Antony Loewenstein

Antony Loewenstein is an independent journalist who’s written for the New York Times and Guardian, film-maker and author of “Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe” and “Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs.”

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Abandoned machinery in Pulacayo, a former mining center in Bolivia
Abandoned machinery in Pulacayo, a former mining center in Bolivia

Clean Energy Can’t Have Dirty Roots

Argument
Ketan Joshi, Antony Loewenstein
A soldier stands guard as cocaine seized on the Atlantic coast of Honduras is incinerated on October 17, 2013.
A soldier stands guard as cocaine seized on the Atlantic coast of Honduras is incinerated on October 17, 2013.

In Honduras, the U.S. War on Drugs Is Empowering Corrupt Elites

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Antony Loewenstein
A Congolese man digs through mine waste searching for left over cobalt. May 31, 2015.
A Congolese man digs through mine waste searching for left over cobalt. May 31, 2015.

From Blackwater to Batteries

Argument
Antony Loewenstein
Nanette Castillo grieves next to the dead body of her son Aldrin, an alleged drug user killed by unidentified assailants in Manila on Oct. 3, 2017.
Nanette Castillo grieves next to the dead body of her son Aldrin, an alleged drug user killed by unidentified assailants in Manila on Oct. 3, 2017.

Only the Law Can Stop Duterte’s Murderous War on Drugs

Dispatch
Antony Loewenstein
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How Not to Fix an African Narco-State

Dispatch
Antony Loewenstein
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South Sudan’s Peace Deal Never Stood a Chance

Dispatch
Antony Loewenstein
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South Sudan’s Endless Nightmare

Dispatch
Antony Loewenstein
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