Verso is the publisher of my new book, Disaster Capitalism, and this week… issued the following: Jimmy Mubenga… died of cardiac arrest whilst… waiting… to be… deported… on board an Angola-bound plane at Heathrow airport on 12 October 2010. Fellow passengers… heard Mubenga scream, “I can’t breathe” as he was restrained and… pinned down in his seat.… G4S guards forced his head down and…
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Mondoweiss reviews Disaster Capitalism
The great US website Mondoweiss reviews my new book, Disaster Capitalism; the review is by James North: The Australian writer Antony Loewenstein is no stranger to this site. His incisive, courageous questioning of pro-Israel orthodoxy… got our attention… back in 2007, and he has published two well received books on the subject:… My Israel Question,… and… After Zionism, (which he…
The Humanist Hour on Disaster Capitalism
I was recently interviewed by the US-based Humanist Hour on my new book, Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe:
US radio WortFM interview on Disaster Capitalism
Last week I was interviewed by Wort FM based in Madison, Wisconsin on all aspects of my new book, Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe: [soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/wort-fm/disaster-capitalism-making-a-killing-out-of-catastrophe[/soundcloud]
How disaster capitalism worsens Greece's approach to refugees
Salon publishes an edited extract from my new book, Disaster Capitalism: The detainees were all desperate to speak to us. They were all Afghan men under thirty, mostly from the Hazara ethnic group, though I saw a few older men with gray beards standing behind the others. The police had picked them all up in…
Democracy Now! interview on Disaster Capitalism
Last week I appeared on the wonderful US TV/radio show in New York, Democracy Now! talking about my new book, Disaster Capitalism, and the film in progress of the same name: AMY… GOODMAN:… This is… Democracy Now!, democracynow.org,… The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. When disaster strikes, who profits? That’s the question asked by journalist Antony Loewenstein…
Huffington Post Live on Disaster Capitalism
Yesterday I appeared on Huffington Post Live in New York talking about my new book, Disaster Capitalism,… and the film in progress of the same name with director Thor Neureiter:
Austerity-crazed Britain brings misery to many
Britain’s conservative government is proudly dismantling many established social services. Austerity on crack. The Independent columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown tackles this in her weekly column and references my new book, Disaster Capitalism: While we are on asylum-seekers and refugees, let’s look into the places these people are incarcerated. Antony Loewenstein’s Disaster Capitalism exposes the way profits…
Middle East in Focus radio on disaster capitalism
My new book, Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe, is now out and last week I was interviewed by the great Californian radio show, Middle East in Focus. We talked about war contractors making money in Afghanistan, privatised immigration centres in America and beyond:
Disaster capitalism surrounds us every day
My story in Al Jazeera America: When an earthquake struck Nepal in April, thousands of locals died in the carnage. But many foreigners had far more luck as members of Global Rescue, a company committed to rescuing its clients from dangerous environments. “Why shouldn’t we be able to hire private armies to ensure our safe…