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.

Greens & Libertarians Rally To Secure 5% Of The Popular Vote Ahead Of Election Day

Though third-party nominees received increased attention from both voters and the mainstream media in this year’s election cycle, they’re still up against the historic tendency of voters to ultimately cast their votes for Republicans and Democrats.

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By Kit O'Connell
Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks during a campaign rally at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. First it was Bernie Sanders. Now it's Gary Johnson and Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein being sized up by many young people. With a day to go, Hillary Clinton has struggled to convince young voters that she deserves their support.

AUSTIN, Texas --- Although some indicators suggest the 2016 presidential election could be closer than initially expected, prominent third-party candidates are urging voters not to waver in their support for options outside the traditional two-party system. Alternatives to the Democrat and Republican nominees, such as the Green Party’s Dr. Jill

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AT&T-Time Warner Merger: Another Media Consolidation That Puts Profits Over Consumers

‘The deals are driven by Wall Street’s insatiable desire for short-term growth at any cost,’ a media analyst at a consumer advocacy NGO wrote, warning about the risks of the deal.

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By Kit O'Connell

MINNEAPOLIS --- Media analysts warn that a proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner is more likely to enhance corporate bottom lines and pad the pockets of Wall Street investors than benefit consumers. “Big mergers like this inevitably mean higher prices for real people, to pay down the money borrowed to finance these deals and

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Jill Stein Blasts ‘Attack-Dog’ Media, Clinton Protectionists After Daily Beast Smear

The Green Party presidential candidate questioned the lack of ‘disclosure on the conflict of interest posed by Chelsea Clinton’s position as a director of the corporate owner of the Daily Beast, IAC’ after The Daily Beast published an article criticizing Stein’s investments.

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By Kit O'Connell
Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein delivers a stump speech to her supporters during a campaign stop at Humanist Hall in Oakland, Calif. on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016.

AUSTIN, Texas --- Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein accused The Daily Beast, a popular news and opinion website, of hiding its ties to the Clintons after publishing an attack on Stein’s investment portfolio on Wednesday. “Jill Stein’s Ideology Says One Thing—Her Investment Portfolio Says Another” declared the headline for an

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Green Party Senate Candidate Margaret Flowers Crashes Two-Party Debate

Both of Flowers’ opponents agreed to debate the Green Party candidate, but she was still excluded from the debate televised by CBS Baltimore.

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By Kit O'Connell
Margaret Flowers, center, the Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland, is escorted off stage after interrupting a televised Senate debate between Rep. Kathy Szeliga, R-Baltimore County, left, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., in Baltimore, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016

BALTIMORE --- Dr. Margaret Flowers, a Green Party candidate for Senate from Maryland, interrupted a televised debate to protest her exclusion from the forum on Wednesday. “I’m a candidate on the ballot. I have a statewide campaign. I don’t understand why I’m not up here,” Flowers declared as she briefly occupied the debate

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Over 100 Arrested In Brutal Police Crackdown On Standing Rock ‘Water Protectors’

At least 107 people were arrested and police used ‘less lethal’ weapons on members of the media, including a MintPress News reporter, as they cleared a camp and road blockade near the Dakota Access pipeline construction site.

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Dakota Access pipeline protesters face off with police who are trying to force them from a camp on land in the path of pipeline construction on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, near Cannon Ball, N.D.

STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, North Dakota --- Law enforcement commenced a violent crackdown on Native American activists blocking construction on the Dakota Access pipeline on Thursday, resulting in over 100 arrests and multiple injuries. At least 107 people were arrested and both Native American “water protectors” and members of the media

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Noam Chomsky: US Commenced Plan To Dominate ‘Grand Area’ Of The Globe After WWII

After World War II, Chomsky said the U.S. implemented a plan ‘in which the United States would have pretty much complete economic and political control’ over a massive percentage of the planet.

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By Kit O'Connell
U.S.Army 4.7mm anti-aircraft gunsare lined up in the final assembly area of the Grand Rapids stamping division of Fisher Body in Detroit on June 1, 1944, prior to shipping.

MUNICH --- World War II marked a crucial turning point for U.S. empire building and the growth of global capitalism, according to the historical analysis of noted political philosopher and scholar Noam Chomsky. Chomsky examined U.S. domination of world affairs in “Who Owns The World?,” a speech he delivered at the University of Massachusetts

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Beyond Dakota Access: Energy Transfer Partners Pipelines To Ferry Fracked Gas To Mexico

Even as pipeline protests swelled in North Dakota and other states, the Obama administration quietly approved two international pipelines to be built into Mexico by the same corporation behind the Dakota Access pipeline.

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By Kit O'Connell
fracking pipelines explode

AUSTIN, Texas --- Even as Native American activists continue to block construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota and the three other states along its planned 1,100 mile trail, U.S. energy pipeline infrastructure -- and opposition to it -- is expanding elsewhere. In May, the Obama administration approved two pipeline projects by

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