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  • | Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcome ceremony for his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro before their talks in Beijing capital of China Sept 14 2018 Yao Dawei | Xinhua | MR Online

    Maduro’s Beijing visit spooks a U.S. plotting Venezuela’s isolation

    Originally published: Mint Press News on September 14, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    Given the humble goal of Caracas to free itself from the domineering whims of a U.S. imperialism keen on reviving the notorious Monroe Doctrine, it is obvious why the U.S. would see sinister motives in the fraternal reception Beijing has offered to the Venezuelan head of state.

  • | In this Feb 15 2018 photo Awsaf a thin 5 year old who is getting no more than 800 calories a day from bread and tea half the normal amount for a girl her age drinks tea in Abyan Yemen Nariman El Mofty | AP | MR Online

    Starving off-camera: in Yemen 20 Million fuel the Saudi-U.S.-NATO war machine

    Originally published: Mint Press News on September 10, 2018 by Mnar Muhawesh & Ahmed Abdulrahman (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted Sep 13, 2018)

    Within days of starting the war, Saudi Arabia imposed a total land, air and sea blockade, along with targeting vital agriculture and food supply infrastructure that sustains life for the 29 million Yemenis—all of which constitute war crimes under international law.

  • | Portrait of EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler | MR Online

    Despite Pruitt’s exit there is “no happy ending” for Planet Earth

    Originally published: Mint Press News on July 6, 2018 by Jake Johnson (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted Jul 07, 2018)

    “Before everyone gets excited about Pruitt, remember we’re going to get all the same horrific policy under Andrew Wheeler, without any of the comic, attention-drawing personal corruption.”

  • | President Trump | MR Online

    Trump’s “infrastructure” plan: pump up the Pentagon

    Originally published: Mint Press News on July 3, 2018 by William D. Hartung (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted Jul 05, 2018)

    This year alone will bring total spending on the Pentagon and related agencies (like the Department of Energy where work on nuclear warheads takes place) to $716 billion.

  • | Amazons Fusion With the State Shows Neoliberalisms Drift to Neo Fascism | MR Online

    Amazon’s fusion with the state shows neoliberalism’s drift to neo-fascism

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 29, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    MPN spoke to Yasha Levine, the author of “Surveillance Valley,” and Monthly Review editor John Bellamy Foster about the rise of the Amazon.com empire and the merger of Big Data, finance capitalism, and the U.S. state apparatus.

  • | | MR Online

    When is a “retreat” really an attack? Trump’s decree hides devil’s horns under angel’s wings

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 21, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    “This Executive Order is just the latest in a never-ending series of cynical policy choices that tear apart families, put children at risk and do absolutely nothing to keep our borders secure or our communities safe. That’s not only craven, it’s evil.”

  • | | MR Online

    Beyond racism, immigrant mass detention is all about profit

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 16, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    Trump’s “Make America Great” policies have resulted in misery for thousands of poor migrants, but the rise in human suffering has resulted in jackpot prizes for players at the New York Stock Exchange.

  • | wikileaks | MR Online

    Outcome of Assange case could undermine the rights of millions

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 12, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    If Australia reneges on its obligations to protect Assange and fight for his rights, the implications such actions would hold for every other citizen of the country are as vast as they are chilling.

  • | Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg hosted President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia at NATO headquarters on May 31 Colombia has now become NATOs first member in Latin America | NATO | MR Online

    Colombia’s NATO membership about more than just Venezuela

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 9, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    Faced with questions about the continued relevance of the North Atlantic alliance, NATO has sought justification for its existence from Central Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa and has even floated the idea of indirect intervention in the South China Sea dispute.

  • | | MR Online

    White farms and black farms: will South African land finally shed apartheid’s proportions?

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 8, 2018 by Jon Jeter (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted Jun 09, 2018)

    Many here say that South Africa’s constitution has never been an impediment to land redistribution; the problem was always the political will of the ANC, which abandoned Marxist ideology for a neoliberal approach.

  • | Immigration Temporary Status | MR Online

    UN calls on U.S. to “immediately halt” policy of detaining migrant children

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 6, 2018 by Jessica Corbett (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted Jun 07, 2018)

    The United Nations human rights office says the practice “amounts to arbitrary and unlawful interference in family life, and is a serious violation of the rights of the child.”

