From the NS archive: We helped them descend into hell
In this 1999 piece, the late journalist reported from East Timor on how its people were abandoned by the West as they faced genocide at the…
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John Pilger
John Pilger was a journalist, documentary filmmaker, scholar and New Statesman columnist. His work included the documentaries Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia (1979) and Stealing a Nation (2004).
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