Melbourne’s Triple R radio is one on Australia’s finest independent broadcasters. I was recently interviewed by the station’s Breakfasters show about my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs:
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ABC Australia Radio National’s Late Night Live interview on ending the war on drugs
My interview on ABC Australia Radio National’s Late Night Live on the drug war and my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs:
My new book, “Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs”, is out
I’m excited to announce the release of my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. It’s now out in Australia (via Scribe publications), India later in the year (with Pan Macmillan India and a special foreword for this edition), November in the US and January in the UK. It’s a…
Pakistani TV interview on the global refugee crisis
Yesterday I was interviewed on Pakistani TV network Indus News about the global refugee crisis in the US, EU, Australia and beyond, and the companies making money from it all:
Legalising and regulating all drugs is the solution
My essay appears in this week’s Sydney Morning Herald: The only way to ensure a safer Australian society is to legalise and regulate all drugs. This could save lives, earn huge revenue for the state and diminish the power of criminal gangs that make billions of dollars annually from the production and sale of illicit…
US radio interview on my forthcoming drug war book
I was recently interviewed by US radio program, By Any Means Necessary, on my upcoming drug war book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, and I gave a good overview of its political and journalistic reporting. My interview starts at 40:00: Listen to “Regrettably the US Army asks ‘How Has Serving…
My forthcoming book: Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs
After 4+ years of global investigation, my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, will be released in September in Australia, November in the US and January in the UK. Translated editions will come later. It features my reporting from Honduras, Guinea-Bissau, the Philippines, the US, UK and Australia and…
Interview on US radio station Loud and Clear on climate change
I was interviewed late last week by the US radio program, Loud and Clear, from Washington DC: In today’s episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Fred Magdoff, professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont, and Antony Loewenstein, an independent journalist and author of…
How to fight the toxic culture wars and win
My book review appears in the… Weekend Australian newspaper with the great headline: “What did you do in the culture wars, daddy-o?: As soon as Donald Trump unexpectedly won the White House in 2016, commentators and instant experts claimed it was because of economic anxiety. White, working-class Americans voted for the Republican candidate in greater numbers…
Censored Al-Jazeera film on Israel lobby reveals important truths
My following essay appears in the Israel/Palestine news outlet +972 magazine:… There’s a moment near the end of the four-part, Al Jazeera documentary on the U.S. Israel lobby —… censored by its own network due to pressure from the U.S. government and incensed U.S.-based, pro-Israel lobbyists — where the show’s undercover reporter, “Tony,” films a key…