A Giant Has Passed: RIP John Pilger

Certainly Not a Garbage Person

Cindy Sheehan

Dec 31, 2023

Renowned Australian journalist John Pilger passes away at 84

From Palestine to Cambodia, Pilger worked extensively to expose human suffering caused by imperialist governments.

FROM THE ABOVE AL JAZEERA ARTICLE:

‘Imperialist and colonialist agenda’

Pilger was born in Sydney, Australia in 1939, but developed much of his career when staying in the United Kingdom, where he began working as a freelance journalist in the early 1960s.
His main focus was uncovering and exposing abuses of power by governments and large corporations. He was an unwavering critic of the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom’s foreign policies, which he considered to be driven by an imperialist and colonialist agenda. He was a vocal critic of the US-led military interventions in countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
In his book, The New Rulers of the World, Pilger exposed the role of the West in the 1960s coup in Indonesia and the US-led “war on terror” that ravaged Iraq.

I’d like to extend my heartfelt condolences to John’s family, and the rest of the world who will miss his dedicated work to expose imperialism and uplift the voices of the occupied and oppressed.

For me, he was twice a guest on Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox and I found him to be very compassionate, articulate, courageous, and humble. From John, I received an eye-witness account of the murder of Robert Kennedy, Sr and the fact that Sirhan Sirhan was NOT the assassin—and we HAVE all been informed by his long journalistic career.