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[On the September 11 attacks] In these surreal days, there is one truth. Nothing justified the killing of innocent people in America last week and nothing justifies the killing of innocent people anywhere else.

— John Pilger

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During my lifetime, America has been constantly waging war against much of humanity: impoverished people mostly, in stricken places.

Putin is the only leader to condemn the rise of fascism in 21st-century Europe.

The problem with media-run "conversations" on gender is not merely the almost total absence of male participants, but the suppression of class.

The censorship is such on television in the US that films like mine don't stand a chance.

It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it.

Hidden Agendas (1998)

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