The passing of John Pilger

I am saddened to hear that renowned filmmaker John Pilger has just passed away. He was 84. Originally from Australia, he made England his home. A campaigning journalist, writer and film maker, he was a vocal and sometimes controversial critic of Western foreign policy. His best -known works include Year Zero, The War You Don’t Sea, the Secrete Country and Utopia. I was one of the talking heads in his 2016 documentary The Coming War on China. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6197028/

John won Britain’s Journalist of the Year award in 1967 and 1979.

It is hard to believe that he has died. In September, I had the pleasure of having afternoon tea with him at his house in London. He seemed fit and healthy then.

The world needs diverse voices. He will be sorely missed.