Tag: War proffiteering
Afghans being punished for Taliban victory – Antony Loewenstein
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Antony Loewenstein, author of ‘Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing Out of Catastrophe’ and co-founder of Declassified Australia. He discusses the failed attempts of the US and other allied occupiers of Afghanistan to plunder Afghanistan’s resources, the original Soviet desire to exploit the vast mineral wealth, Erik Prince’s attempts to convince Donald Trump to privatize the Afghan war and run Afghanistan with a private army …
The Pentagon’s oddities kill, CIA whining about surveillance, Julian Assange betrayed
Naomi Karavani opens the show on waste at the Pentagon. The snow tank is a great example of strange military gear made at the expense of the ability of regular Americans to eat and pay rent, and it’s just one among hundreds of odd ways weapon companies turn tax dollars into technology for killing poor people around the world. …
