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Alan MacLeod

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Senior Staff Writer/Podcast Producer, @MintPressNews . I mostly tweet about US/Mid East & Lat Am. politics, but complaining about corporate media is my passion.

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Joined February 2014

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@AlanRMacLeod

Alan MacLeod

13 days

After more than 6 months of genocide, neither Amal Clooney nor the Clooney Foundation for Justice have mentioned "Gaza", "Israel" or "Palestine" even once. This is despite Clooney being Palestinian-Lebanese. Read my report exploring their silence here:

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Amal Clooney's Silence on Gaza Shows the Limits Of Liberalism

Amal Clooney's conspicuous silence on Israel's actions in Palestine and Lebanon contrasts sharply with her vocal condemnation of human rights abuses elsewhere, prompting scrutiny of her allegiances...

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2 years

Expect to hear a lot more about human rights in Uganda in the coming years.

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"Lunch debt" is a phrase that only exists in a dystopia.

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2 years

What stage of capitalism is this?

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3 years

The US government handing out '$2000' stimulus checks...

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2 years

Legalizing child labor rather than increasing the minimum wage 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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5 months

Gay marriage is illegal in Israel. As are marriages between different religions.

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Danel Ben Namer | דנאל בן נמר

5 months

Today in Israel: Free love for all 🏳️‍🌈

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5 months

Fixed this headline for you, @CNN

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2 years

Literally every single time.

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10 months

Only capitalism could turn unlimited free electricity into a problem.

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7 months

[Thread] Massive pro-Palestine demonstrations across the United States. The media isn't giving them enough attention, so here is a roundup: 1) Chicago: 15,000 protestors shut down the streets.

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2 years

Still can't believe that this wasn't a headline from The Onion.

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2 years

They said it! They literally just came out and said it!

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2 years

In school we were taught that socialism is evil because they had a famine once.

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6 months

Israel has now killed more than 3000 Palestinian children.

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Israel ישראל 🇮🇱

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Share.

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2 years

The Economist has finally found a war it doesn't like.

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2 years

Under capitalism, unlimited free electricity is a problem.

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7 months

Lesson #1 in how media can manipulate the public into supporting one side or the other in a conflict.

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2 years

The existence of this headline is about the strongest argument for socialized medicine I can think of.

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2 years

The existence of this headline is about the best proof I've seen that "the economy" usually just means "rich people's bank balances".

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2 years

In moments of crisis, people often show their true colors.

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6 months

Absolutely gigantic demonstration in support of Palestine tonight in Barcelona. Media don't want you to see this and politicians across the West are trying to make this illegal.

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2 years

If this were in Cuba, Venezuela or China, this would be front page news everywhere.

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1 year

I like maps!

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2 years

"Creepy"

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2 years

[Thread] The most racist Ukraine coverage on TV News. 1. The BBC - “It’s very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed” - Ukraine’s Deputy Chief Prosecutor, David Sakvarelidze

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1 year

This is why we need independent media.

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1 year

Poor? Have you tried starving?

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1 year

Expect to hear a lot about human rights in Zimbabwe in 2023.

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2 years

lol.

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4 months

Fixed your headline for you, @WashingtonPost

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6 months

In the future, this image will be looked upon as one of the most shameful moments in history.

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5 months

The Onion never misses.

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1 year

This one.

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Israel ישראל 🇮🇱

1 year

It's our 75th birthday ! Which moment from Israeli history lives rent free in your head 🇮🇱? Let us know 👇💬 #Israel75

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7 months

Absolutely incredible how Israel can just post pics of major war crimes on here daily and nobody says or does anything. 🙃

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Israeli Air Force

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Dozens of fighter jets and helicopters attacked a series of terrorist targets of the Hamas terrorist organization throughout the Gaza Strip. So far, the IAF has dropped about 6,000 bombs against Hamas targets.

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7 months

If this were happening in China or another enemy country, it would make worldwide headlines.

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2 years

They're just straight up gaslighting us now.

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7 months

They never show you this map on the news. That's because it provides the crucial context necessary to anyone wanting to understand the Israel/Palestine situation.

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4 months

The Onion doesn't miss.

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7 months

Breaking: Israel has again ordered staff at the Kuwaiti hospital in Gaza to abandon their patients or face the consequences. "We will not leave the hospital–except to heaven," said the hospital director. Sirens blare to show the doctors haven't left.

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2 years

It's the planet or the military. It really is that simple.

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2 years

What stage of capitalism is this?

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1 year

This kind of stuff should land you in jail.

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3 years

Wow. I can't image living in a country that would behave like that.

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2 months

Fixed your headline for you, @NYTimes .

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4 months

What an incredible way of describing people being bombed.

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5 months

"Lives found ended" 🙃

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6 months

The Israeli Prime Minister's Official Spokesman is tweeting out footage from an old Lebanese movie claiming that it's proof Palestinians are faking their own suffering. Unreal.

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5 months

They want us to stop saying the word that makes them look bad.

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2 years

"Democracy dies in darkness"

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3 months

Is this the first time in history where one side proudly posts video evidence of their genocide for all to see?

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Mossad Commentary

3 months

Do not mess with Israel

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2 years

Sees something capitalist happening capitalistically in a capitalist country. "This is communism".

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1 year

"Fathered" -- that's an interesting choice of words for it.

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6 months

"Fuck CNN! You are genocide supporters! Fuck CNN!" A live CNN report from Palestine does not go as the network planned.

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2 years

Same-sex marriage is illegal in Israel. As are marriages between different religions.

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1 year

Now you're getting the idea.

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7 months

Colombia is considering breaking relations with Israel. “We don’t support genocides” says President Gustavo Petro. This strikes a nerve because, for decades, Israel played a central role in facilitating a genocide against the Colombian people. [Thread]

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2 years

Refugees: spot the difference.

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3 months

Fixed this headline for you, @BBC .

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3 years

This is what happens when a whole section of your newspaper is sponsored by Bill Gates.

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6 months

They literally just did the meme.

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@ImpactIsrael

Social Impact Israel

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Israel's #LGBTQ community is playing a broad role on all fronts in war against Hamas: fighting in Gaza, helping the displaced, promoting advocacy #SDG5 #HamasisISIS @AgudaIsraelLGBT @AWiderBridge

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Israeli jets level the Palestine Tower, one of the largest buildings in Gaza. The tower had more than 100 apartments, plus offices of media outlets. A clear war crime.

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5 months

Alert 🚨: The IDF is now admitting that at least 85% of the people they stripped, tortured and paraded around for the world to see were innocent civilians.

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6 months

This is what Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen and the rest of the West are supporting.

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2 years

Democracy Dies in Darkness. Anyway, you're out of free articles so you can't read this op-ed written by a Lockheed Martin executive about how we should bomb Iran.

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US has seen no evidence that Israel has committed genocide, Austin says

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2 years

Fox News talks to Iraq and Afghan War architect Condoleezza Rice. "When you invade a sovereign nation, that is a war crime." Satire is dead.

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6 months

Absolutely massive demonstration in central London today, as 100,000 people march to Downing Street in solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸.

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6 months

Let's be honest: support for Palestine at universities doesn't make Jewish students unsafe; it makes supporters of Apartheid uncomfortable.

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2 years

The New York Times, when we do it vs. when our enemy does exactly the same thing.

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A lot of non-British people don't realize how insane our media became when an actual socialist came close to winning the general election.

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Heads up: They've come up with a new buzzword to describe desperately working multiple jobs just to survive.

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"Males who may be children" is a new one.

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3 months

The @NYTimes will go to unbelievable lengths to avoid saying Israel killed this American kid.

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7 months

If someone on the other side posted the opposite image, their account would immediately be banned for racism.

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2 years

If Twitter were honest about warning labels...

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An incredible headline.

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2 years

Some cool maps!

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5 months

Women carrying out massacres is not a victory for feminism.

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1 year

Headlines like this really underline the fact that capitalism is the enemy of democracy.

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7 months

Israeli artillery just killed Reuters cameraman Issam Abdallah. But Reuters won't even mention that in its statement on his death.

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3 years

What level of capitalism are you at?

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6 months

@Israel I believe this, because I am a baby that was literally born yesterday.

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2 months

The IDF just committed one of the worst massacres in modern history. But if you rely on US media, you wouldn't even know that from their headlines.

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2 years

Love to get my news on war from media sponsored by weapons companies. 🙃

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6 months

You're looking at a picture of a war crime.

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3 years

What stage of capitalism is this?

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6 months

Israel has killed 29 UN workers already -- a major war crime. But UNRWA can't even bring itself to tell you who killed its staff

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UNRWA

6 months

We are in shock and mourning. It is now confirmed that 29 of our colleagues in📍 #Gaza have been killed since October 7. Half of these colleagues were @unrwa teachers. As an Agency, we are devastated. We are grieving with each other and with the families.

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Excuse me, sir. Could I bother you to tell me who killed them?

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6 months

BREAKING: At least 20 killed at school being used as shelter in Gaza, UN says

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7 months

Left: Countries that have sent lethal aid to Ukraine. Right: Countries that recognize the State of Palestine.

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1 year

They've been charged with kidnapping and torturing a child. But you'd never guess from this headline.

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3 years

"Too much life".

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BREAKING: Medical staff at ANOTHER Gaza hospital (al-Quds) cower in fear as Israeli missiles rain down on them.

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3 years

A lot of non-British people don't realize how insane our press became as Jeremy Corbyn got close to power.

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5 months

Lmao, remember this?

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Alan MacLeod

2 years

This could be your last chance to post these two images.

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The Independent

2 years

🚨JUST IN 🚨 Twitter to accept Elon Musk’s $45 billion bid to buy company

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Alan MacLeod

7 months

Breaking: Israeli strike destroys a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) depot in central Gaza, incinerating what few crucial supplies the densely populated strip had left. Another shocking war crime to add to the pile.

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BREAKING: My sources have confirmed that Juan Guaidó has declared himself Interim Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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