According to one of Hitler’s propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, the “patriotic messages” of her films were not dependent on “orders from above but on what called the “submissive void” of the German public, especially the educated, liberal bourgeoisie. Today little has changed with the target audience in Western societies
The West could have brought peace to Ukraine, but chose not to”, says the veteran political commentator
John Pilger on how Britain and America were behind a coup to oust Afghanistan’s first secular, progressive government in the 1970s. They did so by financing Islamic fundamentalism in the country, which later gave rise to the Taliban
I have seen the remains of children and women and the elderly bombed and burned to death: their villages laid to waste, their petrified trees festooned with human parts. That is why I reserve a specific contempt for those who promote war, having never experienced it themselves.
Prison is taking its toll on Julian Assange. He’s lost 10 to 15 kilos since April and he tells visitor John Pilger that he’s “going out of his mind”.
That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to shame and anger all who fear for “democratic” societies, writes John Pilger,
A war has been declared on Venezuela and the Western media is one of the prime combatants, distorting the facts and preparing the way for possible U.S.-led intervention
John Pilger’s full documentary (runs for 1hour 52 minutes)
John Pilger on how the mainstream media no longer tolerates dissent but instead now promotes “approved opinions”
Had journalists done their job, if they questioned the official lies instead of amplifying them, we would never have gone to war in Iraq and Afghanistan
Reminiscent of the Scramble for Africa in the late 19th century, the US African Command (Africom) has built a network of supplicants among collaborative African regimes eager for American bribes and armaments
After the “Arab spring” is an Indian spring forthcoming?