Returning to South Africa, John Pilger delivers an inaugural lecture in Cape Town in memory of the anti-apartheid campaigner, Abdulhay Ahmed Saloojee. He asks why the struggle for freedom has yet to be won, why a form of apartheid still rules and why this oppression has become a model for much of the world in the 21st century.WATCH THE LECTUREYou can also watch John Pilger's 1999 film Apartheid Did Not Die on this website.
The British Library has acquired John Pilger's entire written archive, with work reaching back to the 1960s, along with hundreds of his interviews.The official announcement can be found on the British Library website.To mark the acquisition of the Pilger archive, 'The Power of the Documentary', the Library has staged a festival of John Pilger's films and others representing the best of the craft.
John Pilger's film, The Coming War on China, proves more relevant with every day of the Trump presidency. There are two special screenings coming up in London...Rio Cinema, Tuesday 28 November, 6pm: Fundraiser screening for Stop the War Coalition. Followed by a Q&A with John Pilger. BUY TICKETSThe Barbican, Friday 8 December, 1.50pm: Screening as part of the Global Health Film Festival. Followed by a one-hour conversation with John Pilger.BUY TICKETS
John Pilger says: "I am delighted to be back in the New Internationalist as guest editor. This issue's keynote and supporting articles are the result of two years' work on a documentary film about the shift of the world's economic power east, to China, and the US reaction to this challenge to its dominance. Losing its economic prowess, Washington has turned almost obsessively to its military might; and the prospect of nuclear war is no longer unthinkable.
John Pilger is interviewed on Russia Today's 'Going Underground' on the unmentionables in western political and media life and the rapid drumbeat for a major war.
