Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » Porches for Palestine One of the Porchfest for Palestine locations on Chester Street in Philadelphia, May 31, 2025. Philadelphia Starting nine years ago, West Philadelphia’s “Porchfest” has become an annual event that draws people from around the city to this area where music performers are featured on…
Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » ‘Stop the Starvation’ protest in Denver May 31 protest in Denver. Denver. Colorado Over 300 people answered an urgent call by Jewish Voice for Peace at a Denver protest on May 31 to “Stop the Starvation” imposed by Israel on the people of Gaza. The crowd included…
The introduction of an Israeli Mossad agent as the latest Marvel movie character crosses the line, even by Hollywood’s poor moral standards. However, the Israeli superhero, Sabra, must be understood within the rational progression of the Israelification of Hollywood, a phenomenon that is surprisingly new. Sabra is a relatively old character, dating back to a…
The Israel Files is a new MintPress series exploring and highlighting the many revelations about the Israeli occupation of Palestine that WikiLeaks documents disclosed. It hopes to shed light on many of the most important and underreported revelations the publishing group exposed. As Israel was launching a deadly assault on Gaza, killing thousands of civilians…
With election fever still gripping the U.S., talk of rigging or interference in the democratic process is reaching new levels, high enough that even Hollywood legend Angelina Jolie is talking about it. In an extraordinary interview in Time magazine, the star of “Wanted, Maleficent, and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” sat down with the former head of the…
Grayzone — The superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel is a perfect case study for how the United States military uses Hollywood to spread propaganda. The US military is at the center of the plot of Captain Marvel. The film’s protagonist, Carol Danvers, is a former US Air Force pilot who becomes a superhero after absorbing the…
The National Geographic drama series, “The Long Road Home,” tells a version of the story of the battle for Sadr City in 2004, a key moment in Iraq War, and newly-released emails and other documents from the United States Army detail the extensive military support for the TV series and how the Pentagon repeatedly bent…
As the co-authors of National Security Cinema, we have become known — rather inaccurately — for encouraging two major ideas: 1. That the government is really important in making movies more militaristic. 2. That Hollywood doesn’t produce dissenting films. While the first of these is somewhat true it is a simplification, the second is a falsehood. The…
Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » Porches for Palestine One of the Porchfest for Palestine locations on Chester Street in Philadelphia, May 31, 2025. Philadelphia Starting nine years ago, West Philadelphia’s “Porchfest” has become an annual event that draws people from around the city to this area where music performers are featured on…
Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » ‘Stop the Starvation’ protest in Denver May 31 protest in Denver. Denver. Colorado Over 300 people answered an urgent call by Jewish Voice for Peace at a Denver protest on May 31 to “Stop the Starvation” imposed by Israel on the people of Gaza. The crowd included…
The 2010 earthquake that was centered on Léogâne, Haiti, a small city southwest of Port-au-Prince, created such devastation that President Barack Obama decided to grant all Haitians residing in the United States at that time, or those who were seeking refuge, Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS allows recipients to live, study or work in the…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius believe Russia could launch a full-scale attack on Europe by 2030, a fear that has prompted governments across the continent to prepare for war. As European citizens stockpile food and governments ramp up military readiness, one country sees opportunity in that…
