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The Benefits of Becoming a Consortium News Member

April 27, 2021

Consortium News is offering special benefits to members of the first independent news site on the Web, founded by legendary investigative journalist Bob Parry in 1995.

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Commentary, International

The Billionaires Who Couldn’t Kick Straight

April 28, 2021

Neither the “dirty dozen” nor independent analysts foresaw the enormous pushback the Super League notion would engender, writes Sam Pizzigati.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Palestine

Human Rights Watch: Israel Guilty of Apartheid

April 28, 2021

Among the recommendations laid out in the report is for the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged crimes against humanity.

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Assange extradition, Britain, Ecuador, Intelligence, International, WikiLeaks

Revealed: UK Campaign to Force Assange From Ecuadorian Embassy

April 28, 2021

A wide-ranging UK government campaign was brought to bear on Ecuador to press it to hand over WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, new information by Declassified UK reveals.

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Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Commentary, Intelligence, Legal, Secrecy, U.S., WikiLeaks

ASSANGE EXTRADITION: The CIA’s Chinese Walls

April 27, 2021

Next month Craig Murray is planning to be in Madrid to give evidence in the criminal trial of David Morales, CEO of UC Global, for illegal spying. 

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American Empire, COVID-19, International, Militarism, U.S.

Global 2020 Military Spending Grew to Nearly $2 Trillion

April 27, 2021

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic the U.S. continued to lead the surge in militarism, accounting for 39 percent of the world total.

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American Empire, Asia, China, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Militarism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

The New Cold War US-Japanese Summit

April 27, 2021

Joseph Gerson comments on the meeting that just took place  in Washington between the leaders of the U.S. and Japan. 

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Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Militarism, The Bush-43 Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

The Graveyard of Empires Redux

April 26, 2021

Rajan Menon reflects on America’s ruinous pursuit of Mission Impossible in Afghanistan. 

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Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Intelligence, Media, Militarism, Obama Administration, Trump Administration, U.S.

The Bogus Argument for Keeping US in Afghanistan

April 26, 2021

It goes back to Obama’s decision to re-enter Iraq in 2014, writes Caitlin Johnstone. And Westerners were fed a lie about what  happened there.  

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American Empire, Biden Administration, China, Commentary

Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions

April 26, 2021

Dilip Hiro highlights some key areas where Beijing is poised to become dominant. 

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April 25, 2021

Compare 365 days of news you rarely get in the NYT to what’s in just one Sunday edition.

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Advanced Technologies, Censorship, CN Live!, Consortiumnews.com

WATCH: Big Tech Censorship & Defying Official Narratives

April 25, 2021

Paul Jay and Joe Lauria break down the disturbing trends of big tech censorship of dissident journalism at the World Ethical Data Forum.

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Gulf States, Human Rights, Intelligence, Militarism, United Kingdon

The British Cabal Behind a Gulf Dictatorship

April 23, 2021

Senior figures in the British establishment have secretly served as “privy councillors” to a highly repressive dictatorship in the Gulf state of Oman, Phil Miller reports. 

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Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, COVID-19, Cuba

Biden Pursues Trump’s Cuba Policy

April 23, 2021

In Cuba there are serious people who recognize the problems but are not overwhelmed by them, writes Vijay Prashad. 

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Advanced Technologies, American Empire, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Media, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, WMD

Rising Threat of Nuclear War Is Barely Noticed

April 23, 2021

Caitlin Johnstone responds to a U.S. Strategic Command posture statement that — due to widespread Western media malpractice  — caught a lot of people off guard.    

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Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, Intelligence, Police Brutality, Racism, U.S.

JOHN KIRIAKOU: Memo to Biden — What About the Other Whistleblowers?

April 22, 2021

Darnella Frazier deserves national commendation. The same goes for Joshua Schulte, Daniel Hale and Darin Jones, all of whom are in dire straits right now.    

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Commentary, Militarism, Police Brutality, Racism, U.S.

