Progressive Politics

MintPress News is being financially censored. Indiegogo has cancelled our fundraising campaign and is refusing to release over $51,000 that you donated to keep MintPress alive.

They claim our project “did not meet their guidelines.” However, they only told us this nearly three months after the campaign ended — after I had been repeatedly trying to access our payout since October.

Based on leaked emails, we believe these bans may be connected to pressure by pro-Zionist actors and British intelligence related to our reporting. This raises serious questions about government influence over financial platforms.

It is also highly possible that Indiegogo has stopped our funding drive because of pressure from senior management. The company’s CEO and co-founder is Slava Rubin, a Conservative Zionist who has traveled to Israel many times. “I’m a big fan. I’m Jewish. I think Israel is a beautiful place,” he said in 2015. In the wake of October 7 and Israel’s attack on Gaza, Rubin came out publicly in support of Israel in its fight against “terrorism.”