‘Mercenaries Unleashed’: Report Highlights Threats Posed By Booming Private Security Industry

‘For too long this murky world of guns for hire has been allowed to grow unchecked. In letting the industry regulate itself, the government has failed,’ the executive director of War On Want tells MintPress.

Billy Briggs
By Billy Briggs
‘Mercenaries Unleashed’: Report Highlights Threats Posed By Booming Private Security Industry

‘For too long this murky world of guns for hire has been allowed to grow unchecked. In letting the industry regulate itself, the government has failed,’ the executive director of War On Want tells MintPress.

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Israel Issues New Directive To Its ‘Free Press’: ‘Censorship: The Freedom To Speak Responsibly!’

As Israel expands the scope of what might be considered a ‘security matter,’ the country’s bloggers and social media activists must now seek approval to publish almost anything any self-respecting journalist would hope to cover in a true democratic state.

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
Israel Issues New Directive To Its ‘Free Press’: ‘Censorship: The Freedom To Speak Responsibly!’

As Israel expands the scope of what might be considered a ‘security matter,’ the country’s bloggers and social media activists must now seek approval to publish almost anything any self-respecting journalist would hope to cover in a true democratic state.

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US Soldiers Fight For Freedom, Democracy Abroad, But Don’t Always Find It At Home

As the U.S. struts across the world stage, forcing its peculiar brand of democracy upon its unsuspecting, often oil-rich, victims, it deprives its own soldiers of the rights it purports to be spreading.

Robert Fantina
By Robert Fantina
US Soldiers Fight For Freedom, Democracy Abroad, But Don’t Always Find It At Home

As the U.S. struts across the world stage, forcing its peculiar brand of democracy upon its unsuspecting, often oil-rich, victims, it deprives its own soldiers of the rights it purports to be spreading.

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Will The Thaw In US-Cuban Relations Chill Cuba’s Revolutionary Zeal?

“That conscience is ingrained in our internationalism, and is at the essence of our policies of international solidarity. It won’t change just because we establish a normal relationship with the U.S. or any other government,” the Cuban Five’s René González tells MintPress News.

Ramona Wadi
By Ramona Wadi
Will The Thaw In US-Cuban Relations Chill Cuba’s Revolutionary Zeal?

“That conscience is ingrained in our internationalism, and is at the essence of our policies of international solidarity. It won’t change just because we establish a normal relationship with the U.S. or any other government,” the Cuban Five’s René González tells MintPress News.

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The Battle Continues To Stop Yucca Mountain From Becoming A Nuclear Waste Dump

Not far from the site of 40 years of nuclear weapons testing, a proposed long-term nuclear waste dump draws opposition from the Shoshone and Paiute Nations, environmental activists and even Nevada state officials.

Derrick Broze
By Derrick Broze
The Battle Continues To Stop Yucca Mountain From Becoming A Nuclear Waste Dump

Not far from the site of 40 years of nuclear weapons testing, a proposed long-term nuclear waste dump draws opposition from the Shoshone and Paiute Nations, environmental activists and even Nevada state officials.

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Bowe Bergdahl’s Case Highlights True Aims Of War And How We Select Our Heroes

The pompous pronouncements of the armchair warriors who run the country and the corporate-owned media hold dangerous sway in deciding that Sen. John McCain is a hero and Bowe Bergdahl is a traitor.

Robert Fantina
By Robert Fantina
Bowe Bergdahl’s Case Highlights True Aims Of War And How We Select Our Heroes

The pompous pronouncements of the armchair warriors who run the country and the corporate-owned media hold dangerous sway in deciding that Sen. John McCain is a hero and Bowe Bergdahl is a traitor.

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Palestinian MKs Suspended For Visiting Families Of Those Killed By Israeli Aggression

Few have recognized the Knesset members’ actions to negotiate for the bodies being held by Israeli forces as being part of their duty to serve their constituency. Instead, they’re accused of showing support for terrorism and building ‘walls of hate.’

Richard Silverstein
By Richard Silverstein
Palestinian MKs Suspended For Visiting Families Of Those Killed By Israeli Aggression

Few have recognized the Knesset members’ actions to negotiate for the bodies being held by Israeli forces as being part of their duty to serve their constituency. Instead, they’re accused of showing support for terrorism and building ‘walls of hate.’

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