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.

Apostando por el apartheid: cómo Israel usa el sexo para encubrir el genocidio

La maquinaria de relaciones públicas de Israel promueve imágenes sexualizadas de sus soldados para atraer a los jóvenes, desde trampas para la sed en redes sociales hasta viajes de Birthright con contenido sexual. Esta táctica, respaldada por el Estado, busca distraer la atención de los crímenes de guerra y vender el apartheid a una generación más joven cada vez más crítica con Israel.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
Gooning IDF Feature photo

Amid an ongoing assault on its neighbors, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is attempting to improve its image by posting highly sexually suggestive content featuring its soldiers, changing the prevailing emotion of onlookers from outrage to lust. A wide range of IDF thirst trap accounts—many with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of

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El fundador de African Stream habla sobre la censura estadounidense, el panafricanismo y el auge de la resistencia en África

Ahmed Kaballo se une a MintCast para analizar el desmantelamiento de African Stream liderado por Estados Unidos, el ascenso del líder revolucionario de Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, y la resistencia panafricana que está transformando el Sahel.

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Alan Macleod
Por Mnar Adley
Y Alan Macleod

On this episode of the MintCast, hosts Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod speak with Ahmed Kaballo, the man behind the viral media outlet that the U.S. government has been trying to silence. In September, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave a speech smearing media platform African Stream as secretly funded and controlled by Vladimir Putin

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El mayor donante estadounidense a Israel ahora es dueño de CBS

David Ellison, aliado de Trump, acaba de comprar CBS. ¿Su primera decisión? Contratar a la ideóloga sionista Bari Weiss para dirigir la cobertura informativa y purgar la disidencia.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod

After reaching an agreement with President Trump, David Ellison—the son of the second-richest man in the world, Larry Ellison—has acquired Paramount Global, the media giant that owns CBS News. Larry Ellison, the largest private funder of the Israel Defense Forces, is deeply tied to the Israeli national security state and counts Prime Minister

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80 años de mentiras: Estados Unidos finalmente admite que sabía que no necesitaba bombardear Hiroshima y Nagasaki

En el 80º aniversario de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, un conjunto de admisiones militares y presidenciales desmantelan el mito de la necesidad.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
A man looks over the expanse of ruins left the explosion of the atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, Japan. Some 140,000 people died here immediately. Photo | AP

As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, the world is drifting as close to another nuclear confrontation as it has been in decades. With Israeli and American attacks on Iranian nuclear energy sites, India and Pakistan going to war in May, and escalating violence between Russia and NATO-backed forces

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La CIA creó cientos de sitios web encubiertos. Esto es lo que ocultaban.

Desde las páginas de Star Wars hasta los foros rasta, los sitios web secretos de la CIA ayudaron a los espías a comunicarse, rastrear objetivos y manipular narrativas, incluso entre los amigos de Estados Unidos.

Alan Macleod
Por Alan Macleod
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The CIA didn't just infiltrate governments; it infiltrated the internet itself. For over a decade, Langley operated a sprawling network of covert websites that served as global spy terminals disguised as harmless blogs, news hubs, and fan pages. Beginning in 2004, the CIA established a vast network of at least 885 websites, ranging from Johnny

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Alan MacLeod sobre la propaganda israelí y la complicidad de Google en el genocidio

Alan MacLeod analiza sus nuevas y explosivas investigaciones sobre cómo Google se ha convertido en un aliado clave de Israel en la propaganda de guerra, la vigilancia de datos y el apoyo económico, gastando miles de millones para mejorar la imagen y la infraestructura de Tel Aviv en medio de su campaña genocida en Gaza.

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Alan Macleod
Por Mnar Adley
Y Alan Macleod
Alan MacLeod on Israeli Propaganda and Google’s Complicity in Genocide

Israel could not be doing what it is doing without significant support from the West. And they have found some very powerful allies in Silicon Valley. Chief among these is Google, which has allowed the Israeli government to use its platforms to target tens of millions of Europeans with propaganda. Joining the MintCast today to talk about his

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Manzana podrida: Decenas de exespías israelíes contratados por el gigante de Silicon Valley

Un nuevo estudio de MintPress News ha descubierto que decenas de ex agentes de la agencia de espionaje israelí, Unidad 8200, trabajan en el gigante tecnológico Apple.

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Por Alan Macleod
Apple Israel Unit 8200

Apple has made headlines in recent weeks for touting its commitment to privacy and human rights, rolling out tools to limit surveillance and spyware. But behind the corporate messaging lies a much darker reality. The company has quietly brought in dozens of veterans from Unit 8200, Israel’s shadowy military intelligence unit known for blackmail,

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