  • | Israels Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabias King Salman | MR Online

    Israel aiding Saudi Arabia in developing nuclear weapons

    Originally published: Mint Press News on June 4, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    Saudi interest in developing nuclear weapons dates back to the 1970s, when the kingdom learned of major steps taken by both Israel and India in the development of nuclear armaments.

  • | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches parade | MR Online

    North Korea has good reason to be wary of a Trump deal

    Originally published: Mint Press News on May 31, 2018 by James Carey (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted Jun 01, 2018)

    Though Trump’s threats against North Korea have lacked some of the grace with which his predecessors operated, to Pyongyang, U.S diplomacy has been marked by 65 years of broken promises and outright aggression.

  • | | MR Online

    Facebook partners with Hawkish Atlantic Council, a NATO lobby group, to “protect democracy”

    Originally published: Mint Press News on May 22, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    The partnership between Facebook and the Atlantic Council is an attempt to ensure the grip of dominant imperialist powers – militaries, multinationals, banks, and philanthropists – who feel threatened by the unrestricted flow of information and anti-systemic narratives on social media.

  • | Supporters of President Nicolas Maduro attend a campaign rally in the parish of Catia in Caracas Venezuela Friday May 4 2018 Venezuelans will vote for a new president in the upcoming presidential elections on May 20 APAriana Cubillos | MR Online

    On the eve of Venezuela’s elections, the U.S. empire isn’t sitting idly by

    Originally published: Mint Press News on May 17, 2018 by Roger D. Harris (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted May 19, 2018)

    “I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.” — U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, 1970

  • | President Donald Trump holds a toy astronaut as he participates in a signing ceremony for Space Policy Directive at the White House Reuters Photo | MR Online

    Trump and corporate America are dead serious about plans to conquer outer space

    Originally published: Mint Press News on May 15, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    Like any military effort, the establishment of the U.S. Armed Forces in space is meant to ensure the expansion of capital, the protection of corporate property and investments on or off the globe.

  • | Peter Thiel founder of CIA funded Palantir listens as Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with tech leaders at Trump Tower in New York Dec 14 2016 APEvan Vucci | MR Online

    As Trump blows up Iran nuclear deal, CIA-funded Palantir remains key to IAEA inspections

    Originally published: Mint Press News on May 8, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    The International Atomic Energy Agency’s reliance on data behemoth and right-wing affiliate Palantir for its Iran analytics raises the possibility that it will be used as a Trojan horse for intelligence-gathering by Iran’s enemies such as the U.S. and Israel.

  • | Trump US Japan | MR Online

    Will Bolton cost Trump his Nobel? Powerful interests lined up against Korean peace

    Originally published: Mint Press News on May 2, 2018 (more by Mint Press News)  |

    Libya is now a textbook example of a failed state and – more importantly from North Korea’s perspective — a testament to what the U.S. government does to countries who threaten its agenda or superpower status, especially ones it persuades to disarm and denuclearize.

  • | Protesters dressed as wall street bankers march from Goldman Sachs office to a rally in Federal Plaza demanding Wall Street reform Wednesday April 28 2010 in Chicago AP PhotoM Spencer Green | MR Online

    Wall Street admits curing diseases is bad for business

    Originally published: Mint Press News on April 27, 2018 by Lee Camp (more by Mint Press News)  | (Posted Apr 30, 2018)

    Goldman Sachs has outdone itself this time. According to Goldman Sachs, curing people of terrible diseases is not good for Wall Street.

  • | South American Nations Union UNASUR General Secretary Ernesto Samper right speaks to the press next to Bolivias President Evo Morales at the government palace in La Paz Bolivia Oct 27 2016 Samper is on an official visit to Bolivia APJuan Karita | MR Online

    Bolivia scrambles to maintain South American unity amid U.S. support for Right wing governments

    Originally published: Mint Press News on April 25, 2018 by Elliott Gabriel (more by Mint Press News)  |

    Given the clearly right-wing nature of the ruling parties in the countries that withdrew from UNASUR, the move can be seen as the latest blow against a fading trend of left-wing governments in the region and a result of the increasingly bitter inter-state debate swirling around Venezuela’s political future.

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    Marc James Léger | Picasso in Palestine | MR Online

    The universal premises of culture and politics have been subject to criticism from the moment that Enlightenment theories emerged. In postmodern theory, radical skepticism replaces judgement and makes universal speculation seem like either an absurd game or a violent imposition.

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