Kit O'Connell

A gonzo journalist from Austin, Texas and Staff Writer for MintPress News, Kit O'Connell's writing has also appeared at Truthout, the Texas Observer, and The Establishment.

Developed In Iraq, Deployed At the DNC?: Cell-Jamming Technology Is Being Turned On Journalists

Both citizen journalists and mainstream media reporters found they couldn’t share photos or video when they approached the gates of the Democratic National Convention, leading many to believe that their cell signals were being jammed.

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By Kit O'Connell
A man takes a photo of Hillary Clinton as she walks on to the stage to accept her nomination from the Democratic Party for president on the final night, July 28, of the Democratic National Convention.

PHILADELPHIA --- Technology developed to jam cellphones during the Iraq War may be getting deployed against journalists reporting on protests against the political establishment in the United States. While police and government surveillance of protests, including monitoring of cellphone use, is well-documented, efforts to block signals at

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‘Don’t Write Your Congressman’: Green Party Candidates On Third-Party Movement Building

Green Party candidates emphasized the need to support diverse movements from Black Lives Matter to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement as a way to build support for third party alternatives.

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By Kit O'Connell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-3-UHXX1m4 HOUSTON --- Record-breaking dissatisfaction with the presidential candidates nominated by the two major political parties is leading to a new push for alternatives on the ballot. However, building a third-party alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties won’t happen overnight. “This

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Red Scare 2016: As Green Party Power Grows, Jill Stein Accused Of Ties To Putin

During his speech to the Green Party National Convention, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange warned that attacks against Jill Stein ‘are going to go through the roof.’

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By Kit O'Connell

AUSTIN, Texas --- As the popularity of the Green Party continues to rise during this divisive election, attacks and smear campaigns against the Greens, and their presidential nominee, Jill Stein, are ramping up. The latest rumor suggests Stein is under the control of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and it’s based on a deliberately misleading

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Green Party Convention 2016: In First 100 Days, Pres. Jill Stein Would Cancel Student Debt, End Middle East Wars

‘This campaign has been like an absolute whirlwind that has just taken off with a power of its own,’ Stein said of her campaign’s increased visibility.

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By Kit O'Connell
Caption: In this August 6, 2016 photograph, delegates and supporters stand and applaud during the Green Party National Convention at the University of Houston. (MintPress News / Kit O'Connell)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPAAuqOUGZE HOUSTON --- Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party’s presidential candidate, has ambitious plans for her first 100 days in office. “First thing we do is cancel student debt, working with the Fed,” Stein told MintPress News in an exclusive interview. “We will be fighting for that from day

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Black Lives Matter Coalition Demands US Divestment From Israel

Jewish Voice For Peace, an NGO that supports Palestinian liberation, announced that it ‘endorses the Movement for Black Lives platform in its entirety, without reservation’ amid pushback from Zionist organizations against a Black Lives Matter coalition.

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By Kit O'Connell
In Hebron, a fence imposed by the Israeli military separates two Palestinian children from a member of a young group of American activists called the Dream Defenders during a trip to Palestine.

HOUSTON --- Controversy is swelling over a policy platform published by a coalition of Black Lives Matter activists that includes calls for the United States to economically divest from Israel. “The US justifies and advances the global war on terror via its alliance with Israel and is complicit in the genocide taking place against the

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Standing Up ‘For The Greater Good’: MintPress Will Report From Green Party Convention

Jill Stein and her running mate, activist and scholar Ajamu Baraka, who Stein called an ‘organizer with a powerful voice, vision, and lifelong commitment to building true political revolution,’ are expected to accept the Green Party’s nomination Saturday in Houston.

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By Kit O'Connell
Dr. Jill Stein, presumptive Green Party presidential nominee, speaks at a rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.

HOUSTON --- As the Green Party’s Presidential Nominating Convention convenes in Houston, there’s renewed attention on the party’s presumptive nominee, Dr. Jill Stein, and increased interest in third-party alternatives to the American two-party duopoly. On Saturday, MintPress News will be at the University of Houston, where Stein and her running

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Crowdfunded Indie News Site Newsbud Takes On NBC Over Turkey Coup Propaganda

The independent journalists demanded that NBC retract a report about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeking asylum in Germany — an allegation they called ‘highly irresponsible and harmful.’

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By Kit O'Connell
Newsbud is requesting that NBC and MSNBC issue a public retraction of and an official explanation for a false report about the Turkish Coup, claiming President Erdogan sought asylum in Germany, NBC quoted an anonymous senior Pentagon official as the source of the claim. (YouTube screenshot)

NEW YORK --- An independent news outlet is demanding accountability from the mainstream media over inaccurate reporting during last month’s attempted coup in Turkey. At the time this article was being written on Wednesday afternoon, reporters from Newsbud, a crowdfunded outlet focused on media integrity, were en route to New York in hopes of

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