The Pattern of Over-Policing Drivers

April 22, 2021

On the heels of the police killing of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, Samantha Schuyler reports on an ACLU study showing law enforcers’ incentives to punish as many people as possible.  

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Advanced Technologies, Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Saudi Arabia, U.S., WikiLeaks, Yemen

Biden’s Drone Wars

April 22, 2021

Talk of peace in Afghanistan, Yemen, the streets of the U.S., is not coherent while waging wars with drones, writes Brian Terrell.

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American Empire, Commentary, Lobbying, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, U.S.

How to Make a Gulf Monarchy All-American

April 21, 2021

Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner and Leila Riazi report on the Saudi lobby’s move from K Street to Main Street. 

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Advanced Technologies, Biden Administration, Climate Change, Environment, Labor, U.S.

Climate Movement Applauds Coal Miners’ Demand for Green Jobs

April 21, 2021

The United Mine Workers of America’s support for carbon capture, however, leaves cause for disagreement.  

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Africa, American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Militarism, Somalia, Trump Administration, U.S., United Nations

The Infrastructure of Militarism in Somalia

April 21, 2021

African states are more involved in the war on terror than we may think, writes Samar Al-Bulushi. 

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Consortiumnews.com, Intelligence, Media, Spring Fund Drive, VIPS

When the Intelligence is Questionable, Come to Where the Intelligence is Questioned

April 21, 2021

Corporate media unquestioningly regurgitates dubious intelligence that promotes U.S. interests abroad. Consortium News has a track record of questioning the “official story.”

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Commentary, Propaganda, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

The CIA Used to Infiltrate the Media

April 20, 2021

Now the CIA is the media. This isn’t Operation Mockingbird, writes Caitlin Johnstone. It’s  much worse.

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Commentary, Economy, Propaganda, United Kingdon

‘Power to the Platform:’ The Tactics of Airbnb & Uber

April 20, 2021

Luke Yates says they are  similar to traditional astroturfing, but with key differences.

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American Empire, Biden Administration, Foreign Policy, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Trump Administration, U.S.

Vienna Talks Reveal Biden Team’s Attachment to Trump’s Illegal Sanctions

April 20, 2021

By enriching uranium at the 60 percent level of purity, Iran is applying its own strategy of diplomatic leverage, Gareth Porter reports. 

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Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, U.S.

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Banner Headlines on Afghanistan Obscure US Motives

April 19, 2021

Exceptionalism and universalism are the third rails in the U.S.: Any public figure who questions either will suffer a kind of political electrocution.

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Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Economy, Foreign Policy, Gun Violence, Militarism, U.S.

Chris Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire

April 19, 2021

U.S. leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.

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Race Relations, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Mobs Rioted in Washington 173 Years Ago Monday to Defend Slaveholders

April 19, 2021

The violence on April 18-19, 1848, which targeted the abolitionist press, followed one of the largest attempted escapes from slavery in U.S. history, Michael David Cohen recounts.

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Media, Spring Fund Drive, United Nations

When Media at Least Tried to Be Impartial

April 19, 2021

It was never easy, but part of the code of practicing journalism was to not favor one political party over the other in day-to-day political reporting.

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Commentary, Labor, U.S.

Amazon Union Vote Shows Why PRO Act Is Needed

April 19, 2021

Rebekah Entralgo says current federal labor law isn’t strong enough to thwart corporate union busting.

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Assange extradition, Biden Administration, CN Live!, International, Legal, WikiLeaks

WATCH: Worldwide Members of Parliament Back Assange

April 17, 2021

An international symposium of parliamentarians, including Jeremy Corbyn, spoke on Saturday in a Don’t Extradite Assange production simulcast by CN Live! Watch the replay here.

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American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Iran, Nuclear Weapons

Hawks Who Want War with Iran Work Overtime

April 16, 2021

Opponents of the nuclear deal are trying to maintain draconian Trump-era sanctions, write Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin. 

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Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Media

What Biden Didn’t Say About US in Afghanistan

April 16, 2021

Troops on the ground aren’t the only measure of horrific warfare, writes Norman Solomon.  

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