SPECIAL SITES + Palestine + Globalisation + Iraq + Australia + Burma + Vietnam + East Timor + Print Archive + Contacts July 2010 The new warlord of Oz 22 Jul 2010 In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the rise of Julia Gillard, Australia's first female prime minister who, in following her "role model" former prime minister Bob "Silver Bodgie" Hawke, has capitulated to the mining companies and reaffirmed Australia's race-based refugee policies and tradition of fighting in other people's wars. more The charge of the media brigade 8 July 2010 In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how an all-pervasive corporate media culture in the United States prepares the way for a permanent state of war. And yet for all the column inches and broadcast hours filled, the brainwashing is not succeeding. And this, he suggests, is 'America's greatest virtue'. 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