https://znetwork.org/author/johnpilger/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:16:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/johnpilger/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/atomic-bombings-at-80-john-pilger-another-hiroshima-is-coming-unless-we-stop-it-now/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/atomic-bombings-at-80-john-pilger-another-hiroshima-is-coming-unless-we-stop-it-now/#respond Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287067 The late John Pilger was an Australian-British journalist and filmmaker based in London. Pilger’s more than 60 documentary films can be seen on the web site: www.johnpilger.com. In 2017, the British Library announced a John Pilger Archive of all his written and filmed work. The British Film Institute includes his 1979 film, Year Zero: the Silent Death of Cambodia, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/atomic-bombings-at-80-john-pilger-another-hiroshima-is-coming-unless-we-stop-it-now/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/war-propaganda-and-the-arms-trade-an-interview-with-john-pilger/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/war-propaganda-and-the-arms-trade-an-interview-with-john-pilger/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1260137 This video evidentiary episode of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal contains a unique interview conducted in May 2023 by the Tribunal with renowned journalist and documentarian John Pilger, who passed away this past Saturday, December 30. John spent decades exposing abuses of power by governments and corporations, beginning his career in the early [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/war-propaganda-and-the-arms-trade-an-interview-with-john-pilger/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-are-spartacus/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-are-spartacus/#respond Fri, 10 Nov 2023 16:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1257247 Spartacus was a 1960 Hollywood film based on a book written secretly by the blacklisted novelist Howard Fast, and adapted by the screenplay writer Dalton Trumbo, one of the ‘Hollywood 10’ who were banned for their ‘un-American’ politics. It is a parable of resistance and heroism that speaks unreservedly to our own times.  Both writers [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-are-spartacus/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-incredible-story-of-john-pilger/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-incredible-story-of-john-pilger/#comments Thu, 18 May 2023 15:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1246231 David McBride Interviews John Pilger. David Mcbride is a whistleblower Australian Defence Force’s unethical, harmful and highly politicised leadership which fostered a culture of impunity in Afghanistan. Today, David Mcbride is advocate of free speech and shares experiences with some unique guests from across different media aspects.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-incredible-story-of-john-pilger/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/john-pilger-on-the-coming-war-speak-up-now/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/john-pilger-on-the-coming-war-speak-up-now/#comments Mon, 01 May 2023 02:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1245366 In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They called on ‘the hundreds of poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, short story writers and journalists’ to discuss the ‘rapid crumbling of capitalism’ and the beckoning of another war. They were electric events which, according to one [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/john-pilger-on-the-coming-war-speak-up-now/feed/ 2 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/john-pilgers-guide-to-propaganda/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/john-pilgers-guide-to-propaganda/#comments Sun, 23 Apr 2023 15:40:26 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1244190 John Pilger has written dozens of books, including Heroes, Hidden Agendas, and Freedom Next Time. He’s made over 60 documentaries, including Vietnam: The Quiet Mutiny, Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia, The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back, The War You Don’t See, The Coming War on China. He has appeared as a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/john-pilgers-guide-to-propaganda/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-betrayers-of-assange/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-betrayers-of-assange/#comments Sat, 11 Mar 2023 14:49:44 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1241145 I have known Julian Assange since I first interviewed him in London in 2010. I immediately liked his dry, dark sense of humour, often dispensed with an infectious giggle. He is a proud outsider: sharp and thoughtful. We have become friends, and I have sat in many courtrooms listening to the tribunes of the state [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-betrayers-of-assange/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/john-pilger-on-the-state-of-the-uk-media/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/john-pilger-on-the-state-of-the-uk-media/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2022 13:18:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1234003 John Pilger is one of the world’s most important investigative journalists and film makers. He has won an American TV Academy Award, an Emmy, and a British Academy Award, a BAFTA for his documentaries. In 2003, he was awarded the prestigious Sophie Prize for ’30 years of exposing injustice and promoting human rights.’ In 2009, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/john-pilger-on-the-state-of-the-uk-media/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/silencing-the-lambs-how-propaganda-works/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/silencing-the-lambs-how-propaganda-works/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:06:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1219346 In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis. We happened to be staying at the same lodge in Kenya, where she was on a photography assignment, having escaped the fate of other friends of the Fuhrer.She told me that the ‘patriotic messages’ of her films [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/silencing-the-lambs-how-propaganda-works/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/this-is-a-war-of-propaganda-john-pilger-on-ukraine-and-assange/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/this-is-a-war-of-propaganda-john-pilger-on-ukraine-and-assange/#respond Sat, 16 Jul 2022 12:28:00 +0000 ]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/this-is-a-war-of-propaganda-john-pilger-on-ukraine-and-assange/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/war-in-europe-and-the-rise-of-raw-propaganda/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/war-in-europe-and-the-rise-of-raw-propaganda/#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2022 12:48:54 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1055096 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/war-in-europe-and-the-rise-of-raw-propaganda/feed/ 0 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https://znetwork.org/zmagazine/chelsea-manning-locked-down-again/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 13:33:14 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=zmagarticle&p=1020588 Why aren't they massing in support of Chelsea Manning? This is the most significant act of principle, an inspiration to all decent people. People should be in the streets]]>