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Alternative Radio
A weekly one-hour public affairs radio program that provides analyses and views that are ignored or distorted in most media. Guests have included Dar Jamail, Michael Pollan, Noam Chomsky, Antonia Jusef, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, Jeff Cohen, David Zirin, Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn.
A vital and independent press is essential to the functioning of democracy. In recent years, media concentration has accelerated. This has resulted in the closing down of many domestic and foreign bureaus and a sharp reduction in the number of working reporters. In pursuit of a juicy tidbit, too many journalists today cozy up to power. They take pride in being called on by their first name at presidential news conferences. They play golf and tennis with high administration officials and are invited to all the important dinner parties. We need a press that will hold the feet of the mighty to the fire and not drink cabernet sauvignon with them. Citizens are ill-served by lapdogs with laptops.
John Pilger was an internationally renowned award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. Wikileaks called him a “ferocious speaker of truth to power.” Born in Australia, he was long based in London. He was twice selected as Britain’s Journalist of the Year. His award-winning documentaries include Year Zero, Palestine is Still the Issue, The War on Democracy and The Coming War with China. He is the author of The New Rulers of the World and Freedom Next Time. He died on December 30, 2023.
