Alan MacLeod

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Sat, 14/10/2023 - 05:47

After Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, IDF forces responded with airstrikes, leveling Gazan buildings. The violence so far has claimed the lives of more than 2,500 people. Western media, however, show far more interest and have much greater sympathy with Israeli dead than Palestinian ones and have played their usual role as unofficial […]

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Sat, 14/10/2023 - 01:25

MintPress founder and director Mnar Adley is joined by activist rapper and host of the Watchdog podcast on MintPress Lowkey, and MintPress senior staff writer Alan MacLeod to break down media narratives surrounding the crisis in Gaza and what you need to know.

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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.

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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.

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Sat, 05/08/2023 - 01:27

It has already been called “the most successful counter-narcotics effort in human history.” Armed with little more than sticks, teams of counter-narcotics brigades travel the country, doing something the US military never could, cutting down Afghanistan’s poppy fields.

The post Taliban’s Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along appeared first on MintPress News.

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Fri, 04/08/2023 - 23:23

Democrat-aligned media are already decrying Cornel West’s run as a sideshow and as something that will ensure a Republican will be elected in 2024. “The Democrats absolutely do fear [West]. And they should!” -Dr. Jill Stein

The post Shaking Up the Two-Party System: Cornel West’s 2024 Presidential Bid, with Jill Stein appeared first on MintPress News.

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Tue, 25/07/2023 - 07:30

Fresh from a recent trip to Ukraine, veteran anti-war activist Medea Benjamin speaks on the Biden administration’s controversial move to send cluster munitions to the country and more in this revealing interview with Alan Macleod.

The post Biden’s Desperation and the Human Cost of Cluster Munitions in Ukraine, with Medea Benjamin appeared first on MintPress News.

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Wed, 05/07/2023 - 23:24

Alan MacLeod speaks with YouTube and podcast star JT Chapman (First Thought, Second Thought, The Deprogram) about what everyone should know about environmentalism, about why a recession is definitely coming (and how we could stop it) and about what progressives and radicals could learn about the economy from WalMart.

The post The Problem with Environmentalism, and Why a Recession is Definitely Coming, with Second Thought’s JT Chapman appeared first on MintPress News.