At Consortiumnews, we mix today’s journalism with historical analyses on a wide range of topics, showing how current events fit into a larger context, an approach often lacking in the mainstream media. So a selection of our stories from 2015 is an intriguing way to look back and to understand the year just ended.
“Rebuilding the Obama-Putin Trust” by Ray McGovern, Jan. 3, 2015
“NYT Still Pretends No Coup in Ukraine” by Robert Parry, Jan. 6, 2015
“CIA’s Hidden Hand in ‘Democracy’ Groups” by Robert Parry, Jan. 8, 2015
“Behind the Saudi Oil-Price Gambit” by Andrés Cala, Jan. 13, 2015
“Neocons: The ‘Anti-Realists’” by Robert Parry, Jan. 17, 2015
“How Propaganda Conquers Democracy” by Nicolas J S Davies, Jan. 19, 2015
“The Danger of an MH-17 ‘Cold Case’” by Robert Parry, Jan. 19, 2015
“Risky Blowback from Russian Sanctions” by Jonathan Marshall, Jan. 19, 2015
“NYT Is Lost in It’s Ukraine Propaganda” by Robert Parry, Jan. 24, 2015
“How Roy Cohn Helped Rupert Murdoch” by Robert Parry, Jan. 28, 2015
“Why FDR Matters Now More Than Ever” by Beverly Bandler, Jan. 30, 2015
“‘Group-Thinking’ the World into a New War” by Robert Parry, Jan. 30, 2015
“What Syriza’s Victory Means for Europe” by Andrés Cala, Feb. 1, 2015
“Examining the STASI, Seeing the NSA” by Elizabeth Murray, Feb. 3, 2015
“A Pointed Letter to Gen. Petraeus” by Ray McGovern, Feb. 3, 2015
“Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel” by Robert Parry, Feb. 4, 2015
“From Tiger Cages to Soup Kitchens” by Ted Lieverman, Feb. 5, 2015
“Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives” by Robert Parry, Feb. 6, 2015
“When Silencing Dissent Isn’t News” by Robert Parry, Feb. 7, 2015
“Wretched US Journalism on Ukraine” by Robert Parry, Feb. 9, 2015
“NYT Whites Out Ukraine’s Brown Shirts” by Robert Parry, Feb. 11, 2015
“The Putin-Did-It Conspiracy Theory” by Robert Parry, Feb. 13, 2015
“President Gollum’s ‘Precious’ Secrets” by Robert Parry, Feb. 16, 2015
“The Endless Tragedy of Vietnam” by Myra MacPherson, Feb. 16, 2015
“Ukraine Finance Minister’s American ‘Values’” by Robert Parry, Feb. 18, 2015
“Ukraine War: A Reverse Cuban Missile Crisis” by William R. Polk, Feb. 24, 2015
“The Mystery of the Civil War’s Camp Casey” by Chelsea Gilmour, Feb. 26, 2015
“Needed: Leaders Like JFK and Khrushchev” by William R. Polk, Feb. 27, 2015
“Playing Chicken with Nuclear War” by Robert Parry, Mar. 2, 2015
“Gen. Petraeus: Too Big to Jail” by Ray McGovern, Mar. 5, 2015
“Ben Bradlee’s Not Such ‘A Good Life’ Part 1” by James DiEugenio, Mar. 10, 2015
“Ben Bradlee’s Not Such ‘A Good Life’ Part 2” by James DiEugenio, Mar. 10, 2015
“The Secret Saudi Ties to Terrorism” by Daniel Lazare, Mar. 11, 2015
“Guiding Obama into Global Make-Believe” by Ray McGovern, Mar. 14, 2015
“US Intel Stands Pat on MH-17 Shoot-down” by Robert Parry, Mar. 14, 2015
“Netanyahu Unmasks Israel” by Robert Parry, Mar. 18, 2015
“America’s Dead-End in the Middle East” by Daniel Lazare, Mar. 19, 2015
“A Family Business of Perpetual War” by Robert Parry, Mar. 20, 2015
“Ukraine’s Oligarchs Turn on Each Other” by Robert Parry, Mar. 24, 2015
“Neocons: the Echo of German Fascism” by Todd E. Pierce, Mar. 27, 2015
“Deciphering the Mideast Chaos” by Robert Parry, Mar. 30, 2015
“Obama’s Secrecy Obsession” by Robert Parry, Mar. 31, 2015
“Yemen as Vietnam or Afghanistan” by William R. Polk, Apr. 1, 2015
“The US-Israel-Iran Triangle’s Tangled History” Robert Parry, Apr. 2, 2015
“Obama’s Fateful Indecision” by Robert Parry, Apr. 6, 2015
“Judith Miller’s Blame-Shifting Memoir” by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Apr. 7, 2015
“Neocons, R2Pers and Hypocrisy” by Robert Parry, Apr. 10, 2015
“Neocon ‘Chaos Promotion’ in the Mideast” by Ray McGovern, Apr. 13, 2015
“Did Money Seal Israeli-Saudi Alliance?” by Robert Parry, Apr. 15, 2015
