John Pilger, 1939–2023
By Patrick Lawrence
Special to Consortium News
In the spring of 1983, the late and greatly missed John Pilger began broadcasting a series of interviews called The Outsiders on British television.
His subjects ranged widely. Costa–Gavras, Jessica Mitford, Se
“I admired the force of his writing, even when I often didn’t support what he wrote, and he was always warm when we met.” So wrote John Simpson, the veteran BBC foreign affairs correspondent, on news of the death of the campaigning journalist John Pilger on December 30 at the age of 84.
“I admired the force of his writing, even when I often didn’t support what he wrote, and he was always warm when we met.” So wrote John Simpson, the veteran BBC foreign affairs correspondent, on news of the death of the campaigning journalist John Pilger on December 30 at the age of 84.
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