Antony Loewenstein | |
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| Native name | Antony Löwenstein |
| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
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| Nationality | Australian |
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| Genre | Non-fiction |
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Antony Loewenstein (born 1974) is an Australian-German freelance investigative journalist, author, and film-maker.[1]
Life[edit]
Loewenstein has written for a number of publications such as The Guardian,[2] and Sydney Morning Herald.[3]
Loewenstein contributed a chapter to Not Happy, John (2004), a best-seller in Australia which highlighted the growing disenchantment with then-PM John Howard. It was short-listed for a 2007 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award. The book was criticised in a review in Australian Jewish News.[4]
He is the co-editor with Ahmed Moor of the 2012 book After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine which includes essays by Omar Barghouti, John Mearsheimer, Ilan Pappé, Sara Roy, and Jonathan Cook, among others.[5]
With South African film-maker Naashon Zalk, Loewenstein was co-director of a 2019 Al Jazeera English documentary on abuse of the opioid drug tramadol in Nigeria, West Africa's Opioid Crisis. He appears in the 2019 documentary, This Is Not A Movie, about The Independent's Middle East correspondent, Robert Fisk.
Loewenstein co-founded the Independent Australian Jewish Voices (IAJV).[6][7] He won the 2019 Jerusalem (Al Quds) Peace Prize, one of Australia's leading peace awards, for his work on Israel/Palestine.
In 2021, he co-founded Declassified Australia with fellow journalist Peter Cronau. The news website critically reports on Australia's relations with the world.[8] He and UK film-maker Dan Davies co-directed the Al Jazeera documentary Under the Cover of Covid.[9][10]
In 2023, he released the book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports The Technology Of Occupation Around The World, in the UK, US and Australia with multiple, translated editions to come. It was a long-list finalist in the 2023 Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing and a best-selling book in New Zealand.[11][12][13] When, in November 2023, Loewenstein was awarded, in partnership with Banki Haddock Fiora, the Walkley Book Award for Longform Journalism for the book,[14] The book won the People's Choice award[15] and was also shortlisted for the 2024 Victorian Premier's Prize for Nonfiction.[16]
Bibliography[edit]
- Author
- My Israel Question: Reframing The Israel/Palestine Conflict. Melbourne University Publishing. 1 September 2009. ISBN 978-0-522-85945-4.
- Profits of Doom: How vulture capitalism is swallowing the world. Melbourne University Publishing. 1 August 2014. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-522-86723-7.
- The Blogging Revolution. Jaico Publishing House. 2012. ISBN 978-81-8495-286-5.
- Profits of Doom. Melbourne University Publishing. ISBN 9780522866827.
- Disaster Capitalism: Making a killing out of catastrophe. London New York Verso Books. 2015. ISBN 978-1-78478-116-3.
- Pills, Powder, and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs. Scribe. 2019. ISBN 9781925713367.
- The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel exports the technology of occupation around the world. Scribe. 2023. ISBN 9781922310408.
- Contributor
- Kingston, Margo. Not Happy, John defending Australia's democracy. Paperback, 240 pages. Penguin Books, (2004) ISBN 0-14-300258-9.
- Antony Loewenstein; Jane Caro; Rachel Woodlock; Simon Smart (1 July 2013). For God's Sake. Pan Macmillan Australia. ISBN 978-1-74328-913-6.
- Editor
- Antony Loewenstein, Ahmed Moor, eds. After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine, Saqi, (2012), ISBN 9780863568398
- Jeff Sparrow; Antony Loewenstein, eds. (2012). Left Turn: Political Essays for the New Left. Melbourne Univ. Publishing. pp. 5–. ISBN 978-0-522-86143-3.
References[edit]
- ^ Loewenstein, Antony (23 September 2013). "How I, an Australian Jewish-atheist, became a German citizen". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "Antony Loewenstein". the Guardian. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "Antony Loewenstein". SMH. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ Questioning Israel (28 July 2006) Archived 27 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Antony Loewenstein, Ahmed Moor, After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine Archived 20 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Saqi Books, (28 August 2012), ISBN 0863568165 ISBN 978-0863568169
- ^ Andra Jackson, New group takes on Jewish lobby, The Age, 6 March 2007
- ^ Australian Jewish leaders blast new NGO as anti-Zionist, The Jerusalem Post, accessed 15 September 2012.
- ^ "Declassified Australia - ABOUT". Declassified Australia. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Under the Cover of Covid". blackleaf-films.co.uk. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "Under the cover of COVID". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "The Palestine Laboratory: How technology helps Israel cosy up to the world's autocrats". Middle East Eye. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "The Palestine Laboratory". Australian Institute of International Affairs. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ "News". www.cgmoorefoundation.org. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ https://www.walkleys.com/68th-walkley-awards-winners-announced/
- ^ Heath, Nicola (1 February 2024). "Debut poet takes home $125,000 in prize money for a verse novel that almost wasn't published". ABC News. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
External links[edit]
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 Book Discussion on Disaster Capitalism, C-SPAN, 8 October 2015 |
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