My interview on RT’s Going Underground on Israeli politics, failures of mainstream media, the essential Wikileaks and the shameful incarceration of Julian Assange.
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The dark legacy of the post 9/11 Afghan war
This year is the 20th anniversary of the post 9/11 Afghan war. I was recently asked to speak at an event organised by the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia. It was held during an exhibition of amazing Afghan/Australian artist Khadim Ali. In the Q&A, Khadim spoke along with a number of Afghans from…
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US outlet Real Fiction Radio interview on Pills, Powder and Smoke
I spoke to the great US outlet Real Fiction Radio, broadcast out of Arlington, Virginia, about my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. And yes, my book isn’t fiction 🙂
RT TV interview on Pills, Powder and Smoke
During my recent UK book tour for Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, I was interviewed by RT TV on the drug war, Honduras, Guinea-Bissau and US imperialism:
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Trump’s Middle East “peace plan” demands Palestinian subjugation
My analysis is published today by global broadcaster TRT World: Hours before US President Donald Trump unveiled his “peace deal” for Israelis and Palestinians yesterday, Israeli journalist Eylon Levy tweeted that expectations should be lowered for the proposal. “Since nothing can ‘solve’ the conflict,” he wrote, “ask whether the plan ‘shrinks’ the conflict. The occupation…
CNN International interview on Pills, Powder and Smoke
Today I was interviewed by CNN International about my new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. Interviewed by anchor Michael Holmes in the US, I was in Jerusalem, we discussed why the drug war is so brutal (because Western demand for drugs is huge), how a nation like Honduras is…
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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…
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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…
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How prohibited cocaine is destroying Honduras
Foreign Policy has published an adapted extract on Honduras from my book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. I’ve updated and slightly expanded some details about a country that’s suffering more than most from the US-led drug war. Honduras is a key transit country for South American cocaine. PDF here: In…
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Narcotica podcast interview on the global drug war
My new book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs, is now out in the US. I was interviewed on the popular US podcast Narcotica on the research in the book and how the drug war is (too often) self-sustaining.