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John Pilger will be on tour In America in June 2007, making
appearances in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. Full details are below:
NEW YORK CITY: Thursday 7 June, 7pm
FREEDOM NEXT TIME: AN EVENING WITH JOHN PILGER AND AMY GOODMAN
Pilger will discuss his new book, 'Freedom Next Time' (Nation Books), with Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! They will consider Iraq, Palestine, India, South Africa, and the island of Diego Garcia, where the long struggle for freedom has taken place, but the people are still waiting for its dream to be realized.
The New School
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street
$5 admission; free for students with ID
A book signing of Freedom Next Time by Pilger and Static by Goodman will follow the event.
Presented by The New School, the Center for Economic Research and Social Change, and The Nation Institute, with support from the Wallace Global Fund.
For ticket information, contact (212) 229-5488 or boxoffice@newschool.edu
LOS ANGELES: Monday June 11, 7pm
FREEDOM NEXT TIME: AN EVENING WITH JOHN PILGER
Pilger will discuss his new book, 'Freedom Next Time' (Nation Books) and show his film Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror. This film, set in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Washington, looks at President Bush's "war on terror" and the "liberation" of countries where bloodshed and repression continue. Followed by audience dialogue and a book signing.
Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets). www.jaccc.org/directions.htm
$5 admission
SAN FRANCISCO: Wednesday 13 June, 7pm
FREEDOM NEXT TIME: AN EVENING WITH JOHN PILGER
Pilger will discuss his new book, 'Freedom Next Time' (Nation Books) and show his film Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror. This film, set in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Washington, looks at President Bush's "war on terror" and the "liberation" of countries where bloodshed and repression continue. Followed by audience dialogue and a book signing. A book signing of Freedom Next Time and other books by John Pilger will follow the event.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission Street at Third
$15 general, $5 students
For ticket information, call 415-978-2787 or order online at
www.ybca.org
CHICAGO: Saturday June 16, all day event
FREEDOM NEXT TIME: A DISCUSSION WITH JOHN PILGER
In his morning session, Pilger will discuss his new book, 'Freedom
Next Time' (Nation Books) and also engage in a conversation with
Anthony Arnove author of 'Iraq: The Logic of Withdrawal'. Followed by audience dialogue and a book signing.
In his evening session, Pilger will speak at a rally with other prominent international activists fighting for justice.
Two appearances at the Socialism 2007 conference
www.socialismconference.org
11:30 AM (followed by book signing) and 7:30 PM
Chicago Crowne Plaza O'Hare
5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018
www.crowneplazaohare.com
Regular registration - whole conference: $85
Weekend Rate - Saturday and Sunday only: $70
Single day: $35
Single session: $10
For ticket information, call 773-583-8665 or e-mail
info@socialismconference.org
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John Pilger describes the growing boycott, disinvestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine. Based on the anti-apartheid campaign that helped bring down the racist regime in South Africa, BDS is becoming a catch-cry for freedom in countries whose governments continue to ignore the Palestinians' struggle against another form of apartheid and which Nelson Mandela has described as "the greatest moral issue of our time". |
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| BREAKING THE AUSTRALIAN SILENCE |
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In a speech at the Sydney Opera House to mark his award of Australia's human rights prize, the Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger describes the "unique features" of a political silence in Australia: how it affects the national life of his homeland and the way Australians see the world and are manipulated by great power "which speaks through an invisible government of propaganda that subdues and limits our political imagination and ensures we are always at war - against our own first people and those seeking refuge, or in someone else's country". |
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| RETURN TO A SECRET COUNTRY |
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John Pilger marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of A Secret Country, his best-selling history of Australia, with a description of Aboriginal Australia and its relationship with white authority following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the "stolen generations" last year. |
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| FREE THE FORGOTTEN BIRD OF PARADISE |
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John Pilger describes the wholesale corporate takeover of the natural resources of West Papua, known as the "forgotten bird of paradise" by its impoverished indigenous people. A mountain of copper and gold, forests and fisheries, oil and gas: the "acquisition" of untold riches, sanctioned by the Suharto tyranny, was unique and remains a metaphor for "globalisation". |
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| FOR MANY BRITONS, THE PARTY GAME IS OVER |
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John Pilger analyses the impact of 'Blair's wars' on the Labour Party and its historic convergence with the Tories into a single ideology state. |
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| JOHN PILGER WINS 2009 SYDNEY PEACE PRIZE |
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John Pilger has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize, Australia's recognition of outstanding work for human rights and "peace with justice".
