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The cops and the district attorneys want people to see what we are going through -- the conditions of our arrests, our experiences in jail, and our legal battle -- and to think that this is what you risk when you stand up against them. - Lillian House, Aurora Activist and Defendant
The post Aurora Police Killed Without Consequence, Now Their Protestors Face 48 Years for “Kidnapping” Cops appeared first on MintPress News.

“I saw a lot of settlers be proud of attacking Palestinians, be open about annexation and apartheid -- all of this behavior came out during the Trump administration.” -- Issa Amro, Founder Youths Against Settlements
The post Emboldened by Trump and Netanyahu, Jewish Settler Terrorism is Spiking appeared first on MintPress News.

The so-called Great Reset amounts to little more than a campaign to turn humanity into datasets, which the world's most powerful hedge funds and transnational corporations can use to create more profits for themselves and their clients.
The post The Bits and Bytes of The Great Reset: COVID-19 and the Scaling Up of Data-Capitalism appeared first on MintPress News.

As Moscow continues to cement its presence in the Middle East, Hamas sees a rare opportunity to break away from US-Israel imposed isolation.
The post Engaging the World: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution appeared first on MintPress News.

The ruling elites, despite the accelerating and tangible ecological collapse, mollify us, either by meaningless gestures or denial.
The post Chris Hedges: The Age of Social Murder appeared first on MintPress News.

"A successful coronavirus vaccine from Cuba would help to break the global control of the market by the big pharmaceutical companies in the US and Europe.” -- Antiguan Barbudan diplomat Sir Ronald Sanders
The post Sovereign 2: Could Cuba’s Covid Vaccine Break Big Pharma’s Grip on Production? appeared first on MintPress News.

A recent investigative report reveals the extent of an illegal cigarette smuggling operation in Mali by Big Tobacco that is helping to keep European and American interests viable in West Africa.
The post British American Tobacco’s Illegal Smokes Burn Through Mali’s Quest for Self-Determination appeared first on MintPress News.

Both pro- and anti-war voices have stated that the U.S. is on the cusp of entering a second Cold War, and a new Gallup poll suggests that the groundwork for such a conflict has already been laid. 
The post After Years of Propaganda, American Views of Russia and China Hit Historic Lows appeared first on MintPress News.

If Taiwan were no longer the center of the semiconductor manufacturing universe, would the U.S. relinquish its influence over the island or would it continue to use it as a pawn against the country that is increasingly being cast as the next global nemesis of the "free world"?
The post Microchips and the Macro World: Semiconductor Shortage Ushers in East-West Tech War appeared first on MintPress News.

“This is basically the polar opposite of getting back in the peace agreement, which was what [Biden] promised to do.” -- Political commentator Kyle Kulinski
The post Another Step Back for Biden: Attack on Syria Draws Establishment Cheers appeared first on MintPress News.