Brian Fitzpatrick

Brian Fitzpatrick (@BrianFitz_) is an independent reporter whose work has been featured by The Nation, New Internationalist and a range of UK and Irish news outlets. To date his work has focused on trade and resources, crime, paramilitarism and human rights.

Disaster CapitalismJanuary 29, 2015

From Detroit to Dublin, a Fight for the Right to Water

Irish activists fighting a plan to increase the cost of water have an unlikely ally in their corner: the Detroit Water Brigade.

Brian Fitzpatrick and Foreign Policy In Focus
June 13, 2014

Elections and Peace Talks Won’t Stem Colombia’s Violence

The presidential run-off this weekend and talks with the FARC are obscuring horrific violence in places like Buenaventura—and US multinationals are deeply implicated.

Michael Norby and Brian Fitzpatrick
WorldMay 31, 2013

The Horrific Costs of the US-Colombia Trade Agreement

Peace talks with the FARC rebels are slowly progressing. But the agreement threatens to exacerbate already obscene levels of violence in rural areas.

Michael Norby and Brian Fitzpatrick

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Brian Fitzpatrick

Disaster CapitalismJanuary 29, 2015

Irish activists fighting a plan to increase the cost of water have an unlikely ally in their corner: the Detroit Water Brigade.

June 13, 2014

The presidential run-off this weekend and talks with the FARC are obscuring horrific violence in places like Buenaventura—and US multinationals are deeply implicated.

WorldMay 31, 2013

Peace talks with the FARC rebels are slowly progressing. But the agreement threatens to exacerbate already obscene levels of violence in rural areas.