Paul Mason
Paul Mason is the economics editor of the BBC’s flagship current affairs program Newsnight and appears frequently on BBC World News America. He has covered globalization and social justice stories from locations around the world, including Latin America, Africa and China. His book Live Working, Die Fighting was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.Upcoming Events
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May 20, 2012
Arnolfini, Bristol
Paul Mason at the Bristol Festival of Ideas
The New Global Revolutions -
May 25, 2012
Charleston Festival
Paul Mason in conversation with Caroline Lucas
Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere
Blog
Paul Mason wins the Royal Television Society's 'Specialist Journalist of the Year' award
Paul Mason won "Specialist Journalist of the Year" at last night's Royal Television Society Television Journalism Awards, against strong competition from the BBC's Jeremy Bowen and Faisal Islam of Channel 4 News. Commenting on Mason's extensive coverage from Egypt, Greece, the UK and further afield, the RTS said:
Night after night he has provided compelling coverage of one of the biggest stories of the year: the economic crisis and the meltdown in the Eurozone. On the road and in the studio he has combined brilliant reportage with thoughtful and original analysis. With his knack for getting to the heart of the story and his ability to explain and illustrate a very complex world, Paul Mason is an outstanding winner.
Visit the RTS website for more information on the awards.
Paul Mason on Democracy Now!: "The underpinnings of this new global unrest"
This morning, Paul Mason appeared on Democracy Now! for a long discussion about the Eurozone, austerity, and the protests that are about to sweep Greece as they await another massive bailout. Drawing from his recent journalism for the BBC and his new book Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere: The New Global Revolutions, Mason highlights the deeper unrest that is the source of these protests, and points toward the often ignored human costs that underlie the riots that otherwise dominate our mainstream news-cycles.
What doesn't make so many headlines is what is happening to real people. We're living in a time where the world has, in the last couple of years, erupted in a way many people thought they would never see again since the 1960s. The underpinnings of this new global unrest are, from Cairo to Greece to NYC to Albuquerque, people are sick of seeing the rich get richer during a crisis- that's what they're sick of."
Visit Democracy Now! to listen in full and for a complete transcript of the interview.
"Business as usual?"—Paul Mason and the graduate without a future
A young generation of digital natives are "revolting against...the processing of information", according to Paul Mason in a recent interview with New Scientist, and it is having global repercussions, shaking both tyrants and the world economy.
Books
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Why It's Kicking Off Everywhere
Incisive grassroots account of the new global revolutions by acclaimed BBC journalist and author of Meltdown
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Meltdown
A fully updated new edition of an acclaimed report on the global financial crisis.
Discussions
Discussions occur on book pages throughout the site. The most recent discussions about the works of Paul Mason are listed below.
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Who pays for the crisis?
In the new edition of his acclaimed account of the financial crisis, Paul Mason shows how, for the last fourteen months, the illusion has been sustained that no matter how badly the world economy slumps, there is always a pain-free way out of it. With the realisation slowly dawning that there is not, and that the pain will be severe, the question is: who should feel it? -
Kicking Off is Inspirational and Practical
When the people decide to live,
Destiny will obey,
Darkness will disappear
And chains will be broken.