John Richard Pilger (; born 9 October 1939) is an Australian journalist, writer, scholar, and documentary filmmaker. He has been mainly based in Britain since 1962.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrei-markovits-and-jeff-weintraub/obama-and-the-progressive_b_103979.html]Andrei Markovits<span> and Jeff Weintraub, "Obama and the Progressives: A Curious Paradox"</span>, The Huffington Post, 28 May 2008</ref> He was also once visiting professor at Cornell University in New York. Wikipedia
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