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	In 1970, Pilger documented U.S. soldiers rebelling against the [[Vietnam War]] and produced the documentary ''Cambodia Year Zero''. He repeatedly called for the liberation of [[State of Palestine\|Palestine]] and described [[Ukraine]] as a "[[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] theme park" after the [[2014 Ukrainian coup d'etat\|Euromaidan coup]] in 2014 and warned of a possible [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict\|future war with Russia]]. In 2016, he released a documentary predicting a U.S. war on [[People's Republic of China\|China]]. The last article that he wrote called for the freedom of [[Julian Assange]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=K.J. Noh\|newspaper=[[MR Online]]\|title=John Pilger (1939-2023)\|date=2024-01-02\|url=https://mronline.org/2024/01/02/john-pilger-1939-2023/\|retrieved=2024-01-02}}</ref>		In 1970, Pilger documented U.S. soldiers rebelling against the [[Vietnam War]] and produced the documentary ''Cambodia Year Zero''. He repeatedly called for the liberation of [[State of Palestine\|Palestine]] and described [[Ukraine]] as a "[[Central Intelligence Agency\|CIA]] theme park" after the [[2014 Ukrainian coup d'etat\|Euromaidan coup]] in 2014 and warned of a possible [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict\|future war with Russia]]. In 2016, he released a documentary predicting a U.S. war on [[People's Republic of China\|China]]. The last article that he wrote called for the freedom of [[Julian Assange]].<ref>{{Web citation\|author=K.J. Noh\|newspaper=[[MR Online]]\|title=John Pilger (1939-2023)\|date=2024-01-02\|url=https://mronline.org/2024/01/02/john-pilger-1939-2023/\|retrieved=2024-01-02}}</ref>

			== Controversies ==
			In his documentary The Coming War on China he claimed that China is capitalist, that the [[1989 Tian'anmen Square riots]] was a “massacre” and he expressed support for [[Liu Xiaobo]].<ref>{{YouTube citation\|url=https://youtu.be/V42KtSeo3uI?si=Oc91mJt1a3a49B1A&t=3303\|channel=Real Stories\|title=The Coming War on China\|date=2016-12-05}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Anti-imperialist journalists]]		[[Category:Anti-imperialist journalists]]
	{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilger, John}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilger, John}}

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{{Infobox revolutionary|name=John Pilger|image_size=200|birth_date=9 October 1939|birth_place=Bondi, [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]|death_date=30 December 2023|death_place=London, [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]|nationality=Australian|image=John Pilger.png}}

'''John Richard Pilger''' (9 October 1939 – 30 December 2023) was an [[Anti-imperialism|anti-imperialist]] journalist from Australia. He denounced [[neocolonialism]], [[neoliberalism]], [[racism]], [[war]], and [[United States of America|U.S.]] coups. [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] [[Bourgeois media|state media]] described him as "A threat to [[Imperial core|Western Civilization]]."

In 1970, Pilger documented U.S. soldiers rebelling against the [[Vietnam War]] and produced the documentary ''Cambodia Year Zero''. He repeatedly called for the liberation of [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] and described [[Ukraine]] as a "[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] theme park" after the [[2014 Ukrainian coup d'etat|Euromaidan coup]] in 2014 and warned of a possible [[2022 Russo-Ukrainian conflict|future war with Russia]]. In 2016, he released a documentary predicting a U.S. war on [[People's Republic of China|China]]. The last article that he wrote called for the freedom of [[Julian Assange]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=K.J. Noh|newspaper=[[MR Online]]|title=John Pilger (1939-2023)|date=2024-01-02|url=https://mronline.org/2024/01/02/john-pilger-1939-2023/|retrieved=2024-01-02}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Anti-imperialist journalists]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilger, John}}

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