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Brian Saady
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Writer, Freelance
Florida
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Biography
Brian Saady is a politically-independent author who has a heavy focus on political corruption, crony capitalism, human rights, and civil liberties. He is also a freelance writer. His work has been published in The Palm Beach Post, The American Conservative, CounterPunch, among several others. Brian Saady is the author of a three-book series, Rackets. It is about the legalization of drugs & gambling, and the decriminalization of prostitution. These are obviously taboo topics, but the book series focuses on the underlying corruption, hypocrisy, and abuses of power associated with criminalizing these three vices. This book series points to these three issues as a microcosm of far greater systemic problems with criminal justice and politics. It shines a spotlight on crony capitalists and government “racketeers,” i.e. bureaucracies, which operate similarly to organized criminals by posing as the solution to problems caused by the government. In the end, readers should agree that our political and criminal justice systems are, in many ways, inadvertently designed to fail...like rackets. Brian Saady has written several articles that are related to these three vices, but his work is not limited to those topics. For example, he has written in-depth about the revolving door between Washington D.C. and the corporate lobbying industry. In fact, much like his books, Brian's articles tend to touch upon an array of political issues. He also started a podcast, Rackets, which focuses on various forms of organized crime, i.e. the mafia and drug cartels. His podcast also focuses heavily on white-collar racketeers such as corporate criminals, corrupt politicians, lobbyists, wasteful government projects, etc.
drug, war, gambling, prostitution, politics, government issues, corruption, mass incarceration, criminal justice, foreign policy, business
Content
By Brian Saady Verified| briansaady.com@ 20,000 of Mexico’s 31,000 murders in 2023 were linked to organized crime Visions of Humanity’s “Peace Index” It’s difficult to provide credible statistics related to specifically drug trafficking murders, but here are a few high-profile studies: 70% of homicides in Colombia are related to drug trafficking (based on 20 years of data) Colombia’s Attorney General's office 30% of murders in Brazil are linked to drug trafficking UNODC 80% of Ecuador’s murders tied to cocaine...
By Brian Saady Verified| briansaady.com@ Last August, the military stood by as thousands of protestors stormed the palace of Bangladesh’s Prime Minster, Sheikh Hasina. She fled on a military helicopter to India. This coup removed an authoritarian ally of India who had been in power since 2009 and installed an interim government led by US-friendly technocrats. This change in leadership has all the markings of a U.S.-supported “color revolution” and the American government has advanced its geopolitical position in the region.
By Brian Saady Verified| Responsible Statecraft Verified In early August, the U.S. Treasury quietly sanctioned the tobacco company of Paraguay’s former president, Horacio Cartes. Before entering office, Cartes had extensive links to organized crime and took authoritarian actions while in power. However, Cartes faced no public pressure from the American government until long after leaving office in 2018. America’s leadership looked the other way for so long because Cartes fulfilled its mutual interests.
Company Info
Freelance
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