John Pilger

John Richard Pilger (; 9 October 1939 – 30 December 2023) was an Australian journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. 

Pilger was a strong critic of American, Australian, and British foreign policy. He was against imperialist and colonialist agenda. 

He first drew international attention for his reports on the Cambodian genocide.

His career as a documentary film maker began with The Quiet Mutiny (1970). Other works include Year Zero (1979), about the aftermath of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, and Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy (1993). 

Pilger worked at the Daily Mirror from 1963 to 1986,Biography page, John Pilger's official website and wrote a regular column for the New Statesman magazine from 1991 to 2014.

Pilger won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award in 1967 and 1979. 

Pilger died in London on 30 December 2023, at the age of 84.

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