Michael Klare, TomDispatch: When it comes to energy and economics in the climate-change era, nothing is what it seems.… Most of us believe (or want to believe) that the second carbon era, the Age of Oil, will soon be superseded by the Age of Renewables, just as oil had long since superseded the Age of…
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ABC Adelaide on Profits of Doom and vulture capitalism
Discussing the realities of crony capitalism is rare in the mainstream media. My interview this week with ABC Adelaide… about my book Profits of Doom… gave me the opportunity to talk about private mercenaries in Afghanistan and the attempts by multinational Rio Tinto to re-open its polluting mine in Bougainville in Papua New Guinea:
Profits of Doom month set to launch with photo exhibit, films, talks, art
Starting on 17 August, The Addison Road Centre in Sydney, Australia’s largest community centre, will be hosting the… Profits of Doom month, featuring my first photo exhibition, films, talks, concerts, a great art prize plus many other events. Get involved and please tell your friends and family:
Q&A: Antony Loewenstein and Guardian readers debate vulture capitalism
The recent release of my new book, Profits of Doom (and forthcoming documentary trailer), gives me a unique opportunity to discuss issues too often ignored in the mainstream media. Today the Guardian hosted a Q&A session in which I engaged for three hours with readers from across the world on vulture capitalism. Here’s my introductory…
Open House radio interview over For God’s Sake
Talking at length about religion or lack of religion is a rare thing in the mainstream media. My recent book, For God’s Sake, is an attempt to discuss the role of faith, politics, Palestine, Jesus, Mohammed et al in a respectful though never dull way. Yesterday there was a radio interview on Open House with…
When a (short) break from the political madness is required
Reading this on a Sunday evening has brought a (much-needed) smile to my face. Here’s wonderful writer Gary Shteyngart in the New Yorker from June with something lyrical, moving, funny and most importantly, non-political: I love Pamela. She is what I’ve been waiting for all my life. A chance to lower myself into complete abasement,…
Private companies making a fortune from asylum seekers
My following piece appears in the Melbourne Age today: In 2005, Labor’s then immigration spokesman Tony Burke said detention centres for asylum seekers must never be run by private companies. “You shouldn’t have a situation”, he said, “where the level of supervision and the standard of care has anything to do with the private profits…
Readings positively reviews Profits of Doom
My new book Profits of Doom is now out. Here’s a great review from one of Australia’s leading independent bookstores, Readings: Australian journalist Antony Loewenstein has travelled to Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, Haiti and around Australia to report on a growing trend of ”˜vulture capitalism’ where the political and economic culture encourages ”˜corporate vultures to…