John Pilger's documentaries are historically significant exposés of the cruelty and connivances of US empire, in which he gave voice to resistance movements still struggling for their sovereignty.
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) December 31, 2023
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Veteran Australian journalist John Pilger has died in London, aged 84.
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John Pilger's family have remembered him as "the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad and partner"
The journalist and documentary-maker won an Emmy, a BAFTA and the Sydney Peace Prize during his career
He was highly critical of Western foreign policy and Australia's treatment of its Indigenous peoples
His family announced his death in a post on social media, saying Pilger's journalism and documentaries were "celebrated around the world".
"To his family, he was simply the most amazing and loved Dad, Grandad, and partner," they wrote.
Pilger is survived by his son Sam and daughter Zoe.
Sam Pilger wrote on social media platform X: "I am heartbroken, but also so very proud and grateful to have had such an amazing Dad. He was my hero."
John Pilger grew up in Sydney's Bondi, before working as a reporter for the Reuters news agency and as a foreign correspondent for Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper.
In his 20s he became the first person to have won Britain's Journalist of the Year award twice.
He later moved to the United States, where he reported on the social upheaval of the late 1960s and 1970s, including the assassination of Robert Kennedy, for which he was present.
