Alan MacLeod

Israel Freaks Out as Gabriel Boric’s Elections Signals New Direction for Chile
As Gabriel Boric’s election victory shows, a new hope could be dawning across Latin America. For both the United States government and its Israeli ally, this is not good news. ANTIAGO, CHILE – If its media is any indication,…

“Every Option Is on the Table”: US Prepping for Libya-Style Intervention in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Amid a bloody civil conflict and increasing great-power competition between the United States and China, there are a number of alarming signs that Ethiopia will become the next Libya – an African nation where…

Despite Pledge, Biden Leaves Tap Open, Approving Billions in Arms Deals to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON — “The war in Yemen must end,” declared President Joe Biden in his first major foreign policy speech; “and to underscore our commitment, we are ending all American support for offensive [Saudi] operations in the war in…

The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of US Spies
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the…

How the Pentagon Leaned on Hollywood to Sell the War in Afghanistan
In hundreds of films and TV shows, every single word and image has been closely scrutinized and signed off on by senior military figures, all in an effort to convince viewers into supporting deadly and grossly immoral campaigns…

Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, & the New Cold War
While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy…

Revealed: Mercer Street’s Parent Shipping Company a Front for Israeli Intelligence
Zodiac Maritime, the Mercer Street’s operator, has a long history of working closely with both the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) and Israeli intelligence unit Mossad, using its ships to ferry arms and operatives around the region for covert…

“I Was Living Like Scarface”: The Ludicrous Costs of the War in Afghanistan Revealed in New Documents, Testimonies
“Holy cow, I was living like Scarface…I was paying out anywhere between $300-400,000 per week to $5 million per week at times. All in cash.” Matthew Hoh, U.S. Marine Corps Captain and former State Department official WASHINGTON —…

Creative Associates International (CAI): It’s Not Exactly the CIA, But Close Enough
While mercenary armies like Blackwater have at least been subject to inquiry, making the company’s name infamous around the world, Creative Associates International has largely flown under the radar — exactly where the organization’s board wants it to…

The Bay of Tweets: Documents Point to US Hand in Cuba Protests
The U.S. government can cause economic misery for the Cuban people, but it cannot, it appears, convince them to overthrow their government. HAVANA — Cuba was rocked by a series of anti-government street protests earlier this week. The…

Zero Mockingbird Media Coverage As Key Assange Witness Recants
A key witness in the Department of Justice’s case against Julian Assange has admitted that his entire testimony is false, a revelation that could be the death knell for US attempts to prosecute the Wikileaks founder. Sigurdur Ingi…

The Notorious London Spy School Churning Out Many of the World’s Top Journalists
The fact that the very department that trains high state officials and agents of secretive three letter agencies is also the place that produces many of the journalists we rely on to stand up to those officials and…

Birds of a Fascist Feather: Why Israel Is Aiding Colombia’s Crackdown on Protesters
BOGOTA — For exactly one month now, a nationwide strike has crippled Colombia and has been met with deadly repression by the far-right government of Ivan Duque. As trade unions have shut down major cities, halting mass transit…

Alliance of Democracies Summit: The Glass House Where the Power Elite Gather to Throw Stones
The lineup of presidents, generals and CEOs makes it clear that what was stated is effectively the collective view of the world’s elite and a window into their thinking and the debates they are having. What they decide…

In 2018 the US Was at War With Uyghur Terrorists. Now It Claims They Don’t Even Exist
With China now in the U.S. crosshairs, the ETIM has moved from being an adversary to being a potential asset. In the dying months of his administration, President Donald Trump removed from the United States terrorist list a little-known…

A School for Spooks: The London University Department Churning Out NATO Spies
LONDON — Last week, MintPress exposed how the supposedly independent investigative collective Bellingcat is, in fact, funded by a CIA cutout organization and filled with former spies and state intelligence operatives. However, one part of the story that…

The Coming Antibiotic-Resistance Pandemic that Could Make COVID Look Like the Flu
While the Global South overprescribes antibiotics, in the West farm animals are pumped full of them, farmers even giving them to healthy animals so they can be packed tighter in ever-increasing herd sizes. GENEVA — Big pharmaceutical companies…








