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Antony Loewenstein

Independent journalist, author and film-maker

The Real News Network interview on disaster capitalism

Posted on April 21, 2017

I was interviewed this week in Jerusalem by the US-based, The Real News Network about my book, Disaster Capitalism:

Tags: Afghanistan, Australia, disaster capitalism, Donald Trump, Greece, Haiti, human rights, Iraq
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