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…
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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.
The dark legacy of the post 9/11 Afghan war
This year is the 20th anniversary of the post 9/11 Afghan war. I was recently asked to speak at an event organised by the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia. It was held during an exhibition of amazing Afghan/Australian artist Khadim Ali. In the Q&A, Khadim spoke along with a number of Afghans from…
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…
The ongoing torture of Julian Assange
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is one step closer to being released after a UK judge found that he couldn’t be extradited to the US. Maybe. There’s still a long road ahead: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein)
The Project TV interview on The Conspiracy Virus podcast series
My podcast series with journalist Olivia Rosenman, The Conspiracy Virus, has just been released. It tackles Covid-19, vaccines and climate change and the range of conspiracies around them. Tonight I was interviewed on the popular Australian TV program The Project about it: Need a hand debunking some of the biggest conspiracy theories of the year?…
The Conspiracy Virus podcast
Conspiracy theories have existed forever. In the modern age, think of the supposedly fake moon landing or 9/11 being an inside job (hint: it wasn’t). I’ve spent much of this year working with journalist Olivia Rosenman on a podcast series, The Conspiracy Virus, which has just been released by one of Australia’s biggest media outlets,…
Australia’s role in suppressing Palestinian rights
My first essay/analysis for US outlet Jacobin: Why Australia Supports Israel’s Oppression of the Palestinians
Talking Wikileaks, war crimes and state capitulation
The great new book, A Secret Australia: Revealed by the WikiLeaks Exposés, edited by Felicity Ruby and Peter Cronau, is a timely look at the legacy of Wikileaks. I have a chapter in it. Last week I was interviewed on the popular ABC Radio program, Late Night Live with Philip Adams: