We begin the new year having lost one of the greatest investigative journalist of our time.

An interview first with John on Afshin Rattansi's Going Underground program. One of my favorites shows at RT along side of Peter Lavelle's CrossTalk. These shows are just under 30 minutes. Well worth your time for much more informative news coverage that you will not get from western news medias. Information western medias do not cover. Aren't allowed to cover. Then there's a couple of short tribute articles from Consortium News below also.

RIP John Pilger (1939-2023): ‘Israel is a lying machine, Palestine has the right to defend itself’

On this special episode of Going Underground, we pay tribute to legendary journalist and film-maker John Pilger, who passed away at the age of 84. He was the award-winning author of the books ‘Hidden Agendas’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘A Secret Country’, and was renowned for his eye-opening films such as ‘The Coming War on China’, ‘Palestine is Still The Issue’ and ‘The War You Don’t See’. Over the years, he appeared many times on Going Underground delivering ground-breaking analysis. Today we air an interview with John Pilger that was first aired in 2021, during the last Israeli bombing campaign of Gaza. He discusses why Palestine is still the issue, the legal right of Palestinians to defend themselves, the mainstream media’s shameful ‘both sides’ reporting, the role of the US, UK and EU in arming Israel, the US-led campaign for the coming war on China, the persecution of Julian Assange and much more.

[rt.com]

The World Has Lost John Pilger

One of the greatest journalists and filmmakers of any generation has died at age 84, his family announced on Sunday.

John Pilger, whose books, films and articles informed generations of people eager to cut through official narratives and propaganda on the Palestinian question; U.S. wars executed in Vietnam, Iraq and elsewhere; the one it plans for China; the state of public medicine in Britain; the treatment of aborigines in his native Australia and a host of other critical public issues, has died in London at 84.

Pilger, a recipient of numerous awards, including winning British journalist of the year twice, was a member of Consortium News‘ board of directors and in October was awarded with CN‘s Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award.

[consortiumnews.com]

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 and Roger Waters.

Meanwhile, the U.S. mainstream media is so far silent on Pilger’s passing. The New York Times on Monday ran an obit on the comedian Shecky Greene but not a word on Pilger, who wrote several opinion pieces for the Times.