Alan Macleod

Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent, as well as a number of academic articles. He has also contributed to FAIR.org, The Guardian, Salon, The Grayzone, Jacobin Magazine, and Common Dreams.

The Album Israel Tried to Kill: Lowkey’s Soundtrack to the Struggle Out Now

Lowkey’s return to hip-hop is here – and it’s sparking both cheers and fears. This deeply political album isn’t just music; it’s a manifesto for resistance.

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Soundtrack to the Struggle 3 Album Art Lowkey Feature Image

This is for political prisoners, feeling trapped and sad, not for the rapper pulling up in a flashy Jag. It’s for the person in the same street, wrapped in rags, It is for the dad, carrying his son in plastic bags, for the resistance, wrapping cash in their elastic bands.” So begins “Soundtrack to the Struggle 3,” the new album from Lowkey. It

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Revealed: The Israeli Spies Writing America’s News

Media personalities like Barak Ravid, an ex-Israeli spy turned Washington journalist, play a key role in shaping media coverage that protects Israeli military actions and influences unwitting American audiences.

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One year after Oct. 7 attacks, Netanyahu is on a winning streak." So reads the title of a recent Axios article describing the Israeli prime minister riding on an unbeatable wave of triumphs. These stunning military "successes," its author Barak Ravid notes, include the bombing of Yemen, the assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah

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Peter Thiel: From Gaza AI War Criminal To White House Puppet Master

Peter Thiel’s Palantir powers Israel’s military in Gaza, while the Silicon Valley titan quietly builds influence as a key player in a potential Trump administration.

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The screams of babies as buildings collapse in Gaza. Terrified parents carrying the remains of their children away in plastic carrier bags. These scenes – altogether too familiar today – come enabled by German-American tech billionaire Peter Thiel and his company, Palantir, whose software uses AI and big data to help the Israeli military surveil,

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Selling War: How Raytheon and Boeing Fund the Push for NATO’s Nuclear Expansion

A MintPress investigation reveals that the Atlantic Council’s call for NATO nuclear deployments is directly tied to millions in donations from weapons manufacturers who profit from war escalation.

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US Think Tanks Take Millions From Weapons Companies Feature photo

To “counter Russia’s nuclear blackmail,” the Atlantic Council confidently asserted, “NATO must adapt its nuclear sharing program.” This includes moving B-61 atomic bombs to Eastern Europe and building a network of medium-range missile bases across the continent. The think tank praised Washington’s recent decision to send Tomahawk and SM-6 missiles

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Exposed: How Israeli Spies Control Your VPN

A new report uncovers the troubling ties between top VPN services like ExpressVPN and the Israeli security state, raising alarms about how much control Israel’s Unit 8200 has over your online privacy.

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Israel VPNs Feature photo

An estimated 1.6 billion people rely on VPNs to carry out the most sensitive tasks online, from watching illegal videos to engaging in sexual or political activities. But few people know that a considerable chunk of that market—including three of the six most popular VPNs—is quietly operated by an Israeli-owned company with close connections to

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من كتاب "محاربة السلطة والعمل من أجلها": تشاك دي، العدو العام وكيف نجحت وكالة المخابرات المركزية في تحييد موسيقى الراب

لقد انتقل تشاك دي بشكل كامل من "محاربة القوة" إلى "العمل مع القوة". يستكشف MintPress News هذا المشروع الجديد الذي يجمع بين YouTube والموسيقيين الشعبيين ودولة الأمن القومي الأمريكية.

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Chuck D State Department Feature photo

Surprising many, legendary rapper and activist Chuck D appeared at the White House earlier this summer, announcing that he was joining forces with YouTube and Antony Blinken’s State Department to become one of Washington’s “global music ambassadors” – a role directly modeled on Washington’s Cold War-era efforts to use the arts to inspire

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فنزويلا: بينما يدعو السياسيون الأمريكيون إلى الاحتيال، فإن مراقبي الانتخابات الأمريكيين يؤيدون النتائج

وبينما يدين الساسة ووسائل الإعلام الأميركية، كما هو متوقع، الانتصار الاشتراكي في فنزويلا، أيد العشرات من مراقبي الانتخابات الأميركيين على الأرض هذه العملية. تقارير MintPress من كاراكاس.

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Venezuela Election Fraud Feature photo

Much to the chagrin of the U.S. government, socialist candidate Nicolas Maduro won a third successive term in office on Sunday, convincingly beating his U.S.-backed opponents, Edmundo Gonzalez and Maria Corina Machado, by seven points. Almost immediately after the results were announced, American officials began decrying the elections as a

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