I was recently interviewed by Lulaine Compere for leading American music magazine The Source: The system of capitalism is always being debated. In most countries people are fighting it, seeking to replace it, or trying to improve it. The mere presence of capitalism also brings with it values and ideas that will have huge consequences…
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Disaster Capitalism documentary selected for prestigious Hot Docs festival
For over four years I’ve been working on the documentary, Disaster Capitalism. I was shooting footage myself when I started researching the book that eventually became my recent Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe. I partnered with New York film-maker Thor Neureiter in 2012 (and Norwegian film-maker Spencer Austad has shot some amazing…
Debating Disaster Capitalism at the London School of Economics
During my recent visit to London, where I debated the future of the UN at the London School of Economics (LSE), I also discussed my book Disaster Capitalism at the LSE with three articulate and critical women:… Dr Brenna Bhandar, Dr Marsha Henry and… Dr Devika Hovell. I was challenged on my choice of interviewees in the…
Migrant Podcast interview on refugees and immigration
The Migrant Crisis Podcast is an interesting new initiative by two journalists keen to explore the often unreported aspects of the refugee issue. I was recently interviewed in Berlin about asylum seekers, Europe and immigration:
German radio station Bayerischer Rundfunk on privatised immigration
During my recent period in Berlin, Germany, as a Visiting Researcher… at WZB Social Science Centre, I was interviewed by Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting) about Europe and Germany’s moves towards outsourcing its refugee “problem” to private corporations. My interview begins at 36.17. Other people on the show are social scientist Manuela Bojadzijev, political scientist Sandro Mezzadra,…
Private immigration facilities making money from misery
My debut article in the New York Times: Berlin — Immigration and Customs Enforcement calls the detention site in Dilley, Tex., a “family residential center.” But to the 2,000 migrant children and mothers who live there, it’s something else: “People who say this is not a prison are lying,” Yancy Maricela Mejia Guerra, a detainee…
Interview in German newspaper Berliner Zeitung about privatised immigration
During my recent time in Berlin, Germany, I was interviewed by one of Germany’s leading newspapers, Berliner Zeitung, about Europe’s growing reliance on privatised and unaccountable detention facilities for refugees. I’ve investigated this issue in my book, Disaster Capitalism. The interview was conducted in English and then translated into German. I’m a German citizen but…
Berlin's WZB Social Science Center lecture/Q&A on disaster capitalism and immigration
Last night at WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, where I’ve been a Visiting Researcher this year, I gave a lecture about my book Disaster Capitalism, privatised immigration, the refugee crisis and threats to democracy from the far-right. It was a fascinating evening. Germany is struggling to manage a large influx of migrants and the country…
German radio station RBB interview on immigration
During my time in Berlin, Germany this year, immigration has been a central theme. I was recently… interviewed by German public broadcaster RBB about the issue and why privatising the refugee crisis, as I investigate in my book Disaster Capitalism, leads to human rights abuses. My interview has been translated into German but here’s the introduction…
Review and interview about Disaster Capitalism with US magazine Salon
A review of my book Disaster Capitalism in US magazine… Salon… followed by an interview with its… journalist Ben Norton: “The corporation is now fundamentally more powerful than the nation-state,” writes journalist Antony Loewenstein in his new book “Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe.” “Many ongoing crises seem to have been sustained by businesses to fuel…