minister John Howard. It included those who called themselves …
Australian governments have long waged a one-sided war on the continent's Aboriginal peoples, writes John Pilger. And now a new weapon has come into play: the starvation of the most remote, culturally intact communities. It's all part of a multi-faceted program of physical and cultural annihilation. And yet the world is silent.
… governments have long waged a one-sided war on the continent's Aboriginal peoples, … day. Rosalie is an elder of the Arrernte-Alyawarra people, who lives in Utopia, a vast and … In 2007, the then Prime Minister, John Howard, sent the army into Indigenous …
The Chilcot report reveals that the UK has disclaimed any duty to decontaminate the toxic, radioactive ash left behind by its DU munitions, or even monitor the impacts on human health, writes Doug Weir. But Iraq and other countries are working towards a UN Resolution this October that would hold contaminating governments like the UK and the US legally accountable for DU pollution.
… Doug Weir | 11th July 2016 Comment Radiation War UK USA Iraq Health Waste Pollution Science … But Iraq and other countries are working towards a UN Resolution this October that would …
Apartheid may have fallen in South Africa. But in Australia John Pilger finds an equally cruel and pervasive racism against the country's 'aboriginal' people. He explains the background to his powerful new film, Utopia ...
… of the two colonial nations. What I was not aware of was how the similarity caused such … families. Families are often given no warning and have no idea where their children … country on earth, currently racked by civil war. Wilcannia's other distinction is that the …