Obituary – John Pilger – 1939-2023
Born in 1939, the veteran journalist John Pilger died on 30 December 2023 aged 84. He was one of the most courageous, fearless and decent journalists, devoting his life in the service of speaking the truth and bringing into daylight what the coterie of hired servants of imperialism in the press and TV studios tried to cover up.
He made over five dozen documentaries and wrote a dozen books, not to speak of several hundred newspaper articles, relentlessly exposing the crimes committed by imperialism with the full complicity of bourgeois politicians and the media.
He exposed the horrible atrocities committed by the Indonesian armed forces against the people of East Timor. He also dealt with the dreadful treatment inflicted on the indigenous population of Australia, as wel...










