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Pilger, John. Freedom Next Time. 2007. A Black Swan Book. Transworld Publishers, UK.

“Rise like lions after slumber In unvanquishable number. Shake your chains to earth like dew. Which in sleep has fallen on you. Ye are many — they are few.” Percy Bysshe Shelly in The Mask of Anarchy. With that quote Pilger begins another of his impassioned and important books about “empire, its facades and the enduring struggle of people for their freedom.” Pilger reinforces and documents all our doubts the mainstream, official government or corporate media and how they have historically served and continue to serve their imperial Read more [...]

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Pilger, John. The Conscience of Contemporary Journalism.

Chances are, if we stray from the fantasy world of smoke and mirrors called the mainstream media and try to find out what is really happening in the world, we will find the work of John Pilger, the Australian born, now London–based writer and filmmaker. For thirty–five years he has written many books, hundreds of articles and made dozens of films. He has made a living, found a wide readership and audience, gained international respect and won many awards, including an Emmy, the UK Richard Dimbleby Award and has been named the International Reporter Read more [...]

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