A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away.

John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Empire and all its violent predations–war, genocide, exploitation–as well as its endless lies and propaganda. Till his death, he fought tirelessly for the freedom of Julian Assange, and his last article was a call to solidarity.

John gave voice to the invisible and the voiceless: the hungry, the poor, the handicapped, the conscripted, the........

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