Meet The Senate Candidate Challenging The Corporate Takeover Of Democracy

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh asks Arn Menconi, an anti-war activist and Green Party Senate candidate, what issues should have voters running to the ballot box.

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Former Coloado County Commissioner, and Senate Candidate Arn Menconi as he protested during John Kerry's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Kerry was asking the Senate to authorize military force against ISIS. Menconi called for the end of the "endless war. (Photo: http://arnmenconi.com)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AZWRdb1QYA   MINNEAPOLIS --- The ballots may say Democrat or Republican, but this election cycle, it’s felt more like “imperialist neocon” or “racist fascist.” The corporate-aligned, two-party duopoly is dominating airwaves and screens. And in turn, the corporate-funded mainstream media is selling only

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Mnar Muhawesh: A Force to Be Reckoned With

MintPress News publisher Mnar Muhawesh was inspired by her experiences as a child living in Palestine to speak for truth & a free press.

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Mnar Muhawesh was nine years old when her family moved to Jerusalem from Minnesota. But even then, Mnar quickly realized she had moved into apartheid. “I saw road blocks, checkpoints, the building of the wall and families being separated from each other” she says from her meeting room in Minneapolis, Minn. A year later, when her family

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Mnar Muhawesh: ‘We Don’t Have A Mainstream Media, We Have A Very Extremist Media’

According to a recent poll, almost half of Americans distrust the mainstream media, which the MintPress News editor-in-chief believes is because “the media is lying to us.”

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Fox news Channel's Sean Hannity campaigns on behalf of of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz.March 18, 2016, in Phoenix.

WASHINGTON --- Trust in the mainstream media has reached dramatic lows, and MintPress News’ founder and editor-in-chief believes it’s because “the media is lying to us.” Mnar Muhawesh appeared on RT’s “Watching the Hawks” on April 22, where she told hosts Tyrel Ventura and Tabetha Wallace that the general public is right to grow wary of the

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From Apple To Volkswagen, Tech Boom Fueled By 40,000 Congolese Child Miners

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh delves deep into the heart of Africa and finds that history is repeating itself in Congo.

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Half of the workforce of the artisanal mining sector is comprised of children. Without viable economic alternatives, most children must join their parents in rudimentary mining pits. Children as young as two years transport, wash, and crush minerals to earn half a dollar a day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPCIaMjcIO4 MINNEAPOLIS --- A recent Amnesty International report sounded the alarm on a “blood mineral” mined by Congolese children as young as seven and used in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries found in laptops, smartphones and even electric cars. The mineral is cobalt, and more than half of the world’s

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How Neocons Seized On 9/11 To Create New World Order

In this episode of MintPress News’ ‘Behind the Headline,’ host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh talks to filmmaker Robbie Martin about ‘A Very Heavy Agenda,’ a documentary series tracing the history of how neocons took power, and kept it, in America.

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King Salman, the current ruler of Saudi Arabia, poses with former U.S. president George W. Bush. (AP Photo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmh7rbC--Q MINNEAPOLIS --- How does a nation build support for war? Immediately following the 9/11 attacks, Americans were riddled with panic and anxiety. Talking heads and even our elected leaders stoked our fears, warning there would be more attacks to come unless we stop the terrorists in their

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What Does The Constitution Actually Say About Waging War?

In this episode of “Behind the Headline,” host and MintPress News Editor-in-Chief Mnar Muhawesh talks to peace activist and author David Swanson about a world without war and whether it’s even a possibility.

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President Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq as he speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast, in this May 1, 2003 file photo. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0QDNOXYYWI MINNEAPOLIS --- Have you ever thought: “What would a world without war look like?” It certainly wouldn’t resemble the world we live in today. Sometimes we declare war against social ills or injustice that needs defeating, like poverty. But, more often than not, our “wars” end up doing more

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