Book reviews can be a nerve-wracking experience. The famous author and writer Will Self has reviewed my book just out in the UK, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, in the UK Observer. It’s a very mixed review and I disagree with most of the criticisms – for example, Self’s critiques…
US radio Loud and Clear interview on Australian bushfires and the climate crisis
Australia’s bushfires have been devastating over the last months, a crisis hugely worsened by climate change. I was interviewed on US radio program Loud and Clear about the situation: Listen to “Climate in crisis: Australia wildfires rage out of control” on Spreaker.
The Irish Times reviews Pills, Powder and Smoke
The Irish Times has reviewed my new book just out in the UK, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. It’s a generally positive review, feels like 3.5/5, so I’m happy with it.
US TV program The Real News Network on Palestinian fixer Mohammed Dahlan
Palestinian fixer Mohammed Dahlan has a long and murky history in Palestine and across the Muslim world (more details here and here). I’ve been interviewed about him and his activities on US TV network The Real News Network:
Disasters Deconstructed podcast interview on disaster capitalism
My 2017 book, Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe, continues to show its relevance in any number of global contexts (from the climate crisis to migration). I’m interviewed on the US Disasters: Deconstructed podcast about my work on this issue and how as a journalist I use characters to bring empathy and understanding:
Disaster Capitalism book published in Arabic
I’m excited to announce that my 2017 book, Disaster Capitalism: Making A Killing Out Of Catastrophe, has just been released in an Arabic translation, now available across the Arab world. This will guarantee its message, how individuals and corporations are increasingly making profit from misery, will reach a huge global audience. 43,000 physical copies of…
Chance to improve US drug policy is there for the taking
US outlet The Hill has published my article based around my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside The Bloody War on Drugs: There’s a dangerous myth in sections of the public that the war on drugs is coming to an end. It’s an idea that as cannabis legalization sweeps across the U.S. and many other…
London Times positively reviews Pills, Powder and Smoke
My book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, is out in the UK this week. I’ll be in the UK in early February on a book tour (3 February at Queen Mary University of London and 4 February at the famous Frontline Club). The London Times has just published a positive…
How popular cocaine in the West affects West Africa
My book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, is out in the UK on 9 January 2020. British magazine GQ has published an edited extract of the Guinea-Bissau chapter. Here’s the PDF of the story: How South American drug cartels created a narco-state in West Africa | British GQ
Why we should be alert to the surge of fascist hate
My review of the fine new book by writer Jeff Sparrow, Fascists Among Us: Online Hate and the Christchurch Massacre, was published in last weekend’s Australian newspaper. It’s about the 2019 Christchurch attack and the growing rise of fascism. Here’s a PDF of the review: Jeff Sparrow’s Person X marks rise of ecofascism