SPECIAL SITES + Palestine + Globalisation + Iraq + Australia + Burma + Vietnam + East Timor + Print Archive + Contacts June 2009 Back to the point of departure 25 June 2009 In his latest column for the New Statesman, 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. more Smile on the face of the tiger 11 June 2009 In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger de-codes the "historic" speech President Obama made in Cairo "reaching out to the Muslim world", according to the BBC: in reality showing the seductive face of American power as it proceeds towards its unchanged goal. more Archive 2010 September August July June May April March February January 2009 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2008 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2007 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2006 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2005 November October September July June April March February January 2004 December November October July May April March February January 2003 December November September August July June May April March February January 2002 December November October September August July June May April March February January 2001 November October September July June April May March January 2000 December November October August July June May April March 1999 November October September August July June May April March February January