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Livestream: “A Rogue Reporter vs The US Empire: The Racket”
17 June |7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Free
Livestream of “A Rogue Reporter vs The US Empire: The Racket” with Matt Kennard @kennarduk
Join Palestine Deep Dive with Matt Kennard, Ahmed Alnaouq @ahmed_alnaouq, Huda Ammori @hudaammori and Lowkey @lowkeyonline for a discussion on US imperialism and Palestine at @frontlineclub London
Eight months into Israel’s ongoing genocide on Gaza – one funded, armed and enabled by the United States – it has never been more urgent to shine a spotlight on the American Empire and the mechanics of its operation. Matt Kennard’s The Racket does just that.
Drawing on a decade of investigative reporting from all corners of the world, including many while working for the Financial Times, Matt Kennard exposes the intricate web of exploitation shifting wealth and power away from the masses and into the hands of an unaccountable corporate elite. Now more relevant than ever, this 2nd edition contains a new preface by the author and a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges.
This book will transform everything you thought you knew about how the world works-and in whose interests.
Matt Kennard is co-founder and chief investigator at Declassified UK @declassifieduk, a news outlet investigating British foreign policy. He was a fellow at the CIJ in 2014-2016. He has worked as a staff writer for the Financial Times in Washington, DC, New York, and London. He has also author two other books: Irregular Army (2012) and Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy (2023).
Join us as Matt Kennard guides us on his journey of reporting across United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East before taking a DeepDive into Palestine today.
Joining Matt for the discussion is the critically acclaimed hip-hop artist and political campaigner Lowkey, British-Palestinian and Iraqi researcher, campaigner and co-founder of Palestine Action @pal_action Huda Ammori and Palestinian journalist from Gaza and co-founder of We Are Not Numbers, Ahmed Alnaouq.
Free entry, donations very welcome
Also open for food and bar