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.
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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.
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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.
As Americans become increasingly critical of the Israeli government, foreign assistance is put under a new microscope.
The post Rethinking Israel’s Blank Check in Light of Palestinian Teen’s Death with US Weapon appeared first on MintPress News.
"Saudi Arabia has crushed our revolution, turned our lives into hell because our uprising was interpreted by the ruling family as a threat to [their] influence and because of their fear of the revolution spreading to the Saudi interior.” -- Yemeni artist Aisha Ali Saeed
The post Futile: Saudi’s Decade-Long Attempt to Bottle Up Yemeni Youth Revolution is Failing appeared first on MintPress News.
One might think that a supposedly innocent American citizen on trial for terrorism inside a hostile enemy country, facing decades behind bars in Venezuela’s notorious prisons, would spark a nationwide media furor.
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Biden’s “shifting global dynamics” are what Obama’s Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel referred to as “challenging the world order that American leadership helped build after World War II.” In other words, the world’s sole superpower is averse to an emerging multipolar world.
The post Joe Biden Tells the World “America Is Back” — Not That It Ever Really Went Anywhere appeared first on MintPress News.
Elections will matter in Palestine when they are called to include all people who live between the River and the Sea -- one person, one vote for a single legislature and executive in a Palestine that is liberated.
The post Elections Are Not Democracy: Call To Boycott Upcoming Israeli and Palestinian Votes that Don’t Matter appeared first on MintPress News.
Over the decades, the Moroccan settler population expanded while the United States and European Union have illegally exploited the Western Sahara’s resources, mining phosphates, fishing in its waters, and in recent years, drilling for oil and gas.
The post The Empire’s Hidden Hand: How The US Established, Sustains and Benefits From Morocco’s Occupation of Western Sahara appeared first on MintPress News.
