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:
Graffati Over Marble book launch on Greece and its ailments
Earlier this year I endorsed the fine new book by Sydney-based writer Jorge Sotirios, Graffiti Over Marble, about the last 10 years of crisis in Greece. Last weekend, at a wonderful Greek community hall in Sydney, I interviewed Jorge about the book, his anger on the ongoing economic strangulation of Greece, neo-Nazis, refugees and a…
A Secret Australia: Revealed by the Wikileaks Exposes book launch
Wikileaks is one of the most important news organisations in the last 20 years. I’ve been a supporter since its birth in 2006. A new book is just out, A Secret Australia: Revealed by the WikiLeaks Exposés, edited by Felicity Ruby and Peter Cronau, and I have a chapter in it. Last week I spoke…
The ugly allure of mining in Afghanistan
My story in Australian outlet Crikey this week: Australia’s second-richest person Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest was in Afghanistan in September to investigate the viability of resource projects in the war-torn country. According to The Australian Financial Review, “Forrest has been travelling to some of the world’s most dangerous nations in search of new resource projects and pursuing philanthropic interests”.…
RIP Robert Fisk
Legendary journalist Robert Fisk recently died and since we were colleagues and old mates I wanted to share some insights and memories: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Antony Loewenstein (@antloewenstein)
Talking “unembedded” reporting on Israel/Palestine
Nic Ford is a talented up-and-coming Australian journalist who’s interviewing reporters for a new YouTube series called “Embedded”. In the latest edition, we talk about my work especially around Israel/Palestine: