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.

2011 NATO Destruction Of Libya Has Increased Terrorism Across Region

From Libya to Mali, Nigeria and Somalia, NATO’s 2011 intervention against Moammar Gadhafi has had an undeniable domino effect — but when do the dominoes stop falling?

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A revolutionary forces commander, Wajdi Badri, right, stands next to a pre-Gadhafi flag as he celebrates the new take over of the western main square in Sirte, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011. The general commanding NATO's mission in Libya said at the time that isolated groups of forces loyal to ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi continud to be a threat to local people would be unable to coordinate their actions.

A revolutionary forces commander, Wajdi Badri, right, stands next to a pre-Gadhafi flag as he celebrates the new take over of the western main square in Sirte, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011.  The general commanding NATO's mission in Libya said at the time that isolated groups of forces loyal to ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi continud to be a

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Coups, Massacres And Contras: The Legacy Of Washington’s New Point Man In Latin America

Despite shifts on Cuba and Venezuela, the Obama administration’s appointment of a man who’s been involved in the overthrow of leftist governments since the 1980s, to head the White House’s top agency on Latin American affairs shows little may have really changed.

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Mark Feierstein, former associate administrator for USAID and Washinton's new point man on Latin America, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Feierstein's legacy of covert regime change has many Latin American leaders questioning Washington's intents.

Mark Feierstein, former associate administrator for USAID and Washinton's new point man on Latin America, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Feierstein's legacy of covert regime change has many Latin American leaders questioning Washington's intents. WASHINGTON --- The Obama administration announced in December that it would

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The TPP Threatens A Free And Open Internet

With legislation to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership looking all but certain to pass, MintPress explores an often overlooked aspect of the secretive trade pact: how it benefits copyright holders at the expense of personal Internet freedom.

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Protest urge the Indian government to refrain from signing the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, in New Delhi, India, they are concerned that the agreement will impose severe restrictions on the Indian generic drugs manufacturers and will raise the price of life saving drugs severely, affecting thousands across the globe who can only barely afford the Indian made generic drugs. Placard reads "Patent and greed leads to death."

Protesters urge the Indian government to refrain from signing the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, in New Delhi, India, they are concerned that the agreement will impose severe restrictions on the Indian generic drugs manufacturers and will raise the price of life saving drugs severely, affecting thousands across the globe who can only barely

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How Federal Policies, Johns Hopkins, And ‘Redevelopment’ Led To The Slumification Of Baltimore

“I can’t tell the difference, even in some of the areas that were supposedly hardest hit by looting … because some of these areas that the protesters are in even before these so-called riots have already looked like they’ve been burned down,” one activist tells MintPress.

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Children play at a party at the public housing complex where Freddie Gray was arrested as a six-day curfew was lifted, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Children play at a party at the public housing complex where Freddie Gray was arrested as a six-day curfew was lifted, Sunday, May 3, 2015, in Baltimore. BALTIMORE --- The world watched last week as protesters stormed the streets of Baltimore to oppose police brutality and demand justice for Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old man, who died of

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Фредди Грей, Балтиморское восстание и воспоминания о марте

Активисты надеются, что протесты в Балтиморе послужат стимулом для реформы полиции и более серьезных структурных изменений.

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Freddie Gray'protest police

 Last week, upwards of 5,000 people marched through the streets of Baltimore demanding justice for Freddie Gray, and other victims of police brutality. In response to massive organizing efforts by activists in the city and the thousands who showed up on the streets, Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby charged six police officers in

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Former Iranian Terrorist Group, MEK, To Testify Before Congress

Why is a Texas Congressman inviting the political leader of a former Iranian terrorist group to testify about ISIS and Islamic Extremism before a House subcommittee on terrorism?

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Terrorist Bases in Europe

Maryam Rajavi, the leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran fomerly known as the MEK, waves to the audience as she speaks in Villepinte, north of Paris, Friday June 27, 2014.  The MEK was only recently taken off of the U.S. list of terrorist organizations, has recently found favor among members of Congress opposed to a U.S. nuclear deal

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The End Of The American Century? China And Uncle Sam Race To The Top

As one expert explains his theories on why this may or may not be the end of the American century, another cautions that such a question is beside the point — what matters most is how power is used.

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Barack Obama, right smiles as a group of children wave flags and flowers during a welcome ceremony held by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.

Barack Obama, right smiles as a group of children wave flags and flowers during a welcome ceremony held by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. WASHINGTON --- The United States is currently in a state of relative decline but not absolute decline, contends Joseph Nye, Distinguished Service Professor

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