Archives for July 2024

Solidarity from Palestine to Venezuela: Meet the Palestinians Observing Venezuela’s Elections

Palestinian election observers in Venezuela reveal shared resistance against imperialism. MintPress explores the unwavering support between the two nations.

Venezuela Palestine Solidarity Feature photo

President Nicolas Maduro won a third term in office on Sunday, promising to continue and deepen Venezuela’s anti-imperialist Bolivarian Revolution. Many in the U.S. quickly denounced the elections as a sham presided over by a dictatorship. Yet the proceedings were presided over by more than 900 electoral observers from over 100 countries,

Israeli Spies Plant Fake News In The Media with Alan MacLeod

In this episode of The Watchdog, Lowkey catches up with Alan MacLeod to hear about his latest investigations, including his exposure an Israeli intelligence-linked group spreading fake news about Lowkey and other pro-Palestinian figures.

Israeli Spies Plant Fake News In The Media with Alan MacLeod

The MintPress podcast “The Watchdog,” hosted by British-Iraqi hip-hop artist Lowkey, closely examines organizations about which it is in the public interest to know—including intelligence, lobby and special interest groups influencing policies that infringe on free speech and target dissent. “The Watchdog” goes against the grain by casting a light

War Drums in Washington: Netanyahu’s True Ambitions Laid Bare

Greg Stoker unpacks Netanyahu’s appeal to Congress for more weapons and support for a broader Middle Eastern conflict, spotlighting the hypocrisy of Israel’s actions in Gaza and the global community’s response.

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Israel is participating at the Olympics in Paris while Russia is banned, despite killing at least 80% fewer civilians in Ukraine than Israel has killed in Gaza. Even the United States has prosecuted its own for war crimes. Impunity for Israel. Enforcement of international law for everyone else. No more explicit was this hypocrisy demonstrated

Was the US Involved in Israel’s Deadly Bombing of Yemen?

Israel claims sole responsibility for the Hodeidah Port attack, but mounting evidence suggests US involvement.

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Israel claims to have acted alone in the bombing of civilian sites at Yemen's Hodeidah Port, which resulted in the deaths of at least nine people and injuries to 87 others. Despite these claims, evidence suggests that the United States may have had prior knowledge of the attack. On July 19, Yemen launched its new ‘Yafa’ drone, successfully

BBC Pro-Israel Bias Exposed by Leaked Emails and Internal Studies

Leaked emails reveal BBC staff accusing the network of complicity in Gaza genocide. Studies highlight biased reporting and double standards.

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Since the beginning of the war on Gaza, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has faced repeated accusations of pro-Israel bias, not only from the public but also internally. On July 16 and 18, leaked emails between BBC staff highlighted the extent of these grievances, accusing the outlet of complicity in the ongoing genocide in

Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos Toxic Pro-War Media Empire

A free media, we are told, is the bedrock of democracy. But freedom from what? Certainly, government interference in media exists. But plutocratic elites also exert massive pressure on the media.

Website Billionaires media Feature photo

These are the sorts of headlines we can expect from a newspaper owned and controlled by one of the world’s richest individuals. In 2013, Amazon owner Jeff Bezos (whose net worth far exceeds $200 billion, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaire list)  bought the Washington Post and turned it into a vehicle for promoting his own interests. In