Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presented the 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award to WikiLeaks Editor-in-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson on behalf of Julian Assange after a rally for Assange in Parliament Square in London.
The U.S. was in talks for a deal with Julian Assange but then FBI Director James Comey ordered an end to negotiations after Assange offered to prove Russia was not involved in the DNC leak, as Ray McGovern explains.
People from around the world — journalists, doctors, activists and human rights defenders — are coming together to intervene in this highly politicized case, writes Nozomi Hayase.
With today’s former commanders regularly joining the boards of giant military contractors, Danny Sjursen looks in vain for the likes of Smedley Butler, an outspoken anti-imperialist from more than a century ago.
Without any proof, The New York Times and Washington Post run “Russia helping Sanders” stories, and Sanders responds by bashing Russia, writes Joe Lauria.
Arick Wierson, who is pushing the billionaire’s presidential bid, devoted himself in 2018 to softening the image of Brazil’s extreme-right leader, reports Ben Norton.
The WikiLeaks publisher was indicted for a political offense, writes Marjorie Cohn, which is forbidden by the two-nation treaty.
In the end, the conference did disintegrate into the catfight that will dominate the rest of the century, writes Pepe Escobar.
As long as a small elite group are able to manipulate the way people think and vote, then you don’t have democracy, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The only complaint the U.S. allows is that the United States might not defend us enough, when the greater danger comes from being defended too much, writes Diana Johnstone on the Munich conference.
The U.S. has declared “revolutions” on its own terms, and in its own image, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Since oligarchs can’t replicate grass-roots energy, they attack it, says Caitlin Johnstone.
The U.S. secretary of state’s “West is Winning” speech in Munich last weekend was delusional.
When Julian Assange steps into Woolwich Crown Court on Feb. 24, true journalism will be the only crime on trial, writes John Pilger.
Doctors for Assange have launched a new campaign to get proper medical treatment for the imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist by publishing a letter in Britain’s leading medical journal.
Jeremy Corbyn and other politicians are speaking up for the WikiLeaks‘ publisher, writes Nozomi Hayase. Will more U.S. presidential candidates join them?
Part Four of a new documentary by Olivier Berruyer, editor of the website les-crises.fr, released in conjunction with Consortium News, continues the probe into the complicated scandal and Joe Biden’s part in it.
Jonathan Cook says the fear of being smeared helped the Blairite wing gain control and will lead, as intended, to political and economic timidity from the next leader.
In the aftermath of the coup against Evo Morales, Vijay Prashad sizes up U.S.-driven “democracy protection” in Bolivia, where elections are set for May 3.
The impeachment hearings and trial of Donald Trump were filled with talk of Russian aggression against Ukraine and threats to the United States. But what would it be like if we switched the roles of Russia and the U.S.?
The online censorship initiative depicted critical reporting about the Iowa caucuses as part of a Russian plot, Alex Rubinstein reports. Independent reporter Jordan Chariton was also targeted.
The three authors have been studying a sea level rise that took place 129,000 years ago.
The high-carbon consumption habits of the world’s richest people are harder on the environment than population growth in poor regions, says Heather Alberro.
Malcolm Brian Foley looks into the latest data on the murders committed by white mobs in America.