This week the Human Rights Law Centre in Australia released a stunning report on Australian companies behaving badly around the world. One focus is in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, where my book and film on disaster capitalism examines Rio Tinto’s destructive mining practices, and I’m honoured to have some contributed some photos to the report.
Talking to Poland on aid, disaster capitalism and giving with purpose
I was recently interviewed by Poland’s biggest media organisation about my work around disaster capitalism (both the book and film). The conversation covered Afghanistan, Haiti, aid, US foreign policy, Trump and what journalism should be (hint: challenging those in power). It was great to engage with an audience that in the West is increasingly viewed…
Strong review of the documentary, Disaster Capitalism
My film Disaster Capitalism, with director Thor Neureiter and co-producers Media Stockade, has screened around the world this year (with more to come including an invitation to a major human rights film festival in the US in early 2019).… After one of the recent screenings in Sydney, this review by Jim Mcllroy appeared in Green…
Interview on US radio station Loud and Clear on climate change
I was interviewed late last week by the US radio program, Loud and Clear, from Washington DC: In today’s episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Fred Magdoff, professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont, and Antony Loewenstein, an independent journalist and author of…
Blackwater founder Erik Prince directly asked about my reporting on his moves in Afghanistan
I recently published a major investigation into Blackwater founder Erik Prince and his aims to exploit resources and minerals in Afghanistan. It was published by the global broadcaster TRT World and created waves. Yesterday Prince himself was interviewed on the TRT World program, Nexus, and directly asked about my reporting that he travelled to Afghanistan…
TRT World interview on media coverage of Israel/Palestine
During last weekend’s conference on Palestine in Istanbul, Turkey, I was an invited speaker, I was interviewed by TRT World, the global news network that reaches 260 million people in 190 countries, on Israel/Palestine:
Speech at Palestine Addressing the World conference in Istanbul, Turkey
Last weekend I was invited to speak at a big Palestine conference in Istanbul, Turkey. Palestine Addressing the World brought speakers from over 60 countries across the world – one of the keynote speakers was going to be Saudi journalist… Jamal Khashoggi, murdered by the Saudi government in Istanbul – and nearly 1000 participants. It was…
TRT World interview on Erik Prince aiming to exploit Afghan minerals
Interview on TRT World’s The Newsmakers program, the global news network’s flagship current affairs show on a channel that reaches 260 million people in 190 countries, about my recent investigation into Blackwater founder Erik Prince and his attempts to exploit Afghan resources:
Exclusive investigation on Blackwater founder Erik Prince wanting to exploit Afghan resources
My year-long investigation in TRT World, the global news network that reaches 260 million people in 190 countries, about Blackwater founder Erik Prince and his attempts to exploit Afghan minerals (plus here’s background to the making of this story that continues to… reverberate around the world): The founder of the notorious, and now defunct, Blackwater, has…
How to fight the toxic culture wars and win
My book review appears in the… Weekend Australian newspaper with the great headline: “What did you do in the culture wars, daddy-o?: As soon as Donald Trump unexpectedly won the White House in 2016, commentators and instant experts claimed it was because of economic anxiety. White, working-class Americans voted for the Republican candidate in greater numbers…