Mark Fiore: Islamophobic Air (Video)
Now that Pope Francis made the wonderful symbolic gesture of flying twelve Syrian refugees to Rome on his plane, let’s take a look at what it’s like for Muslims flying on planes in the United States.
Nazila Fathi: Until We Are Free
The 1979 Islamic Revolution stripped Ebadi of her judgeship after it banned women from holding the position, forcing her to stay home and raise her two daughters. A decade later, she opened a law firm and became vocal against the country’s laws that discriminate against women and others.
The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel’s Public Relations War in the United States
Whatever one’s position on how to resolve the conflict, it is uncontroversial that Israel could not continue occupying Palestinian territory without U.S. diplomatic, military, and economic support, and it’s unlikely that support could continue without the backing—or, at least, acquiescence—of the U.S. public.
Liza Burr | One Humanity, One State: An Interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh
Only a single democratic state will promote “human rights and…reconciliation and justice”; there is no other way. You cannot make 78 percent of historic Palestine off-limits to Palestinian refugees (or their descendants) who were ethnically cleansed from their homes and have been granted the right of return under international law. You cannot divide “such a small piece of land…into two countries.”
VIDEO: Mnar Muhawesh: Mint Press Founder, CEO and Editor In Chief discusses the corporate media. ISIS and more…
Mnar Muhawesh addresses the mainstream corporate media, Islamophobia, racism, sexism and more...
Carol Masters | Take it on Faith: Militarism and Environmental Destruction Not an Option
Masters: His criticism was not limited to the manufacturers; Francis also called out investors, saying “duplicity is the currency of today…they say one thing and do another.”
VIDEOS: New cartoon satire from Mark Fiore
VIDEO: The Blood Never Dries By Mark Fiore December 3, 2015 Click blue box with white letters to play. https://vimeo.com/149242441 Award-winning animator Mark Fiore weighs in on the San Bernardino shooting in his powerful animation, "The Blood Never Dries." Watch the clip and read the animator's thoughts on the tragedy below. I apologize for More
Henry A. Giroux | Taking notes 53: The fascism of Donald Trump’s America
Giroux: Donald Trump’s blatant appeal to fascist ideology and policy considerations took a more barefaced and dangerous turn last week when he released a statement calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”
Henry A. Giroux | The War on Terror Is a War on Youth: Paris and the Impoverishment of the Future
Giroux: The seeds of terrorism do not lie simply in ideological fundamentalism; they also lie in conditions of oppression, war, racism, poverty, the abandonment of entire generations of Palestinian youth, the dictatorships that stifle young people in the Middle East and the racist assaults on Black youth in urban centers in the United States.
Gosztola | Interview: MintPress News’ Mnar Muhawesh on Paris Attacks and Response of Western Countries
Muhawesh: Those [attacks] that took place in Beirut, Baghdad, Turkey, and, of course, against the Russian airliner. They made the news barely and, if they did, for example, when ISIS attacked southern Beirut, the media dehumanized the entire population by calling it a Hezbollah stronghold.
Ben Norton | Our terrorism double standard: After Paris, let’s stop blaming Muslims and take a hard look at ourselves
Norton: By making ISIS go viral, we are only helping them accomplish their sadistic goals.
Attacks On Muslims in the Midwest Highlight Violent Trend of Bigotry Sweeping the US
Mnar Muhawesh stressed that Islamophobic violence in the United States is a reflection of decades of American imperialism and interventionist warfare in the Middle East, which may have claimed as many as 8 million Muslim lives in the modern era.