The New Rulers of the World
Book by John Pilger

The award-winning journalist and filmmaker John Pilger selects from his essays on power, its secrets and illusions, for this collection. The title is taken from his television film about the mythology of globalisation, in which he revealed how General Suharto's bloody seizure of power in Indonesia in the 1960s was part of a Western design that was the beginning of globalization in Asia.

In this book, Pilger discloses more of a secret history which saw a million Indonesians die as the price for its mantle as the World Bank's 'model pupil.'

Following the terrorist attacks on America and the bombing of Afghanistan, he looks at the new thrust of American power and its goal of world order, and the propaganda that helps drive it. Pilger's travels through Iraq reveal the blatant hypocrisy of the US and Britain when they claim their attacks on Iraq since the Gulf War have been performing a "vital humanitarian task". In a shocking exposé he describes the price paid by the people of Iraq for the West's decade-long embargo of that country.

Returning to his homeland, Australia, he looks behind the hype that led up to the Millennium Olympics in Sydney, reflecting on Australia's continuing subjugation of its Aboriginal people.

"Rakes the muck on which the power and wealth of states and corporations are founded, and the stench is awesome." - Irish Times

"Assuming US propaganda is accurate, President George Bush is intending to bomb Iraq as part of his war on terrorism. If you want to know just how big a mistake that would be, read John Pilger's latest tour de force." - New Scientist

"Pilger is unique not just for his undimmed anger but also for the sharpness of his focus, the range of targets that he chooses and the meticulous precision with which he hits them-often with their own words." - New Internationalist

"What makes John Pilger a truly great journalist is his conscience and his bravery." - Martha Gellhorn

John Pilger has twice won British journalism's highest award, that of Journalist of the Year, for his work all over the world, especially as a war correspondent. For his documentary filmmaking, he has won an American television Academy Award, an Emmy, and the Richard Dimbleby Award, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, for a lifetime's factual broadcasting.

John Pilger was born and educated in Australia and now lives in London.

Pages: 246 pages

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