Episode 16: John Pilger

John Pilger

John Pilger provides a sweeping historical context for the revolutionary journalism of Julian Assange. Pilger’s famous interview of the great war corespondent Martha Gelhorn serves as the basis for a discussion of the history of courageous reporting. Powerful segments of five of Pilger’s most famous films serve as a panorama of journalistic history dating from the First World War—-showing the dark growth of the overwhelming power of the U.S., it’s increasing worldwide efforts to control the flow of information as exemplified by the shocking London show trial of Julian Assange.