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Mahmoud Abbas at the UN: A Global Betrayal of Palestine’s Struggle for Justice

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Revealed: How Thousands of Ukrainian Nazis Were Smuggled Into Canada after WW2

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.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
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The Canadian parliament made headlines around the world after it gave a standing ovation to a 98-year-old Ukrainian-Canadian Nazi soldier. Yaroslav Hunka, a volunteer member of the Nazi battalion Waffen-SS Galicia Division – a unit infamous for its role in massacring civilians during World War Two – was also afforded a private meeting with Canadian

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I Was the Only US Official Imprisoned Over the Torture Program — Because I Opposed It

The only person associated with the CIA’s global torture program who was prosecuted and imprisoned was the man who blew the whistle on it — John Kiriakou.

John Kiriakou
By John Kiriakou
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Washington DC — (Scheerpost) — When I joined the CIA in January 1990, I did it to serve my country and to see the world.  I believed at the time that we were the “good guys.”  I believed that the United States was a force for good around the world.  I wanted to put my degrees—in Middle Eastern Studies/Islamic Theology and Legislative Affairs/Policy

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Ghosts of the Past: For Israel, War on UNESCO is an Existential Battle

For Israel, recognition by UNESCO of Jericho as a World Heritage Site in Palestine complicates its mission of erasing Palestine, physically and figuratively, from existence.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
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Jericho does not belong to the Palestinians alone. It belongs to the whole of humanity. For Israel, however, the recognition by UNESCO of Jericho as a “World Heritage Site in Palestine” complicates its mission of erasing Palestine, physically and figuratively, from existence. Israel’s foreign ministry described the decision as a “cynical”

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Files Expose Syrian ‘Revolution’ as Western Regime Change Operation

In light of renewed protests in Syria, Kit Klarenberg examines files from the Central Crisis Management Cell. Dubbed “The Assad Files” by mainstream media, the files reveal intricate planning and management of Syria’s 2011 ‘revolution’ by Western powers.

Kit Klarenberg
By Kit Klarenberg
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Throughout August and September, anti-government protests have rocked Syrian cities. While the crowds are typically small, numbering only a few hundred, they show little sign of abating. Demonstrators are motivated by increasingly unlivable economic conditions spurred by crippling U.S.-led international sanctions against Damascus. These have

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Whistleblower Craig Murray Joins MintPress to Talk NATO Expansion, BRICS, Assange and More

Craig Murray joins MintPress to talk NATO, BRICS, pro-war mainstream media, Assange, America’s forever wars and much more.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod

On Ukraine, it is extremely difficult to get any airing for anti-war opinions. On the mainstream media, it is simply impossible to get a hearing,” Craig Murray said. The human rights campaigner and former diplomat sat with “MintPress News” to discuss forever wars, whistleblowing and a future conflict with China. “There’s a universal media

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How America Hides the Human Toll of its Forever Wars, with Norman Solomon

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.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
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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

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