My US mainstream TV debut just happened! MSNBC’s Medhi Hasan introduced my new book, The Palestine Laboratory, and gave it the proper context. Then we spoke about Israel’s ethno-nationalism, the arms trade and using Palestine as a testing ground. The fact that this discussion can happen, on prime-time US TV, shows that there’s an increasingly…
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The Palestine Laboratory arrives shortly
My new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports The Technology Of Occupation Around The World, is out in May. It’s published in the US and UK on 23 May with Verso and in Australia and New Zealand with Scribe on 30 May: Here’s the Verso blurb (the Scribe one is very similar but slightly…
Finding ways to access vast Afghan resources
My latest investigation for Declassified Australia (where we’ve just launched a crowd-funding campaign with Patreon so supporters can back our independent journalism with $): PDF here: TWIGGY’S AFGHAN MINERAL COUP – Declassified Australia Andrew Forrest, Australia’s second richest person, is on a self-declared global mission to fight climate change. But there’s another side to this story that’s…
The never-ending gold rush in Afghanistan
My latest investigation is a joint piece for Declassified Australia and Declassified UK on the rush to exploit Afghan resources (mostly since 9/11): The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August last year has caused the country to implode. It was already on life support after more than 40 years of war but the swift removal…
The enduring legacy of disaster capitalism in its many forms
The stubbornness of disaster capitalism is legendary. I recently spoke to the New York-based podcast series News Beat on the war in Afghanistan and how many people made a fortune during the 20-year US occupation. The show has done a follow-up episode just on disaster capitalism and in it I discuss mining, Blackwater founder Erik…
Arabic edition of Disaster Capitalism soars across Arab world
Back in late 2019, the Arabic edition of my book, Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe, was released. Now, two years later, the sales figures are in and they’re remarkable. The publisher has just sent the sales figures. The print run was 43,000 and it’s sold more than 37,000 copies in a range…
Preparing for disasters shouldn’t be about making $
Disaster preparedness kits are a big thing now that climate change is causing increasing environmental chaos. Some companies like Judy are aiming to capitalize on this development, thanks to celebrity endorsements, but don’t even mention climate change on its website or any details about its supply chain ie. is it ethical, not made by slave labour…
What disaster capitalism tells us about Bougainville
I’ve investigated the dark realities in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea in my Disaster Capitalism book and film. A new report, published in the Pacific Journalism Review by Wendy Bacon and Nicole Gooch, examines this fact (and I was interviewed about my work on Bougainville, independent journalism and disaster capitalism): This article focuses on the making…
The Jist podcast interview on disaster capitalism and privatised immigration
In many ways, it’s a sad reality that my book, Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe, continues to be deeply relevant (especially during this Covid-19 year). I discussed these issues, along with privatised immigration, on the UK-based The Jist podcast:
Disaster capitalism in the age of Covid-19
My 2018 film, Disaster Capitalism, investigates the reality of privatised forces in Afghanistan, Haiti and Papua New Guinea. Last week, the film’s co-producers, Media Stockade, hosted me in a public conversation/Q&A about the film, my book of the same name and how disaster capitalists are exploiting the current Covid-19 moment: