Behind The Headlines

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Wed, 04/10/2023 - 00:02

While many in the West take a very dim view of China, China expert John Ross is far more positive, telling MintCast that China has seen the highest sustained economic growth of any country in world history. "People don’t understand the scale of China’s success, and they still don’t understand what it means, therefore, in the transformation of the lives of ordinary Chinese people,”

The post Why China’s Rapid Rise is Terrifying the United States, with John Ross appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 29/09/2023 - 01:24

MintPress founder Mnar Adley argues that Canada's celebration of a Ukrainian Nazi in parliament continues its historical legacy of hosting Nazis post-World War II and arming Nazi-linked fascists in Ukraine.

The post Revealed: How Thousands of Ukrainian Nazis Were Smuggled Into Canada after WW2 appeared first on MintPress News.

Created
Tue, 26/09/2023 - 22:59

America is addicted to war. But its citizens rarely see the brutal realities of the U.S. military industrial complex up close. That is because our pliant media hides the carnage from the public, refusing to report on the victims of the war machine, and uses euphemisms like "surgical strikes" and "enhanced interrogation techniques" to mask the barbarity meted out by Washington around the world.

The post How America Hides the Human Toll of its Forever Wars, with Norman Solomon appeared first on MintPress News.

Created
Thu, 10/08/2023 - 23:02

Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project, joins MintCast to discuss the shocking everyday impact of military spending on Americans.

The post From Wallet to War Machine: The Startling Truth About Your Tax Dollars Revealed, with Lindsay Koshgarian appeared first on MintPress News.