We speak with MAX HAIVEN, author of Revenge Capitalism, about the opioid crisis and its roots in neoliberal Empire and GARTH MULLINS, host of Crackdown podcast, about drug user-led resistance to the drug war.
Episode: 017 Revenge capitalism & the drug war
Date: 3 February 2021 | Length: 63:52
Bonus: Max Haiven on Empires of Pain: 8:14
Briefing Notes
Crackdown podcast: The drug war, covered by drug users as war correspondents
Haiven. Revenge Capitalism: The Ghosts of Empire, the Demons of Capital, and the Settling of Unpayable Debts (Pluto Press 2020)
Empires of Pain: A story of racism, opioids and revenge