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John Pilger [1939-0] Australian

Rank: 111
Journalist

John Richard Pilger is an Australian journalist based since 1962 in the United Kingdom.
Pilger has been a strong critic of American, Australian and British foreign policy, which he considers to be driven by an imperialist agenda.

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Official truths are often powerful illusions.		101
Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that same sense of public service. They are simply pirates.		102
I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.		103
I'm absolutely convinced of that. Israel is the representative of the United States in that part of the world. Its policies are so integrated with American policies that they use the same language.		104
The censorship is such on television in the U.S. that films like mine don't stand a chance.		105
It's very clear that the Bush Administration is out of control. It contains some truly dangerous people.		106
Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days.		107
Vietnam was as much a laboratory experiment as a war.		108
We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.		109
Not all the Americans in Iraq are those who torture and murder, or course they're not, I don't know how many are doing it, I know it is systematic throughout the United States military I think that's been revealed.		110

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