Last weekend I spoke at the annual Solidarity conference on Palestine and the realities of Israeli occupation. The group is a socialist organisation with a long history of supporting Palestinian rights:
Melbourne’s Triple R radio interview on Taliban takeover of Afghanistan
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has been a humanitarian disaster for many Afghans and yet much of the Western media coverage has ignored the dark reality of 20 years of US-backed war. Here’s my interview this week with Melbourne’s Triple R Breakfasters radio show on the current reality in Afghanistan and the role of imperial…
The warmth, memory and strength of Gaza
My essay, reportage and personal reflections about Gaza in US magazine The Markaz. The outlet is publishing an entire edition about Gaza, a Palestinian territory that’s routinely shunned, ignored and demonised in the West. Here’s the beginning of my piece (and read the whole thing): The Children Land’s Kindergarten sits in the Bedouin village of…
Al Jazeera English documentary, Under the Cover of Covid
This is our new film on Al Jazeera English for the People and Power documentary strand: a global investigation into the serious threats to civil liberties and free speech during Covid-19. Made with great UK film maker Dan Davies (of Black Leaf Films), we show how governments across the globe, focusing on Singapore, Israel, the UK and…
How the Jewish state increasingly has ties with the far-right
This week I spoke at a event organised by the Campaign Against Racism and Fascism on Israel and its growing ties with the global far-right. I explain how Israel’s permanent occupation is an inspiration for many nations now (and yes, this is also partly the subject of my next book out in 2023):
Investigating the War on Drugs: recommendations for the future
Here’s my keynote lecture at the 2021 Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. I spoke around my 2019 book, “Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs“. The Australian & New Zealand Addiction Conference was hosted by the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association, a non-government,…
RT Going Underground on Israel/Palestine and Wikileaks
My interview on RT’s Going Underground on Israeli politics, failures of mainstream media, the essential Wikileaks and the shameful incarceration of Julian Assange.
Rising Palestinian voices
My recent interview with Bay FM, a great community radio station in Byron Bay, Australia. The interviewer Fernando has constructed an interesting, podcast-style production on Israel/Palestine: BayFM 99.9 · Palestine Special with Mohammed & Muna El-Kurd and Antony Loewenstein 14.06.21
Roles and responsibilities of a journalist
After the recent violence in Palestine and Israel, Australian, Muslim community network Clued TV was involved in raising funds to help the people of Palestine. I was interviewed about my work as a journalist. Segment starts at 2 hours 56 seconds:
Shaping and skewing coverage of Israel/Palestine
I participated in this event earlier in the week on the role and responsibility of the media when reporting on Israel/Palestine. It was organised by the UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion and UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in Sydney, Australia. Over 250 people attended the event via Zoom: How does the…