My investigative feature in The Nation: Before its failed occupation of Afghanistan, the Soviet Union discovered that the country was rich in natural resources. In the 1980s, Soviet mining experts drafted maps and collected data that would lay dormant in the Afghan Geological Survey in Kabul until the rise of the Taliban. These charts documented…
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Ireland's Newstalk radio interview on Disaster Capitalism
I was interviewed by Ireland’s Newstalk radio about my book, Disaster Capitalism:
Popular US podcaster Brad Bogner interview on Disaster Capitalism
I was interviewed by the popular US podcaster Brad Bogner about my new book, Disaster Capitalism.
Chicago radio, This Is Hell!, on Disaster Capitalism
I’ve been interviewed by Chicago radio program, This Is Hell! (“Manufacturing Dissent since 1996”) about my book Disaster Capitalism:
ABC Radio Sunshine Coast on Disaster Capitalism
I was interviewed by Australia’s ABC Radio Sunshine Coast about profiting from misery and my book, Disaster Capitalism:
RT TV interview on making money from refugees and Disaster Capitalism
I was recently interviewed in London on RT TV’s program Going Underground and we discussed corporations making money from the refugee crisis and my book, Disaster Capitalism:
Guardian book review of Disaster Capitalism
This book review by Owen Hatherley, of Disaster Capitalism,… was published in the Guardian Review last Saturday: At one telling moment in this unnerving and convincing book, Antony Loewenstein quotes the managing director of one of the many private military companies (“PMCs”) working in Afghanistan. The United States, says “Jack”, “is not capable of running empires”.…
RT TV interview on Disaster Capitalism and terrorism
I was recently interviewed by RT’s Oksana Boyko in London on the Worlds Apart TV program. We discussed my book, Disaster Capitalism, the arms industry and global terrorism:
Guardian event in London on the UN and its future
During my recent UK book tour for Disaster Capitalism, I spoke on a panel at the Guardian about the UN and its future as it turns 70: There are few global crises in the world today that do not pull in the UN in some way. Its security council still sets the terms of reference…
London's Centre for Investigative Journalism event on Disaster Capitalism
During my recent London book tour for Disaster Capitalism, I spoke in October at The Centre for Investigative Journalism about the book and film-in-progress. It was a great event especially because it was in front of so many journalism students from across the globe: