Sean Nevins

Sean Nevins is a Washington DC based staff writer for MintPress focusing on foreign affairs, and the intersection of politics and policy. His work has appeared on Link TV, Inter Press Service, and The Real News Network. He has lived and reported from all over the world and holds a Master’s in Asian Studies (focus: Pakistan) from Lund University in Sweden.

Phyllis Bennis: ISIS Is Filling The Holes Left By The US War On Terror

What gave rise to ISIS and how is the group holding onto power? To answer these questions, journalist, activist and political commentator Phyllis Bennis connects the dots between the fall of Iraq, the U.S. “War on Terror,” and oil.

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A screenshot from a propaganda video released by ISIS.

WASHINGTON --- ISIS is not a guerrilla organization that popped up out of nowhere, figured out how to hold onto territory, and take on the Iraqi and Syrian armies all by themselves, says Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive multi-issue think tank in Washington. ISIS is

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Rich Investors Flock To Puerto Rico As Debt Crisis Pushes Poor To The Mainland

Devastating economic times and myriad tax incentives are driving the wealthy to Puerto Rico, but they’re also forcing Puerto Ricans off the island.

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A private security guard sits in front of a closed down business in the colonial district of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

WASHINGTON --- Hundreds of thousands of residents of Puerto Rico are being forced from their homeland in search of better economic conditions on mainland America. The Caribbean island recently defaulted on a $58 million debt for the first time in its history, and the super rich are descending upon the island to buy up homes and businesses that have

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Hunger Striking Palestinian Political Prisoner Mohammad Allan Slips Into Coma

The 31-year-old Palestinian lawyer is one of a number of Palestinians held in Israeli jails who are taking action against abuses and mistreatment at the hands of Israeli authorities.

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WASHINGTON --- On Friday, Palestinian political prisoner Mohammad Allan slipped into a coma after staging hunger strike in an Israeli prison for the previous 59 days. He has been put on life support at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, Israel. Samidoun reported on Wednesday that about 560 prisoners throughout Israel are taking action against

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Local Police Take The Eye Of Big Brother And Spy On Americans

“What we often see is police departments or local law enforcement agencies grabbing technologies without any policies in place for it, not asking anybody’s permission, just sort of getting it, [and] starting to implement it,” a digital rights activist tells MintPress.

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Police using 'Public Eye' surveillance software.

WASHINGTON --- Fast on the heels revelations of dragnet surveillance devices used by the likes of the National Security Agency and the CIA, another set of tools used by local police in communities across the United States is invading the privacy of the American public, tracking their movements. “If you were to put an automatic license plate

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What Norway Is Getting Right About Policing That American Cops Just Can’t Figure Out

American police kill an average of three people a day. Norwegian police fired guns twice last year, and they haven’t killed anyone since 2006.

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A police officer throws an object at protestors, Monday, April 27, 2015, following the funeral of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a Baltimore Police Department van.

WASHINGTON --- Matthew Ajibade, Roberto Ornelas, and Garrett Gagne: These were the first three people killed by American police this year. Since their deaths at the hands of police on Jan. 1, police have killed another 687 people, averaging three daily, according to The Guardian’s “The Counted,” currently the most comprehensive database of killings

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Roadside Remembrance For Samuel Shields Expresses White Solidarity For Black Lives

Every Thursday evening, a small group of mainly white women hold “Black Lives Matter” and “Honk for Justice” signs on a busy corner in Washington, D.C., expressing their own frustrations with police brutality and America’s systemic racism.

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Andrew and Danna stand on 16th Street NW in front of the Washington Ethical Society in Washington DC on July 30 in remembrance of Samuel Shields, who was killed by prison guards at Prince George’s County Detention Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland on June 17, 2014.

WASHINGTON --- It’s rush hour in Washington, and a small group of friends are standing on the corner of 16th Street, holding signs that read: “Black Lives Matter” and “Honk for Justice.” In response, the horns of passing cars blare, and drivers and passengers of all races wave their arms and raise their fists out of their windows in a show of

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The Politics Of Punishment: Greece Is Being Destroyed By Europe And Austerity Orthodoxy

With Greece and the eurozone committing to reforms and a bailout that’s still unsustainable, it’s the people of Greece who are left to suffer, not knowing “what will come tomorrow. They don’t know if they’ll have their jobs or if they’ll have money to live,” a Greek expat tells MintPress.

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A street vendor pushes his trolley as he passes a banner, depicting a wrecking ball that reads: "NO" and destroying a wall with anti-austerity measures, in Athens, Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Barely a week after their last crunch vote, Greek lawmakers are set to vote later Wednesday on further economic reforms demanded by international creditors in return for a new financial bailout.

WASHINGTON --- All the news coming out of Greece is bad, says Giannis Nitodas, who left his home in Chios, Greece, amid the mounting pressures of austerity measures that continue to crush the Greek economy. “I was paid €900 [$990] per month,” Nitodas told MintPress News from his home in Toronto, Ontario. “But we didn’t know what would happen

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