THE RACKET
THE RACKET A rogue reporter vs the masters of the universe Matt Kennard TRADE __________________________________________________________________________________________ ZED BOOKS ADVANCE INFORMATION Hardback Price £16.99 Hardback ISBN-13 9781780329888 Format Royal Extent 416 Publication Date 9 April 2015 Features Notes Bibliography Index BIC Categories JP; JFFS Library Categories Politics; Sociology; Globalization Rights World A Financial Times journalist goes rogue and uncovers a sinister global elite Includes shocking and revealing interviews with some of the world’s most powerful people – in the style of Jon Ronson and Louis Theroux Backed by a major print and digital media campaign MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BOOK During his time at the Financial Times, investigative journalist Matt Kennard uncovered a scam, a deception and rip-off of immense proportions. From slanging matches with Henry Kissinger to afternoon coffees with the man who captured Che Guevara, Kennard's unbridled access over four years to the crème de la crème of the American and global elite left him with only one conclusion. The world as we know it is run by a squad of cigar smoking men with big guns and big cash, and the racketeer's reach is far too close to home. It's time for the world's citizens to uncover the racket. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Matt Kennard is a Fellow at the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. He is the author of the critically acclaimed Irregular Army (2012), and has worked as a journalist for the Financial Times in London, New York and Washington DC. He has written for the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Guardian. PROMOTION PLAN Interview and extract in the Financial Times, alongside already scheduled reviews in the Guardian, Independent and New Statesman Launch event at Vice magazine’s London social venue ‘The Old Blue Last’ Interactive social media campaign with infographics, photoshop and video book trailer Contents Introduction PART 1: HOW WE OWNED YOU 1. Creating a Modern Day Slave State 2. The Racket 3. Rigging the System 4. Cursing Your Riches PART 2: ENFORCEMENT 5. The Mob 6. With Friends Like These 7. Might is Right 8. Honduras: A Drug War Colony 9. War on Hope PART 3: REINFORCEMENT 10. First Peoples of America and Their Land 11. Working America 12. Destitute America 13. Lock-Up America PART 4: WE'RE LOSING YOU 14. Turf War 15. Freedom Fighters 16. Revolutionaries 17. Successful Defiance 18. Culture as a Weapon of Resistance Index Also Available from Zed Books 9781783601776 | PB | £16.99 05.11.2014 9781783601677 | PB | £8.99 9781780321998 | PB | £12.99
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