Read the full citation. |
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| POWER, ILLUSION & AMERICA'S LAST TABOO |
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On 4 July, John Pilger spoke at Socialism 2009 in San Francisco. Click here for the text of his address, and here to watch it. |
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| MURDOCH: A CULTURAL CHERNOBYL |
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John Pilger describes "an iceberg of relentless inhumanity" beneath the Guardian's revelations about illegal phone tapping at Murdoch's Sunday tabloid and the impact of his empire in Britain and all over the world. |
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| BACK TO THE POINT OF DEPARTURE |
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John Pilger reflects on the idea of a journey, and wonders, like TS Eliot, if the point of travelling is also to find out where you came from. However, the unsuspected and tragic can change everything. |
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| DISTANT VOICES, DESPERATE LIVES |
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John Pilger describes the catastrophe facing the Tamil people of Sri Lanka, whose distant voices have appealed to the world for almost as long as the Palestinians. |
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| OBAMA'S 100 DAYS - THE MAD MEN DID WELL |
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John Pilger describes the power of advertising - from the effects of smoking to politics - as he reaches behind the facade of of the first 100 days President Barack Obama. |
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| THE REDS DOWN UNDER ARE REVOLTING |
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John Pilger describes a personal loss as the quality of Australia's once distinguished wine declines - a lesson for others as the greed of "cash cropping" threatens a nation's food supply. |
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| FAKE FAITH & EPIC CRIMES |
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John Pilger describes a worldwide movement that is 'challenging the once-sacrosanct notion that imperial politicians can destroy countless lives and retain an immunity from justice'. In Tony Blair's case, justice inches closer. |
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| WAR COMES HOME TO BRITAIN |
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John Pilger describes the basic freedoms being lost in Britain as the "national security state", imported from the United States by New Labour, takes effect. |
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| CAMBODIA'S MISSING ACCUSED |
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In an article for the Guardian, John Pilger calls on his long experience with Cambodia's struggles in lamenting missing faces in the dock at the UN-backed trial of crimes committed during the Khmer Rouge period. Where are Pol Pot's accomplices and collaborators in the West? |
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| HOLLYWOOD'S NEW CENSORS |
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John Pilger describes how censorship in Hollywood works in the age of the 'war on terror'. Unlike the crude days of the cold war, it's by omission and 'introspective dross'. |
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| THE POLITICS OF BOLLOCKS |
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John Pilger borrows from Lord West of Spithead to deconstruct current mythology, such as the 'impartiality' of the BBC and the 'radical changes' implemented by President Obama. |
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| COME ON DOWN FOR YOUR FREEDOM MEDALS |
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John Pilger writes that "as deserving as Tony Blair is of his George W. Bush Freedom Medal, others cry out for a place in his company". Following Israel's assault on Gaza, he offers two additional nominees. |
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| HOLOCAUST DENIED: THE LYING SILENCE OF THOSE WHO KNOW |
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John Pilger calls on 40 years of reporting the Middle East to describe the 'why' of Israel's bloody onslaught on the besieged people of Gaza - an attack that has little to do with Hamas or Israel's right to exist. |
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| THE GOOD NEWS FOR 2009, A SEASONAL WISH LIST |
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The festive edition of the New Statesman offered a menu of good news to celebrate in 2009. John Pilger added his own wish list. |
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