This morning I was a guest on ABC Radio National’s Sunday Extra talking about ISIS, Iraq, the fallacy of military “experts” in our media and political dog-whistling:
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2SER AidWorks on Syria, ISIS, Gaza and human rights
I was interviewed this week by 2SER’s AidWorks about many issues of the day:
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Beware all the instant Islamist experts
My weekly Guardian column: Nav K. Samir converted to Islam two years ago. He’s a young Sydney-based writer from an Indian background who recently featured in the successful new Facebook campaign, Australian Muslim Faces. Born into a Hindu family, Samir was attracted to the spiritual and intellectual life of Islam. At the age of 23,…
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Progressive Podcast Australia interview on Iraq, ISIS and Syria
Last week I was interviewed by the Progressive Podcast Australia on Iraq, Obama’s new war in the Middle East and ISIS:
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Handy explainer of the little war in Ukraine
Some classy and pointed German satire (select English subtitles below):
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Thoughts and insights from Cape Town's Open Book literary festival
I’ve just returned from Cape Town’s Open Book literary festival where I was a guest speaker. It was a stimulating week of discussions about politics, South Africa’s post 1994 reality, apartheid, Palestine, writing, Africa and much in between. I was warmly welcomed and often provoked by the conversations. One of my sessions was on disaster…
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Australia's role as dutiful US client state
My weekly Guardian column: Back in July, Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivered a speech… at the Australian American Leadership Dialogue at the New York academy of sciences. It was full of motherhood statements – “We are bonded, we are blood cousins” – praise for Israel’s “innovation” (no mention of the Palestinians) and clichéd rhetoric about…
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Making a fortune in US from imprisoning immigrants
My Guardian feature (plus a collection of my photographs): Stewart immigration detention centre is situated on the outskirts of Lumpkin, Georgia, a ghost town seven days a week. Visitors and detainees arriving at the centre – capacity: 2,000, all male – are greeted by a huge painted sign on a water tank: “CCA: America’s Leader…
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Radio New Zealand interview on Profits of Doom
My book Profits of Doom has just been released in an updated edition. I was extensively interviewed last weekend by Wallace Chapman on the Radio New Zealand program, Sunday Morning. It’s rare having this much time to discuss issues: