https://znetwork.org/author/alanmmmacleod/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:12:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/alanmmmacleod/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-us-military-aided-mass-child-rape-in-afghanistan-now-its-soldiers-are-committing-this-crime-at-fort-bragg/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-us-military-aided-mass-child-rape-in-afghanistan-now-its-soldiers-are-committing-this-crime-at-fort-bragg/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:31:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294609 There is an epidemic of child sex crimes in and around Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Since 2021, and the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, dozens of elite soldiers stationed at the military base have been convicted of raping children, distributing child pornography, and other similar offenses.  Many of these soldiers served in Afghanistan, where it is [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-us-military-aided-mass-child-rape-in-afghanistan-now-its-soldiers-are-committing-this-crime-at-fort-bragg/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/social-media-spies-exposed-profiles-vanish-after-mintpress-report/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/social-media-spies-exposed-profiles-vanish-after-mintpress-report/#respond Sun, 12 Oct 2025 15:37:13 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1289824 After being exposed as former national security state agents by MintPress, large numbers of officials working in the highest levels of top social media platforms have deleted their profiles or wiped the incriminating evidence from the internet. A series of MintPress News investigations uncovered a network of hundreds of former agents of the CIA, FBI, and other [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/social-media-spies-exposed-profiles-vanish-after-mintpress-report/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/targeting-venezuela/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/targeting-venezuela/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:05:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1288841 The United States is building up its military assets, sparking fears of another regime change attempt against Venezuela — and this one could be far more deadly than the others. Citing an influx of Venezuelan drugs into the U.S., the Trump administration is rapidly building up its military forces, encircling the South American nation, one [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/targeting-venezuela/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-cia-mossad-and-epstein-unraveling-the-intelligence-ties-of-the-maxwell-family/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-cia-mossad-and-epstein-unraveling-the-intelligence-ties-of-the-maxwell-family/#respond Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:22:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1287800 With speculation mounting that Trump could pardon her, MintPress profiles the family of convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell. From her media baron father, who acted as a high-level spy for Israel, her sister, working to push Tel Aviv’s interests in Silicon Valley, her brothers, who founded a dubious but highly influential anti-Islamic extremism think tank, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-cia-mossad-and-epstein-unraveling-the-intelligence-ties-of-the-maxwell-family/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/blinken-ordered-the-hit-big-tech-carried-it-out-african-stream-is-dead/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/blinken-ordered-the-hit-big-tech-carried-it-out-african-stream-is-dead/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2025 14:49:27 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1285833 On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, African Stream published its final video, a defiant farewell message. With that, the once-thriving pan-African media outlet confirmed it was shutting down for good. Not because it broke the law. Not because it spread disinformation or incited violence. But because it told the wrong story, one that challenged U.S. power in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/blinken-ordered-the-hit-big-tech-carried-it-out-african-stream-is-dead/feed/ 1 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-washington-is-worried-about-burkina-fasos-young-revolutionary-leader/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-washington-is-worried-about-burkina-fasos-young-revolutionary-leader/#respond Fri, 09 May 2025 11:07:40 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283523 Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation, and in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, and aligned his country with Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela. Promoting pan-African unity and national self-reliance while surviving coup attempts, Traoré is positioning [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/why-washington-is-worried-about-burkina-fasos-young-revolutionary-leader/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wiz-acquisition-puts-israeli-intelligence-in-charge-of-your-google-data/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wiz-acquisition-puts-israeli-intelligence-in-charge-of-your-google-data/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 15:48:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282708 Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The price tag — 65 times Wiz’s annual revenue — has raised eyebrows and further solidified the close relationship between Google and the Israeli military. In its press release, the Silicon Valley giant claimed that the purchase will “vastly improve how [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wiz-acquisition-puts-israeli-intelligence-in-charge-of-your-google-data/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/with-yemen-attack-us-continues-long-history-of-deliberately-bombing-hospitals/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/with-yemen-attack-us-continues-long-history-of-deliberately-bombing-hospitals/#respond Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:11:12 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282358 In repeatedly targeting and destroying a cancer center in Yemen, the United States has carried on a long pattern of bombing hospitals. On March 24, the United States carried out a premeditated attack on the Al Rasool Al-Azam Oncology Hospital in Saada, Yemen, turning it into rubble. At least two people were killed and 13 more injured. [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/with-yemen-attack-us-continues-long-history-of-deliberately-bombing-hospitals/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/betar-the-far-right-hate-group-helping-trump-deport-israels-critics/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/betar-the-far-right-hate-group-helping-trump-deport-israels-critics/#respond Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:39:11 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1281807 A far-right, pro-Israel group with a history of support for terror and genocide is working closely with the Trump administration, preparing dossiers on thousands of pro-Palestine figures it wants deported from the United States. Betar U.S. is known to have had several meetings with senior government officials and has claimed credit for the arrest and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/betar-the-far-right-hate-group-helping-trump-deport-israels-critics/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/raffi-berg-bbc-middle-east-editor-exposed-as-cia-mossad-collaborator/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/raffi-berg-bbc-middle-east-editor-exposed-as-cia-mossad-collaborator/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:46:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1278188 A senior BBC editor at the center of an ongoing scandal into the network’s systematic pro-Israel bias is, in fact, a former member of a CIA propaganda outfit, MintPress News can reveal. Raffi Berg, an Englishman who heads the BBC’s Middle East desk, formerly worked for the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Broadcast Information Service, a [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/raffi-berg-bbc-middle-east-editor-exposed-as-cia-mossad-collaborator/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/congress-revives-cold-war-tactics-with-new-anti-communism-school-curriculum/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/congress-revives-cold-war-tactics-with-new-anti-communism-school-curriculum/#respond Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:56:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1277128 Congress has just passed a new bill that will see the U.S. spend huge sums of money redesigning much of the public school system around the ideology of anti-communism. The “Crucial Communism Teaching Act” is now being read in the Senate, where it is all but certain to pass. The move comes amid growing public [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/congress-revives-cold-war-tactics-with-new-anti-communism-school-curriculum/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-israeli-spies-writing-americas-news/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-israeli-spies-writing-americas-news/#respond Fri, 18 Oct 2024 18:30:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1273929 One year after Oct. 7 attacks, Netanyahu is on a winning streak.” So reads the title of a recent Axios article describing the Israeli prime minister riding on an unbeatable wave of triumphs. These stunning military “successes,” its author Barak Ravid notes, include the bombing of Yemen, the assassinations of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah leader [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-israeli-spies-writing-americas-news/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/maduro-vs-us-election-interference-a-battle-for-venezuelas-future/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/maduro-vs-us-election-interference-a-battle-for-venezuelas-future/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:49:34 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1268652 With upcoming elections scheduled for July 28, the United States is working overtime to dislodge the socialist government of Nicolás Maduro. Ten individuals are vying for the position, including nine in opposition to Maduro, who heads a coalition of 13 leftist groups. Washington, though, has made clear that its preferred candidate is 74-year-old retired diplomat [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/maduro-vs-us-election-interference-a-battle-for-venezuelas-future/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-niger-how-ecowas-became-a-tool-for-western-imperialism-in-africa/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-niger-how-ecowas-became-a-tool-for-western-imperialism-in-africa/#respond Sun, 13 Aug 2023 14:00:45 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1251832 Niger is shaping up to be the surprising frontline of the new Cold War. Yesterday, the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered the “activation” and “deployment” of “standby” military forces to the country, an action that threatens to spark a major international war that could make Syria look minor by comparison. In this venture, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/beyond-niger-how-ecowas-became-a-tool-for-western-imperialism-in-africa/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-is-run-by-state-department-officials/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-is-run-by-state-department-officials/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 15:47:26 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1243756 Amid a national hysteria claiming the popular video-sharing app is a Chinese Trojan Horse, a MintPress News investigation has found dozens of ex-U.S. State Department officials working in key positions at TikTok. Many more individuals with backgrounds in the FBI, CIA and other departments of the national security state also hold influential posts at the social media [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tiktok-chinese-trojan-horse-is-run-by-state-department-officials/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/most-of-the-fact-checking-organizations-facebook-uses-in-ukraine-are-directly-funded-by-washington/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/most-of-the-fact-checking-organizations-facebook-uses-in-ukraine-are-directly-funded-by-washington/#respond