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 …
Amidst 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 …
The Israeli state, too, has many deep connections with the social media giants. Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked [boasted](https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting- accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/) that she worked closely with Facebook to censor Palestinian voices, with the Silicon Valley corporation agreeing to take down around 95% of the content she asked them to. Today, former …
Chris Hedges, Alan MacLeod on Media Bias and the Christian Right’s Obsession
with Israel
May 20, 2021
Images from the Israeli onslaught against Palestine have dominated both news broadcasts and social media as the world expresses its outrage over the bombing of civilian targets. Much of the strongest support for the creation of Israel comes from the Evangelical Christian community in the West, who see the construction …
Despite publicly urging caution, restraint and calling for a ceasefire, the United States government continues to aid Israel, this week [approving](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/biden- administration-approved-735-million-arms-sale-israel-sources-2021-05-17/) $375 million worth of arms sales to the Jewish state, even as it uses U.S.-made weaponry to attack civilian buildings and other infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Hospitals, …
Activist Rapper Lowkey on Gaza, UK Complicity in Israeli Apartheid and Settler
Colonialism
May 18, 2021
Welcome to MintCast, the official _MintPress News_ podcast featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. I’m your host, Mnar Adley. Even as the Biden administration [calls](https://twitter.com/SecBlinken/status/1394321813782421506) for calm to be restored across Israel, Gaza and the West Bank, on Monday it [approved](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/17/us-legislators- question-735-million-arms-sale-to-israel-report) $735 million in new arms sales …
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress podcast featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. I’m your host _,_ Mnar Adley. Israel’s latest attack on Palestine has captured the world’s attention. On Saturday, the Israeli military attacked the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza, killing 10 people, including eight children. The …
Welcome to [MintCast](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) \-- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. I’m your host [Mnar Muhawesh Adley](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). Within just three months in office amid a global pandemic, the Joe Biden administration recently ordered an airstrike that dropped 1.75 tons of explosives on a town in Syria …
Welcome to[ MintCast](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) \-- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence -- I’m your host,[ Mnar Adley](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). Today we’re joined by Raul Diego, a _MintPress_ staff writer, filmmaker and photojournalist who will discuss the anti-Chinese lockdown propaganda and how the COVID economic disaster is paving the …
Podcast: Chris Hedges on the Collapse of US Empire, Liberal Suicide and the
Rise of Christian Fascism
Dec. 18, 2020
Welcome to[ MintCast](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) \-- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence -- with host[ Mnar Muhawesh Adley](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). Joe Biden may have won the presidential election, but his victory masks a deeper rot within the American political system, one where both parties have become servants to increasingly …
Welcome to[ MintCast](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) \-- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence-- I’m your host[ Mnar Muhawesh Adley](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). President Nicolas Maduro is celebrating this week after a clear victory in the National Assembly elections that took place on December 6. Boosted by a partial opposition boycott, the …
Welcome to [MintCast](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) \-- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence-- I’m your host [Mnar Muhawesh Adley](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran’s most senior nuclear scientists, was assassinated in his car last week on the outskirts of Tehran. State sources in the Islamic Republic are claiming …
Lebanon in Crisis: The Beirut Explosion, Economic Terror and the Drumbeat of
War Against Hezbollah
Aug. 12, 2020
Welcome to [MintCast](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) \-- an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence-- I’m your host [Mnar Muhawesh Adley](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). Lebanon is reeling from a blast that destroyed much of the capital Beirut on Tuesday, August 4. 2,700 tons of ammonium nitrate in the city’s port is thought to …
Welcome to [MintCast ](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/)\-- an interview series hosted by [Mnar Muhawesh Adley](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/) featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by activist, journalist and documentary filmmaker Eleanor Goldfield whose new documentary, “Hard Road of Hope,” shares the stories of people in West Virginia and …
Podcast Panel: How Israeli Annexation Could Turn the West Bank Into Another
Gaza-Style Open Air Prison
July 3, 2020
Welcome to[ MintCast,](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) the official _MintPress News_ podcast hosted by[ Mnar Muhawesh](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Ramzy Baroud, Robert Inkalesh and Miko Peled to discuss the so-called “Deal of …
How the Democratic Party Unleashed Decades of Racial Injustice and Police
Brutality on Communities of Color
June 19, 2020
Welcome to[ MintCast,](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) the official _MintPress News_ podcast hosted by[ Mnar Muhawesh](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by Margaret Kimberly and Monique Cullars Doty. Kimberly is a New York-based writer and activist …
Welcome to[ MintCast,](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) the official _MintPress News_ podcast hosted by[ Mnar Muhawesh](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by Aaron Mate -- investigative journalist, contributor to _The Nation_ and host of “[Pushback” on …
Welcome to [MintCast,](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) the official _MintPress News_ podcast hosted by [Mnar Muhawesh](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/). MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by independent journalist [Whitney Webb.](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/whitney-webb/) Many of our readers and listeners are familiar with Webb …
Vanessa Beeley Unpacks the Crisis in Idlib and the Fight for Syria's Oil, Gas
and Water
March 16, 2020
Welcome to [MintCast,](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) the official weekly _MintPress News_ podcast hosted by [Mnar Muhawesh](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/) and [Whitney Webb](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/whitney-webb/). MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists who the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by journalist Vanessa Beeley, who is covering the conflict in …
Mintcast Discusses the Latest in the Julian Assange Extradition Case with
Journalist Kevin Gosztola
March 5, 2020
Welcome to [MintCast,](https://www.mintpressnews.com/category/mintcast/) the official weekly _MintPress News_ podcast hosted by [Mnar Muhawesh](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/mnarmuhawesh/) and [Whitney Webb](https://www.mintpressnews.com/author/whitney-webb/) that re-launched in February 2020. MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists who the establishment would rather silence. One such voice is independent journalist and editor of[ ShadowProof, Kevin …