it's him john pilger thank you. and that's it for the show will be back on monday with renowned on the racism campaign to mark woods with on his expulsion from jeremy goldman's labor party for bringing the party as a disrepute still then you can get touched by social media a c. on monday nineteen years to the day nato bombed the chinese embassy in yugoslavia killing or injuring twenty three beijing with bullets a bomb back at. target . the thing. is the texts. put it. into. some kind of guns about the subjects of the tale not that much. somebody you know. the guy from the seattle shack you have gone off to hike and you got. jumped just look at how one man washing the car heck it up sometimes. coming. troy buswell them about going to them at the cost of just how bad the night the my son my son that when i just little i'm on i am now the home of the rock the muck sob sob. but beyond that just looking. at. it. i think that's the ticket. yet i decide i'm out searching. in the sun for the news i live and i was to come to

welcome back i'm still here with legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger did you ever expect to see what looked like did told in korea no i didn't expect. although one short of expected that the koreans them sold. if we've been following him and we don't follow by him we follow the big power is that. impose that them so particularly that odd spades on that country it's a very popular move by the president of south korea it's i would i would have thought as clearly a popular move in north korea the koreans korea is one of the most homogeneous societies in the world i mean you can you can find very few countries so it's almost like france related it's one big family the idea of them divided. is absurd they recognise that but what this demonstrates is that a regional solution is is possible not only possible it's probably the only way to all these to all the world's so-called flashpoints and problems there credit is being given to donald trump's administration of what he's if you want to give him the nobel peace prize why not give in to a few of those coming war in germany details

this is going underground special with me for the whole program is that journalist and filmmaker john pilger let's start straight to austerity before we go to foreign policy. even in australia i know another first world country the levels will stare is he being greedy since the twenty eight crash a stir it is applied globally so the same policy is of extreme tax cuts the trump is it posing on the united states that we've that we've had in this country very perverted a long time it's called neo liberalism they applaud so you have or this called an underclass people working for. on temporary visas for low wages this is become the pattern in all rich countries it's the kind of. darwinian economics. that those who two thirds society those who've who've got it through really will those in the middle who aspire to do well are usually in debt and those in the bottom up discard it and yet of course while as you say these two thirds have been suffering since twenty eight or even bit before then there is money for was what was your reaction when you first heard of the anglo american french missile att

welcome back i'm still here with legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger john did you ever expect to see what looked like did told in korea no i didn't expect. short of expect with the koreans them so. if we've been following him and we don't follow by him we follow the big power is that. impose that them so it's particularly in spades on that country it's a very popular move by the president of south korea it's it's it's i would i would have thought as clearly a popular move in north korea the koreans korea is one of the most homogeneous societies in the world i mean you can you can find very few countries is the us so it's almost like france relate to one big family the idea of them divided. is absurd they recognise that but what this demonstrates is that a regional solution is is possible not only possible it's probably the only way to all these two worlds so-called flashpoints and problems their credit is being given to donald trump's administration of what he's if you want to give him the nobel peace prize why not given to a few of those coming war in germany details that mas

john pilger john let's start because you're straight to austerity before we go to foreign policy even in australia i know another first world country the levels will stare as he beamed to the moon since the twenty eight crash a stir tea is applied globally so the same policy is of extreme tax codes the trump was opposed to go in the united states that we've we've had in this country for for a very long time it's called neo liberalism they applaud so you have or this called an underclass people working for. temporary visas for low wages this is become the pattern in all rich countries it's the kind of. darwinian economics that those who two thirds of society those who've who've got it through really will those in the middle who aspire to do well are usually in debt and those in the bottom up discard it and yet of course while as you say these two thirds have been suffering since twenty eight or even before then there is money for wars what was your reaction when you first heard of the anglo american french missile attacks on syria it's built on a series of i would call them lies fabric

award winning journalist and filmmaker john pilger is the guest on today's edition of going underground and he says it's crucial for the media to question the official narrative i've never known the time when so cold as you describe it mainstream surely. a satirical. mainstream journalism has been so integrated into propaganda. and that that propaganda campaign at the moment pointed rights against russia suggests to me that it's the beginning of a kind of not the macho in russia i've been a journalist for a long time i've covered many wars i've covered the first cold war i've covered it from the soviet union i've covered it from the united states i would say there is a pseudo journalism now to simply write down and swallow what governments tell you is the very end to suss of what real journalism is. one drug load the rest was called a devastating blow to the taliban and trafficking in afghanistan but now the very same man has quietly walked free from u.s. prison more pain has been looking into the possible reasons behind his release here at this correctional facility in manhattan you've