Sat, 06 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1198346 Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/most-of-the-fact-checking-organizations-facebook-uses-in-ukraine-are-directly-funded-by-washington/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/meet-the-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebooks-content-policy-2/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/meet-the-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebooks-content-policy-2/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2022 23:49:46 +0000 It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/meet-the-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebooks-content-policy-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-aggression-when-they-do-it-but-defense-when-we-do-worse/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-aggression-when-they-do-it-but-defense-when-we-do-worse/#respond Mon, 03 May 2021 09:01:00 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1046256 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-aggression-when-they-do-it-but-defense-when-we-do-worse/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/divisive-how-corporate-media-dismiss-ideas-unpopular-with-elites/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/divisive-how-corporate-media-dismiss-ideas-unpopular-with-elites/#respond Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:01:30 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1045852 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/divisive-how-corporate-media-dismiss-ideas-unpopular-with-elites/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/humanitarian-imperialism/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/humanitarian-imperialism/#respond Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:02:53 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1044198 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/humanitarian-imperialism/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tech-giants-power-is-scary/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tech-giants-power-is-scary/#respond Sat, 16 Jan 2021 09:02:51 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1042251 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/tech-giants-power-is-scary/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/billionaire-owned-media-look-out-for-neediest-by-demanding-they-get-no-more-money/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/billionaire-owned-media-look-out-for-neediest-by-demanding-they-get-no-more-money/#respond Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:02:47 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1042017 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/billionaire-owned-media-look-out-for-neediest-by-demanding-they-get-no-more-money/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/imf-seizes-on-pandemic-to-pave-way-for-privatization-in-81-countries/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/imf-seizes-on-pandemic-to-pave-way-for-privatization-in-81-countries/#respond Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:00:22 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/imf-seizes-on-pandemic-to-pave-way-for-privatization-in-81-countries/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-not-to-resist-trump-kayleigh-mcenanys-anti-science-comments/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-not-to-resist-trump-kayleigh-mcenanys-anti-science-comments/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2020 09:01:28 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1036666 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/how-not-to-resist-trump-kayleigh-mcenanys-anti-science-comments/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/one-quarter-of-the-worlds-population-is-under-us-sanctions/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/one-quarter-of-the-worlds-population-is-under-us-sanctions/#respond Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:02:10 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1031367 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/one-quarter-of-the-worlds-population-is-under-us-sanctions/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cop-hating-vandals-or-pro-democracy-activists/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cop-hating-vandals-or-pro-democracy-activists/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2020 09:01:41 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1029417 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/cop-hating-vandals-or-pro-democracy-activists/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/france-police-beat-up-striking-firefighters-as-media-looks-other-way/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/france-police-beat-up-striking-firefighters-as-media-looks-other-way/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2020 09:02:56 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1028732 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/france-police-beat-up-striking-firefighters-as-media-looks-other-way/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-media-not-bernie-sanders-that-have-an-antisemitism-problem/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-media-not-bernie-sanders-that-have-an-antisemitism-problem/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:01:42 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1028612 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/its-media-not-bernie-sanders-that-have-an-antisemitism-problem/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-revolution-isnt-being-televised/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-revolution-isnt-being-televised/#respond Sun, 27 Oct 2019 09:00:43 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1024933 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-revolution-isnt-being-televised/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/media-presenting-horrifying-stories-as-uplifting-perseverance-porn/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/media-presenting-horrifying-stories-as-uplifting-perseverance-porn/#respond Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:01:45 +0000 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/media-presenting-horrifying-stories-as-uplifting-perseverance-porn/feed/ 0