Distant Voices
by John Pilger
238 Members (3.93)
On This Page
Description
Throughout his distinguished career as a journalist and film-maker, John Pilger has looked behind the 'official' versions of events to report the 'real' stories of our time.The centrepiece of this new, expanded edition of his bestselling "Distant Voices" is Pilger's reporting from East Timor, which he entered secretly in 1993 and where a third of the population has died as a result of Indonesia's genocidal policies. This edition also contains more new material as well as all the original show more essays - from the myth-making of the Gulf War to the surreal pleasures of Disneyland. Breaking through the consensual silence, Pilger pays tribute to those dissenting voices we are seldom permitted to hear. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
29+ Works 2,682 Members
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Margaret Thatcher; John Major
- Important places
- United Kingdom
- Important events
- Operation Flavius (Gibraltar killings); Gulf War, 1990-1991
- Dedication
- For Jane and David
- First words
- This book sets out to offer a different way of seeing events of our day.
- Quotations
- Shortly after Thatcher won a second term in 1983 (when her fortunes soared from a 17 per cent popularity rating due to her victory over General Galtieri) a senior Department of Education official warned in a secret report tha... (show all)t legislative powers might be necessary to 'rationalise' the schools' curricula. 'We are in a period of considerable social change,' he wrote. 'There may be social unrest, but we can cope with the Toxteths … but if we have a highly educated and idle population we may possibly anticipate more serious conflict. People must be educated once more to know their place.'
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)His words, wrought from such pain and struggle, deserve a just reply.
- Blurbers
- Rushdie, Salman
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 070.92 — Computer science, information & general works News media, journalism & publishing Documentary media, educational media, news media; journalism; publishing Biography And History Biographies
- LCC
- PN5516 .P55 .A3 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Journalism. The periodical press, etc. By region or country
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 238
- Popularity
- 136,160
- Rating
- (3.93)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 3
