I. Western Sahara is a United Nations-listed decolonization issue, and its people, the Sahrawi people, have an inalienable right to self-determination and independence 1. Since including Western Sahara on its list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in 1963, the General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies have consistently addressed Western Sahara within the scope of Chapter XI of…
Home » Human needs before profits » Workers to Microsoft: Intifada! No Azure for Apartheid activists lead a rally outside Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on August 26, 2025. Photo: No Azure for Apartheid Seattle Microsoft workers breached and occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith on Aug. 26, as part of their struggle…
The Israeli attack on Iran continues. Since Friday, IDF jets and missiles have hit sites across the country, carrying out targeted assassinations of key leaders and hitting buildings and other civilian infrastructure. Iran has retaliated in kind, firing missiles into Israel. The Trump administration, which knew about the secret Israeli attack from the beginning, appears…
On this week’s edition of “MintCast,” host Mnar Adley speaks with Dr. Mohammed Tahir about his time working in hospitals in Gaza, Greta Thunberg’s “Freedom Flotilla,” Iraq’s unwavering support for Palestine, and the urgent need for unity in the Islamic world. Dr. Tahir is a British-Iraqi surgeon specializing in trauma, orthopedics, and peripheral nerve care.…
Welcome to MintCast — an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence — I’m your host, Mnar Adley. 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 way for surveillance, digital…
Welcome to MintCast — an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence– I’m your host Mnar Muhawesh Adley. 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 ruling socialist coalition led by Maduro received over…
Welcome to MintCast — an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence– I’m your host Mnar Muhawesh Adley. 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 he was killed with a remote-controlled…
Welcome to MintCast — an interview series featuring dissenting voices the establishment would rather silence– I’m your host Mnar Muhawesh Adley. 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 have caught fire and exploded, killing…
Welcome to MintCast — an interview series hosted by Mnar Muhawesh Adley 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 their struggle against the corporate…
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh. 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 the Century,” a plan promoted by U.S. President…
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh. 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 for peace and justice. You…
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh. MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers, and journalists the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by MintPress News senior staff writer, Alan MacLeod. MacLeod covers everything from socioeconomic inequality, the oligarch class in Western nations, U.S. foreign policy in…
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh. 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 The Grayzone. Mate has spent…
Welcome to MintCast, the official MintPress News podcast hosted by Mnar Muhawesh. MintCast is an interview podcast featuring dissenting voices, independent researchers and journalists the establishment would rather silence. In this episode, we are joined by human rights lawyer, journalist and author Dan Kovalik. Kovalik is an expert on U.S. empire, foreign policy and international…
I. Western Sahara is a United Nations-listed decolonization issue, and its people, the Sahrawi people, have an inalienable right to self-determination and independence 1. Since including Western Sahara on its list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in 1963, the General Assembly and its subsidiary bodies have consistently addressed Western Sahara within the scope of Chapter XI of…
Home » Human needs before profits » Workers to Microsoft: Intifada! No Azure for Apartheid activists lead a rally outside Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on August 26, 2025. Photo: No Azure for Apartheid Seattle Microsoft workers breached and occupied the office of Microsoft President Brad Smith on Aug. 26, as part of their struggle…
National parks Workers at both Yosemite and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks have won union elections recently, voting in the National Federation of Federal Employees, which represents about 110,000 government workers. There are organizing campaigns at 100 other national park sites. Conditions for workers at the parks have been declining for a while, and park employees…
Home » Global » Africa » China helps Africa harness the sun Solar driven water pump in the country of Malawi in Africa. According to the International Energy Agency, about 750 million people lived without access to electricity in 2024. Some 80% of them — 600 million people — live in Africa. This deprivation is…
