John Pilger: La guerra en Europa y el auge de la cruda propaganda

La histeria bélica que ha llegado como un maremoto en las últimas semanas y meses es el ejemplo más llamativo. Conocido por su jerga, "dar forma a la narrativa", gran parte, si no la mayoría, es pura propaganda.

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Ukraine Propaganda Feature photo

Marshall McLuhan’s prophecy that “the successor to politics will be propaganda” has happened.  Raw propaganda is now the rule in Western democracies, especially the US and Britain. On matters of war and peace, ministerial deceit is reported as news. Inconvenient facts are censored, demons are nurtured. The model is corporate spin, the currency

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John Pilger: el secuestro judicial de Julian Assange

Lo que está en juego es la vida de un hombre valiente y, si permanecemos en silencio, la conquista de nuestro intelecto y el sentido del bien y el mal: de hecho, nuestra propia humanidad.

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Por John Pilger
Julian Assange Feature photo

“Let us look at ourselves, if we have the courage, to see what is happening to us” – Jean-Paul Sartre Sartre’s words should echo in all our minds following the grotesque decision of Britain’s High Court to extradite Julian Assange to the United States where he faces “a living death”. This is his punishment for the crime of authentic, accurate,

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John Pilger: Justicia para Assange es justicia para todos

Julian Assange es un narrador de la verdad que no ha cometido ningún delito, pero reveló crímenes gubernamentales y mentiras a gran escala, por lo que realizó uno de los grandes servicios públicos de mi vida.

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Julian Assange Feature photo

When I first saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, in 2019, shortly after he had been dragged from his refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy, he said, “I think I am losing my mind.” He was gaunt and emaciated, his eyes hollow and the thinness of his arms was emphasised by a yellow identifying cloth tied around his left arm, an evocative symbol of

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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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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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