MintPress News

MintPress News

MintPress News

Mint Press News (MPN) is an independent online magazine that delivers in-depth, thought provoking analysis, reporting and political commentary on the most pressing issues facing our world. MPN has developed an impressive masthead of journalists, former and current academics, and political experts, who provide context and insight into issues and stories often overlooked by the mainstream media. In a headline news driven industry, MPN provides readers with an innovative form of journalism that cover long form articles and analyses that combine the “who, what, when, where, and why,” with information on how issues relate to democracy, human rights and government — giving...

Dan Cohen on the Israeli Operatives Behind some of Colombia’s Most Violent Death Squads

Dan Cohen on the Israeli Operatives Behind some of Colombia’s Most Violent Death Squads

Colombia is regularly described as the Israel of Latin America. Although on opposite sides of the world from each other, the two countries share many similarities. They are both key outposts of U.S. power in their regions, helping make their neighborhood safe for American businesses and American profits. Both governments are carrying out wars against indigenous populations. Both talk of a “peace process” with their enemies but neither seems to get any closer to a lasting agreement. And both smea

Jun 8, 2021 • 54:08

Chronicling Barbarism with Political Cartoonist Carlos Latuff

Chronicling Barbarism with Political Cartoonist Carlos Latuff

It is often said that a picture paints a thousand words; images have the ability to move people in ways that words alone cannot. Iconic pictures from war zones, such as those of a dead Syrian child on the beach, of Vietnamese girls covered in Napalm or American soldiers planting their flag at Iwo Jima, become anchors around which people understand conflicts, and the world more generally. Cartoons as well have the power to challenge and change people’s minds, satirizing the powerful and revealing

Jun 4, 2021 • 1:07:21

Dan Kovalik on Elections, Rebuilding and the Ongoing Proxy War in Syria

Dan Kovalik on Elections, Rebuilding and the Ongoing Proxy War in Syria

midst a decade-long war that has devastated the country, Syrians went to the polls last week in an election that gave another seven-year term to current leader Bashar al-Assad. With a turnout of over 78%, Assad achieved an overwhelming victory against his nearest opponent, Mahmoud Ahmad Marei. Supporters of the president took to the streets in the hundreds of thousands as the results were publicized, celebrating what they saw as a repudiation of violence and a step forward for the beleaguered na

Jun 2, 2021 • 47:14

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