Progressive Commentary Hour - 02.06.19

Israel's booming "battle-tested surveillance and spying technology industry

Antony Loewenstein is an Israel-based Australian independent journalist, author and documentarian.  He writes a column for the Guardian in the UK and his articles have appeared in all the major and alternative publications, including the New York Tmies, The Nation, Haaretz in Israel, The Australian, Foreign Policy, Electronic Intifada, Tikkun and many others. Over the years he has reported from Israel, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea and has written several controversial and best selling books on Israel and Zionism, the political right, vulture capitalism, and the environment. His documentary, A Different Kind of Jew, was a finalist for the UN Media Peace Award.  Antony’s latest book is the controversial acclaimed "My Israel Question."  And he is also the author of a very important investigation into the new corporate order of world governance today – “Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe,” which is being made into a movie. His website is AntonyLoewenstein.com