“I think I’m going out of my mind,” Julian Assange told John Pilger at Belmarsh Prison. “No you’re not,” Pilger responded. “Look how you frighten them, how powerful you are.”
JOHN PILGER: Visiting Britain’s Political Prisoner
Month: January 2024
A Political Class With the Same Geopolitical Aims
The two-party U.S. system is political theater designed to promote powerful interests who stand above and behind the parties.
US Citizens Push Embassies to Back SA’s Genocide Charge
A coalition of ‘grassroots diplomats’ are taking the lead on international solidarity with South Africa in the absence of diplomacy and accountability from U.S. officials, writes Melissa Garriga.
How Israel Leverages Genocide With Hamas ‘Massacres’
Gareth Porter reviews the Netanyahu government’s process of planting stories of nonexistent atrocities by Hamas on Oct. 7 with credulous foreign-news outlets and the Biden administration.
WATCH: Pilger & Ellsberg — Extradition Extra Edition
We lost both John Pilger and Daniel Ellsberg in 2023. Here they both appear on CN Live! on Sept. 20, 2020 to discuss Julian Assange’s extradition hearing.
Al-Aqsa Flood & the End of Partition
Hamas’ Oct. 7 operation laid waste to Israel’s belief that Palestinians can be siphoned off into Bantustans while the colonizing state enjoys peace and expansion, writes Tareq Baconi.
South Africa Emerges as Moral Giant on Gaza
Pretoria is challenging the Israeli government’s claim to innocence, which for far too long has allowed it to act with impunity against the long-suffering Palestinians.
Turkey, Malaysia Back South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel
The South African Foreign Ministry reportedly expects other countries to follow suit soon and express support for its case at the World Court.
Craig Murray: A Shift Against Impunity for Genocide
Officials who supplied, incited or cheered on Israel’s monstrous atrocities have faced no legal jeopardy. That changed with South Africa’s reference to the International Court of Justice.
WATCH: Pilger on His Convict Ancestors & on Assange
Cathy Vogan interviewed John Pilger on Julian Assange in 2011, and filmed this 2016 talk about the Pilger family’s origins in Australia.