Alan Macleod

Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News. He completed his PhD in 2017 and has since authored two acclaimed books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent, as well as a number of academic articles. He has also contributed to FAIR.org, The Guardian, Salon, The Grayzone, Jacobin Magazine, and Common Dreams. Follow Alan on Twitter for more of his work and commentary: @AlanRMacLeod.

Fatema Al Harbi: The Arab Working Overtime to Defend Israel’s Genocide

Fatema Al Harbi built her career defending Israel’s actions in Gaza, partnering with Israeli intelligence-linked groups and spreading propaganda that whitewashes war crimes.

Alan Macleod
作者 Alan Macleod
Harbi Feature photo

While its actions in Gaza and beyond have united the world against it, Israel can still rely on a small cadre of hardcore Arab Zionist supporters. Given these individuals’ race and religion, they are enthusiastically presented with platforms to passionately defend the state and its actions. One notable example of this is Fatema Al Harbi, author,

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Hi-Tech Holocaust: How Microsoft Aids The Gaza Genocide

From storing Palestinian data to fueling A.I. kill lists, Microsoft’s Azure cloud has become a key weapon in Israel’s Gaza war.

Alan Macleod
作者 Alan Macleod
Microsoft Israel

Israel’s genocide is being powered by Microsoft. From creating a massive digital dragnet, aiding in the production of A.I.-generated kill lists, hiring hundreds of Israeli spies to run its internal affairs, and suppressing figures opposing the slaughter, the Seattle-based tech corporation has played a key role in the violence. MintPress has

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社交媒体间谍曝光：MintPress 报道后个人资料消失

在 MintPress 曝光前中央情报局和联邦调查局官员在 Facebook、谷歌和 Twitter 工作后，许多人删除了他们的个人资料并抹去了罪证。

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作者 Alan Macleod
spooks

After being exposed as former national security state agents by MintPress, large numbers of officials working in the highest levels of top social media platforms have deleted their profiles or wiped the incriminating evidence from the internet. A series of MintPress News investigations uncovered a network of hundreds of former agents of the CIA,

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加里·卡斯帕罗夫，从国际象棋偶像到国务院啦啦队长

MintPress 追溯了加里·卡斯帕罗夫从国际象棋传奇人物到美国强权的鹰派“民主”宣传员、以色列在加沙的战争以及美国国家民主基金会支持的运动的历程。

Alan Macleod
作者 Alan Macleod
Garry Kasparov attends the 59th Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 18, 2023. Alexi Witwicki | AP

After retiring from the world of chess, Garry Kasparov has found a new calling: promoting U.S. foreign policy goals. From his hawkish foreign policy positions, including supporting American invasions and the use of nuclear weapons against its enemies, his full-throated defense of Israeli genocide, and his bizarre belief that the Middle Ages never

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从大规模杀伤性武器到“毒品国家”：美国如何兜售情报不支持的战争

委内瑞拉被指控为毒品国家，这为打击、制裁和军事集结提供了正当理由。但就连美国情报部门也承认，马杜罗并没有指挥那些被指控“入侵”美国的团伙。证据揭示了一套熟悉的战争剧本。

Alan Macleod
作者 Alan Macleod
TDA Venezuela

The United States is building up its military assets, sparking fears of another regime change attempt against Venezuela—and this one could be far more deadly than the others. Citing an influx of Venezuelan drugs into the U.S., the Trump administration is rapidly building up its military forces, encircling the South American nation, one which has

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特朗普入侵委内瑞拉的虚假“卡特尔”阴谋

华盛顿向马杜罗发出了 5000 万美元的悬赏，并向加拉加斯派遣了军舰，但专家表示，所谓的“太阳卡特尔”是美国为政权更迭辩护而捏造的。

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Alan Macleod
作者 Mnar Adley
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Pete Hegseth Venezuela

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从革命到复兴：拉塞尔·布兰德拥抱特朗普和以色列

这位昔日的“革命者”如今祝福共和党集会、赞扬 JD Vance 并捍卫以色列，而他过去的盟友则开始退缩。

Alan Macleod
作者 Alan Macleod
RusselBRand1

Not so long ago, Russell Brand was a socialist icon, preaching global revolution and the redistribution of wealth and power to the masses. Today, he is a born-again Christian who endorses Donald Trump and has headlined events at the Republican National Convention and Turning Point USA. Where once he preached eco-socialism, anti-racism, and

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