John Pilger

John Pilger is a left wing Australian journalist from Sydney.

Pilger's career in journalism began in 1958, and he has earned a good reputation on the left through both his reporting and the various books he's written and documentary films he's produced. He has acted as a war correspondent[?] during conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt, India, Bangladesh and Biafra.

Works

Publications

• Daily Mirror (UK)
• The Guardian (UK)
• The Independent (UK)
• New Statesman[?]
• The New York Times (US)
• The Los Angeles Times[?] (US)
• The Nation: New York[?] (US)
• The Age: Melbourne (Australia)
• The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Bulletin: Sydney[?]

He has also written for various French, Italian, Scandinavian, Canadian and Japanese newspapers and periodicals, among others, and has contributed to the BBC's news service.

Books

• The Last Day (1975)
• Aftermath: The Stuggles of Cambodia and Vietnam (1981)
• The Outsiders (1984)
• Heroes (1986)
• A Secret Country (1989)
• Distant Voices (1992 and 1994)
• Hidden Agendas (1998)
• The New Rulers of the World (2002)

Play

• The Last Day (1983)

External link

• JohnPilger.com (http://www.johnpilger.com), also the source for much of this article