This film, set in Afghanistan, Iraq and Washington, looks at President Bush's 'war on terror' and the 'liberation' of countries where bloodshed and repression continue. In Afghanistan, Pilger investigates the claim that life has improved for the women of Iraq now that the Taliban have gone. In Washington, he interviews leading American officials, 'neo-cons' in the Bush regime. John Bolton, of the State Department, now the US Ambassador to the United Nations, says he regards the figure of 10,000 civilian deaths in Iraq as 'quite low' (The film was released in September 2003, six months after the War in Iraq started.) Breaking the Silence won a number of awards, and was nominated for a British Academy Award.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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Big fan of Pilger, and as an Aussie I have the fortune of hearing him speak, talking to him, books signed etc
Pilger is not a one-trick pony. He's been vocal for many years.
I like this video clip from one of my favourite music groups System of a Down- where they joined with 10millions of us and John Pilger in protesting Bu$h's war on terror.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7yAO-QCSWA
this page shows the films by him that can be downloaded
http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=John+Pilger&cat=0
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