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The model for this volume is the enormously successful Vintage Original DISTANT VOICES (93, 000 copies sold to date). It will gather together essays on a range of subjects including Burma, Fleet Street, East Timor, Vietnam today, the media and UK politics. 'Pilger is the closest we have to the great correspondents of the 1930s. . . The Truth in his hands is a weapon, to be picked up and brandished and used in the struggle against evil and injustice' GUARDIAN
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent collection of Pilger pieces. The topics covered now read like an alternative history of the 1990s rather than current events, but this book is well worth reading because of the background that it gives you on places and people still key to what is unfolding now. Pilger always writes in an accessible style, but his unique talent is giving journalistic detail a human face.
85 of 88 people found the following review helpful
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After reading some of John Pilgers articles on his website... I was persuaded get this book and as a result change my perception of World events. The USA and Great Britain in particular, self reputed homes of democracy and freedom have their true colours exposed by Pilger's tireless and thorough research, and documentation. If like me you haven't read Pilger or Noam Chomsky for example before, in reading this book you will in turns be aghast at the cruelty of our governments foreign policies, disgusted by the rhetoric politicians have spewed to "justify" their actions, but equally if not more importantly uplifted by true tales of the courage of many people around the world from Liverpool to East Timor who stand up for justice and human rights while governments turn their backs.
I feel like I've been sleeping before reading this book and I can't encourage people enough to read this and wake up to what our governments (Labour or Conservative, Republican or Democrat) are doing on our behalf around the world.
35 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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After reading John Pilgers book i immediately joined amnesty international. This book shows how modern democracies are supporting brutal regimes in order to sell arms (US, UK) while at the same time cutting down social security at home. Everbody should read this book. It will make you angry. Use this anger in order to support human rights. John Pilger deserves the Nobel-Prize for Peace!
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Funny world
As a committed communist, John Pilger has spent zero time amassing evidence of socialist atrocities across the world. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Andrew Lale
WE must fight these tyrants
The cold hard truth is presented in this book to dispel any notions of truth and justice that you thought might exist in the Governments of the world. Read more
Published 28 days ago by Horus
PIlger - HIdden Agendas
John Pilger is an older style journalist who writes in a clear, informative and interesting style and, although sometimes the subjects about which he writes can feel like a... Read more
Published 10 months ago by RR Waller
On the shoulders of giants.
"We are told that the poor are grateful for charity. Some of them are, no doubt, but the best among the poor are never grateful. They are ungrateful, disobediant and rebellious. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2009 by peterkayisablank
The Truth behind the Veil of Mandacity
This book should be read with Pilger's "The New Rulers of the World", and they will change your world-view forever. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2008 by George Redelinghuys
Wake up! You've been fed lies all along...
This book has changed my life. I challenge anyone with an ounce of humanity in them to read this book and not be shell-shocked.. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2003
A great book likely to turn your opinions on their head
As all the other reviewers suggest this is a fascinating read.
It highlights issues most people do not think about and shows how perceived wisdom and the truth often diverge. Read more
Published on 10 April 2002
Required reading.
Remember that if it seems too good to be true it usually is. JP exposes the myth that the west promotes freedom and democracy and shows us how people are hoodwinked into believing... Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2002 by Andrew Snow
Courageous
If you want to know more about the world we live in, (since Sept 11th, this couldnt be more vital) and think about world events with a conscience, rather than infantile good vs... Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2002
Open your eyes and mind...
...especially now. Pilger can almost seem foolish with his blind ambition to prove that the western "civilised" world is the bad guy in modern politics but, by God, is... Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2001 by David Templeman (david_templeman@hotmail.com)
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