John Pilger on Obama and Empire

John Pilger – Obama and Empire John Pilger speaks at Socialism 2009 in San Francisco. On Tuesday 14 December, ITV1 will broadcast John Pilger’s latest film ‘The War You Don’t See’ at 10.35pm.

My early photography and the twin-lens reflex camera

There wasn't any money to buy proper photographic equipment when I was growing up. So it wasn't until I got a part-time job after school that I was able to fund my interest, which was primarily in film-making by then rather than still photography.

Why I won’t support the ‘no cuts’ protests

Depending on who you believe, and what is included, the UK national debt is somewhere between £800 billion and £4.8 trillion (which is £4,800 billion). The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates that the total debt, excluding bank bail-outs, is £816bn. But this figure doesn’t include the state’s pension liabilities, in a contravention of standard Why I won’t support the ‘no cuts’ protests

Police release images of protesters from the Millbank student riot and close down a website

Police investigating the Millbank student riot released images of thirteen protesters they want to question — Daily Mail. Meanwhile a website that offered advice to students involved in the rioting has been closed down. Apparently JustHost.com (slogan: ‘the last hosting plan you’ll ever need’) pulled the site purely on the basis of a letter from Police release images of protesters from the Millbank student riot and close down a website

Street View sightseeing: Mr Benn’s house

As anyone who was a child in the 1970’s knows, Mr Benn lives at 52 Festive Road. The artist David McKee lived ‘next door’ at 54 Festing Road in Putney (the house with the red front door) and his drawings of Festive Road were based on the real street.