My interview on Sky News Australia about the remarkable news of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange being released from Belmarsh prison in London. I’ve been a Wikileaks supporter and friend since its inception in 2006. It has released more important documents about the state of global power than any other media outlet in my lifetime.
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TRT World interview on Western media hypocrisy over Gaza
My interview on global broadcaster TRT World discussing the hypocrisy of coverage around Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians.
War as a very profitable business
My interview with the French activist and author Frank Barat about the centrality of the arms industry to Israel’s war in Gaza, the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan et al:
Al Jazeera English interview on Israel’s failing “strategy” in Gaza
My latest Al Jazeera English interview on Israel’s flailing military “strategy” in Gaza and the profound challenges in fighting an insurgency (see Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan etc).
Do you think that Washington cares about Palestinians dying?
My interview with the UK-based outlet, Middle East Eye, on the lack of Western elite interest in Palestinian lives or deaths. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Middle East Eye (@middleeasteye)
Why so many people don’t believe what they see and hear
The growing public distrust of the mainstream media is an issue that should concern all living and breathing citizens (and yes, there are often good reasons for it). It’s an issue I discuss in this interview on The Jist podcast along with my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and mass surveillance. I previously appeared on…
Australia’s role as a sub-imperial power
My review in The Saturday Paper, of the new book by Clinton Fernandes, Subimperial Power Australia in the International Arena: In early October, Australia’s deputy prime minister and minister for Defence, Richard Marles, was in Hawaii to meet the American and Japanese defence chiefs near Pearl Harbor. “The global, rules-based order is being pressured in…
Stop the rush to war (with China)
I’m happy to have signed this public letter to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to stop the rush to another war (ie. with China). The letter was written by Australians for War Powers Reform: With multiple military and defence commentators offering increasingly bleak assessments of the possibility of armed conflict, now is the time to…
Accountability in Palestine?
After the recent news that the International Criminal Court made an historic decision to allow its prosecutor to investigate war crimes in Palestine, I was asked by global broadcaster TRT World to comment: Antony Loewenstein, an independent author and film-maker who lived in Jerusalem from 2016-2020, is also happy about the ICC decision. “The recent…