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Andre Vltchek

Special Correspondent Andre Vltchek was a novelist, filmmaker, anti-imperialist activist, and investigative journalist. He covered wars and conflicts in dozens of countries. The result was a series of hefty, well documented books (such as “Fighting Against Western Imperialism”) and many articles. ‘Pluto’ published his discussion with Noam Chomsky: On Western Terrorism. His critically acclaimed political novel Point of No Return is re-edited and available. Oceania is his book on Western imperialism in the South Pacific. His provocative book about post-Suharto Indonesia and the market-fundamentalist model —a veritable must-read—is called “Indonesia – The Archipelago of Fear”. His feature documentary, “Rwanda Gambit” is about Rwandan history and the plunder of DR Congo. After living for many years in Latin America and Oceania, Vltchek resided and worked for a while in West Asia. On September 22, 2020, he died, at age 56, seemingly in his sleep, whilst being chauffeured in his car in Istanbul, Turkey. While his death was initially deemed suspicious by the police, his wife later confirmed that he had been unwell and died from complications related to diabetes.

JORDAN – KINGDOM OF SHADOWS AND ABJECT SUBMISSIVENESS

by Andre Vltchek July 7, 2014

July 7, 2014 8 minutes read

ANDRE VLTCHEK—If you drive towards Petra and then Aqaba, it is all desert and misery, villages covered with dust and poverty on roughly the Yemeni level. You drive towards Syria and it is approximately the same: miserable towns, military airports and refugee camps.

But back in Amman, it is 8 of what is called ‘5-star malls’, while several new ones are being built. The country is totally grotesque, but it is actually not something unique – just a condensed reality of the Middle East, or at least of the client states of the West in this part of the world.

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