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The Execution of Dustin Higgs and the Tradition of Capital Punishment

Dustin Higgs proclaimed his innocence until the end, but neither his nor his lawyers’ pleas for clemency were enough to overcome the three-hundred-year momentum of capitalism’s most enduring tradition.

January 18th, 2021

By Raul Diego

The Execution of Dustin Higgs and the Tradition of Capital Punishment

Dustin Higgs, an African American man from Poughkeepsie, New York, became the thirteenth federal inmate to meet his end at the hands of the state in the span of one year since Trump's Department of Justice directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to

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Raul Diego

Raul Diego is a MintPress News Staff Writer, independent photojournalist, researcher, writer and documentary filmmaker.

Pamela Anderson Leads Diverse Left-Right Coalition Pushing Trump to Pardon Assange

Few issues have been able to draw such a broad coalition of support as the political persecution of Wikileaks founder and publisher Julian Assange.

January 18th, 2021

By Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod

Pamela Anderson Leads Diverse Left-Right Coalition Pushing Trump to Pardon Assange

Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is the latest in a long line of public figures pushing for a last-minute pardon for Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange. In a TV interview with Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on “Good Morning Britain” earlier today, the Canadian-American actress claimed that she was in the president’s ear,

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By ‘Force and Fraud’: Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine?

The storming of the US Capitol has global repercussions, not least among them is the weakening of the self-serving definition of democracy, especially when it comes to justifying war.

January 18th, 2021

By Ramzy Baroud @RamzyBaroud

By ‘Force and Fraud’: Is This the End of the US Democracy Doctrine?

In an interview with the British newspaper,

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Ramzy Baroud

Dr. Ramzy Baroud is a widely published and translated author, an internationally syndicated columnist and editor of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is The Last Earth: A Palestinian Story (Pluto Press, 2018). He earned a Ph.D. in Palestine Studies from the University of Exeter (2015), and was a Non-Resident Scholar at Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UCSB. Visit his website at www.ramzybaroud.net.

Biden Inauguration Soundtrack Includes MF DOOM, an Immigrant Rapper Deported Under Obama

Despite presenting himself as an “in touch” progressive, Biden was the second in command in an administration that deported more immigrants than all the twentieth-century presidents combined.

January 18th, 2021

By Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod

Biden Inauguration Soundtrack Includes MF DOOM, an Immigrant Rapper Deported Under Obama

With President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration fast approaching, the finishing touches to the carefully planned ceremony are being finalized. Among them is the soundtrack, which will feature a range of hip hop music from artists such as MF Doom and Kendrick Lamar. No doubt the intention is to present the future president as

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Yemen’s Leningrad: The Unforeseen Consequences of the State Department’s Houthi Designation

The recent US designation of Yemen’s Houthis all but guarantees a resurgence of Saudi-backed extremists in the region and could serve to galvanize the group as a stalwart against US-Israeli designs for the Middle East, reports Ahmed Abdulkareem from Yemen.

January 18th, 2021

By Ahmed Abdulkareem

Yemen’s Leningrad: The Unforeseen Consequences of the State Department’s Houthi Designation

The war-torn country of Yemen is in the midst of the largest humanitarian crisis in the world thanks in large part to a Saudi-led war fueled by American weapons. Now, as the war nears its six-year anniversary in March, any hopes for a diplomatic resolution have faded faster than the presidency of Donald Trump, whose outgoing

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Ahmed Abdulkareem

Ahmed AbdulKareem is a Yemeni journalist. He covers the war in Yemen for MintPress News as well as local Yemeni media.

China Tech Ban Mirrors 1980s Attempts To Destroy Japanese Competition

In the 1980s, the US imposed a 100% tariff on virtually all Japanese electronics and forced Tokyo to sign a one-sided trade deal that reserved much of its domestic semiconductor sector for American companies.

January 15th, 2021

By Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod

China Tech Ban Mirrors 1980s Attempts To Destroy Japanese Competition

With just days left in office, the Trump administration has blacklisted an additional nine Chinese companies, adding them to a long list of firms on the U.S.

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Native Activists File Suit After Trump Officials Hand Sacred Land to Foreign Mining Firm

The fight to protect Oak Flat is just beginning.