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John Richard Pilger was born on 9 October 1939 [12] [13] in Bondi, New South Wales, [7] the son of Claude and Elsie Pilger. His older brother, Graham (1932–2017), was a disabled rights activist who later advised the government of Gough Whitlam. [14]
The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back is a 1985 television documentary made for the British Central Independent Television company by writer/presenter John Pilger and producer/director Alan Lowery. [2] It details the persecution of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders throughout Australia's history. [3]
In Heroes, Pilger disputes François Ponchaud and Shawcross' account of Vietnamesse atrocities during the Vietnamese invasion and near famine as being "unsubstantiated". [6] Ben Kiernan, in his review of Shawcross's book, notes that Pilger did compare Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge to Stalin's terror, as well as to Mao's Red Guards. Kiernan notes ...
As documented by CIA whistleblower Christopher John Boyce and several authors, including John Pilger, [7] [4] [6] as well as some Australian politicians, [8] the CIA allegedly backed Governor-General and representative of Queen Elizabeth II in Australia, Kerr, to dismiss Whitlam, due to Whitlam's perceived left-wing policies [3] including ...
John Pilger has died aged 84, his family has announced (Ian Nicholson/PA) The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) also called the 84-year-old documentarian, who died on Saturday according to his ...
Utopia is a 2013 documentary film written, produced and presented by John Pilger and directed by Pilger and Alan Lowery, that explores the experiences of Aboriginal Australians in modern Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The title is derived from the Aboriginal homeland community of Utopia, Northern Territory , one of the poorest and most desolate areas ...
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