well they're not just a propaganda construct as john pilger says the this is a concept that will be used is being used again not just in syria we've seen by elements in venezuela as far afield as the philippines and they're there to provide a false pretext that's essentially what they're there for it's it is propaganda and the people that we spoke to in aleppo last year they call them was fire brigade most people did not actually heard of them this year in aleppo we had one man sorry they were bad actors so the so there they have a reputation of being of doing the staged rescues. but the revelations from people in east kuta there were been liberated just dissin the past month shed more than a fair is light on this group one one eyewitness spoke to vanessa bailey actually said the boy helmets and other is the miss factions had come to them and forced them off their land taken stolen money stolen their possessions. and then kept them confined in a building and then a one point nine he came up to them and said be cautious there's going to be a chemical weapons attack and then the white helm

this is going underground special with me for the whole program is that journalist and filmmaker john pilger let's start and straight to austerity before we go to foreign policy even in australia i know another first world country the levels will sterrett. the twenty eight crash a stir to supply globally so the same policy of extreme tax cuts the trump as opposed to going the a lot of suspects that we've we've had in this country for preferred a long time. it's called neo liberalism they apply so you have or this called an underclass of people working for. temporary visas for low wages this is become the pattern in all rich countries it's a kind of. darwinian economics that those who two thirds society those who've who've got it do really well those in the middle who aspire to do well are usually in debt and those in the bottom of the scar that and yet of course while as you say these two thirds have been suffering since twenty eight or even before then there is money for wars what was your reaction when you first heard of the anglo american french missile attacks on syria it's built on a se

john pilger thank you. and that's it for the show will be back on monday with renowned anti-racism campaign a mock ones with on his expulsion from jeremy goldman's labor party for bringing the party as a disrepute still then you can give a touch via social media a c. on monday nineteen years to the day nato bombed the chinese embassy in yugoslavia killing or injuring twenty three beijing withdrawal it's a barbaric act. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest on the world of politics sport doesn't this i'm show business i'll see you then. tonight here are backtracking and contradictions the u.n. chemical weapons watchdog now says it's unable to determine the amount of the nerve agent used in the script poisoning you turning then on earlier claims that nearly half a cup of a talks in the. tens of thousands turned out in paris this weekend to protest president macross economic policies with tight security following this week's labor day we're. coming to anti-government prote

this is going underground special with me for the whole program is that journalist and filmmaker john pilger let's start and go straight to austerity before we go to foreign policy you've been in australia i know another first world country the levels all staring . into the twenty eight crash a stir to supply globally so the same policy of extreme tax cuts the trump was posing on the a lot of spades that we've that we've had in this country for for very long time it's called neo liberalism they applaud so you have for this called an underclass people working for. temporary visas for low wages this has become the pattern and all rich countries so it's the kind of. darwinian economics that those who. two thirds societies those who've who've got it through really will those in the middle who aspire to do well are usually in debt and those in the bottom are discarded and yet of course while as you say these two thirds have been suffering since twenty eight or even bit before then there is money for wars what was your reaction when you first heard of the anglo american french missile attacks on s

award winning journalist filmmaker john pilger is on today's going underground show he talks. about how in the current political climate news outlets take a totally uncritical approach to claims leveled at russia i've never known a time when so cold as you describe it mainstream surely. a satirical. mainstream journalism has been so integrated into propaganda. and that that propaganda campaign at the moment pointed right against russia suggests to me that it's the beginning of a kind of not a macho in russia i've been a journalist for a long time. i've covered many wars i've covered the first cold war i've covered it from the soviet union i've covered it from the united states i would say there is a pseudo journalism now to simply write down and swallow what governments tell you is the very antithesis of what real journalism is. next talk about a party with tight security forty thousand people turned out in paris to protest the french president's economic reforms and what they're calling a party for my craw on heavy policing is a result of this week's may day rallies that turn

the show will be back on saturday for a full show special with legendary journalist and filmmaker john pilger joel then you can be judged by social media we'll see on saturday two hundred years to the day of the birth of calm looks within a century of his death unloved and billions would live on the governments that claim they were inspired by his work. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy even foundation let it be an arms race based on often spearing dramatic development that only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime stamping each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he wants to be ultra rich eight point six percent market saw thirty percent rise last year home with four hundred to five hundred three per cent at the first second and big cornrows to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars a month but don'

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