John Pilger

John Pilger is an award-winning journalist. His articles appear worldwide in newspapers such as the Guardian, the Independent, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Mail & Guardian (South Africa), Aftonbladet (Sweden), Il Manifesto (Italy).

Un día en la muerte de la justicia británica

"Lo que no se ha discutido hoy es por qué temía por mi seguridad y la seguridad de nuestros hijos y por la vida de Julian". Stella Moris, socia de Julian Assange

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Britain Assange Feature photo

I sat in Court 4 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London yesterday with Stella Moris, Julian Assange’s partner. I have known Stella for as long as I have known Julian. She, too, is a voice of freedom, coming from a family that fought the fascism of Apartheid. Today, her name was uttered in court by a barrister and a judge, forgettable people were

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John Pilger: El virus más letal no es COVID. Es guerra

En medio de la mayor emergencia sanitaria de los tiempos modernos, con más de 4 millones de procedimientos quirúrgicos retrasados por el Servicio Nacional de Salud, Gran Bretaña ha anunciado un aumento récord de 16.500 millones de libras en los llamados gastos de defensa.

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Por John Pilger
UK Iraq War Feature photo

Britain’s Armed Services Memorial is a silent, haunting place. Set in the rural beauty of Staffordshire, in an arboretum of some 30,000 trees and sweeping lawns, its Homeric figures celebrate determination and sacrifice. The names of more than 16,000 British servicemen and women are listed. The literature says they “died in operational theatre

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John Pilger: testigo presencial de la agonía de Julian Assange

John Pilger ha visto el juicio de extradición de Julian Assange desde la galería pública en Old Bailey de Londres. Recientemente habló sobre lo que vio.

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John Pilger Assange Feature photo

John Pilger has watched Julian Assange’s extradition trial from the public gallery at London’s Old Bailey. He spoke with Timothy Erik Ström of Arena magazine, Australia: Q: Having watched Julian Assange’s trial firsthand, can you describe the prevailing atmosphere in the court? The prevailing atmosphere has been shocking. I say that without

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John Pilger: el juicio estalinista de Julian Assange

Tras informar sobre la larga y épica experiencia de Julian Assange, John Pilger pronunció este discurso frente al Tribunal Penal Central de Londres el 7 de septiembre cuando la audiencia de extradición del editor de WikiLeaks entraba en su etapa final.

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Por John Pilger
Julian Assange Feature photo

When I first met Julian Assange more than ten years ago, I asked him why he had started WikiLeaks. He replied: “Transparency and accountability are moral issues that must be the essence of public life and journalism.” I had never heard a publisher or an editor invoke morality in this way. Assange believes that journalists are the agents of

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John Pilger: viene otro Hiroshima, a menos que lo detengamos ahora

En los 75 años transcurridos desde Hiroshima, la mentira más duradera es que la bomba atómica fue lanzada para poner fin a la guerra en el Pacífico y salvar vidas. Y 75 años después, nos estamos mintiendo una vez más.

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China Nuclear War

When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect impression of a human being at ease: legs splayed, back bent, one hand by her side as she sat waiting for a bank to open. At a quarter past eight on the morning of August 6, 1945, she and her silhouette were burned into the granite. I

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El golpe olvidado contra 'El aliado más leal'

El 11 de noviembre de 1975, Gough Whitlam, entonces Primer Ministro de Australia, debía informar al Parlamento sobre la presencia secreta de la CIA en su país, al final del día, estaba sin trabajo.

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Por John Pilger
Gough Whitlam CIA Feature photo

The Australian High Court has ruled that correspondence between the Queen and the Governor-General of Australia, her viceroy in the former British colony, is no longer "personal" and the property of Buckingham Palace. Why does this matter? Secret letters written in 1975 by the Queen and her man in Canberra, Sir John Kerr, can now be released by

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John Pilger: Julian Assange debe ser liberado, no traicionado

John Pilger sobre la traición de Julian Assange por parte de Australia, el servicio de ese país al imperio británico y estadounidense, y el destino de la prensa libre.

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Por John Pilger
Julian Assange Feature photo

On Saturday, there will be a march from Australia House in London to Parliament Square, the centre of British democracy. People will carry pictures of the Australian publisher and journalist Julian Assange who, on 24 February, faces a court that will decide whether or not he is to be extradited to the United States and a living death. I know

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