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One of the world's last Muckraking, independent, anti-authoritarian investigative journalists, and probably Julian Assange's greatest advocate has passed.
Whether you were on the left, or the right, a valuable source of information, that opposed the establishment, is now silent.
"John Pilger, a giant of journalism born in Australia in 1939, has died at the age of 84, according to a statement released online by his family.. . ."
From Jeremy Corbyn, WikiLeaks, Afshin Rattansi, Max Blumenthal, Jonathan Cook, Scott Ritter, Vijay Prashad, Glenn Greenwald, Tariq Ali, Matt Kennard and Roger Waters.
Whether you were on the left, or the right, a valuable source of information, that opposed the establishment, is now silent.
"John Pilger, a giant of journalism born in Australia in 1939, has died at the age of 84, according to a statement released online by his family.. . ."
The world has lost a dissenting voice: Australian journalist John Pilger has died, age 84
Pilger inspired many with his willingness to critique the damaging effects on ordinary people’s lives of capitalism and Western countries’ foreign policies. But he also provoked global controversy.
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Tributes Pour in For John Pilger
From Jeremy Corbyn, WikiLeaks, Afshin Rattansi, Max Blumenthal, Jonathan Cook, Scott Ritter, Vijay Prashad, Glenn Greenwald, Tariq Ali, Matt Kennard, Roger Waters and more. Meanwhile, the U.S. mainstream media is so far silent on Pilger's passing. The New York Times on Monday ran an obit
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