“The West Snubs Russia over V-E Day” by Ray McGovern, Apr. 20, 2015
“A Fact-Resistant ‘Group Think’ on Syria” by Robert Parry, Apr. 20, 2015
“The US Hand in Libya’s Tragedy” by Robert Parry, Apr. 21, 2015
“We Lucky Molecules” by Robert Parry, Apr. 22, 2015
“The Day After Damascus Falls” by Robert Parry, Apr. 29, 2015
“Climbing into Bed with Al-Qaeda” by Daniel Lazare, May 2, 2015
“The War over the Vietnam War” by Don North, May 5, 2015
“Failing to Hide Israel-Iran-Iraq Secrets” by Robert Parry, May 11, 2015
“The Saudis’ Hurt Feelings” by Jonathan Marshall, May 14, 2015
“Losing the American Republic” by William R. Polk, May 15, 2015
“You Be the Judge” by Robert Parry, May 20, 2015
“The MH-17 Propaganda War” by Greg Maybury, May 22, 2015
“A Reckless ‘Stand-Upper’ on MH-17” by Robert Parry, May 28, 2015
“Resurgence of the ‘Surge’ Myth” by Ray McGovern, May 28, 2015
“Neocon Fugitive Given Ukraine Province” by Robert Parry, June 2, 2015
“Obama’s Big Lie on Syria” by Daniel Lazare, June 5, 2015
“Cold War II to McCarthyism II” by Robert Parry, June 8, 2015
“Barack Obama: No Jack Kennedy” by Ray McGovern, June 10, 2015
“U.S. House Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine” by Robert Parry, June 12, 2015
“Jeb Bush’s Tangled Past” by Chelsea Gilmour, June 12, 2015
“Samantha Power: Liberal War Hawk” by Robert Parry, June 15, 2015
“Obama’s Libya Fiasco” by Andres Cala, June 19, 2015
“NYT’s Orwellian View of Ukraine” by Robert Parry, June 22, 2015
“The Nitwits Are in Charge” by Robert Parry, June 24, 2015
“Neocons Urge Embrace of Al Qaeda” by Daniel Lazare, June 26, 2015
“Toward a Rational US Strategy (Part 1)” by William R. Polk, June 30, 2015
“Toward a Rational US Strategy (Part 2)” by William R. Polk, July 1, 2015
“Hillary Clinton’s Failed Libya ‘Doctrine’” by Robert Parry, July 1, 2015
“Behind the Greek Crisis” by William R. Polk, July 2, 2015
“How Zionism Corrupts Judaism” by Daniel C. Maguire, July 2, 2015
“Jeb Bush’s ‘Transparency’ Ploy” by Chelsea Gilmour, July 3, 2015
“Not Learning from Mideast Mistakes” by William R. Polk, July 3, 2015
“Greek ‘No’ Vote Spurs Wider Resistance” by Andrés Cala, July 6, 2015
“Ukraine Merges Nazis and Islamists” by Robert Parry, July 7, 2015
“MH-17 Case Slips into Propaganda Fog” by Robert Parry, July 9, 2015
“Obama’s Deadly Cold War Legacy” by Robert Parry, July 10, 2015
“Struggling for Women’s Sports Equality” by Chelsea Gilmour, July 12, 2015
“‘Secret’ History of the Greek Crisis” by William R. Polk, July 12, 2015
“The Mess that Nuland Made” by Robert Parry, July 13, 2015
“The World Rebukes Netanyahu” by Robert Parry, July 14, 2015
“MH-17 Mystery: A New Tonkin Gulf Case?” by Robert Parry, July 17, 2015
“Making Excuses for Saudi Misbehavior” by Daniel Lazare, July 18, 2015
“Seeking War to the End of the World” by Robert Parry, July 19, 2015
“Hidden Origins of Syria’s Civil War” by Jonathan Marshall, July 20, 2015
“The US Hand in the Syrian Mess” by Jonathan Marshall, July 20, 2015
“Obama Should Release MH-17 Intel” by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, July 22, 2015
“The Dangers of European Dis-Union” by Nat Parry, July 23, 2015
“Why Russia Shut Down NED Fronts” by Robert Parry, July 30, 2015
“The Soft Power Hoax” by Mike Lofgren, Aug. 2, 2015
“How US Allies Aid Al Qaeda in Syria” by Daniel Lazare, Aug. 4, 2015
“Why Many Muslims Hate the US” by William R. Polk, Aug. 5, 2015
“The Saudi Royals, Unchained” by Joe Lauria, Aug. 14, 2015
“Neocons to Americans: Trust Us Again” by Robert Parry, Aug. 16, 2015
“Propaganda, Intelligence, and MH-17” by Ray McGovern, Aug. 17, 2015
“Pentagon Manual Calls Some Reporters Spies” by Don North, Aug. 19, 2015
“The Honduran Coup’s Ugly Aftermath” by Jonathan Marshall, Aug. 19, 2015
“Why US Police Are Out of Control” by Daniel Lazare, Aug. 20, 2015
“The Riddle of Obama’s Foreign Policy” by Robert Parry, Aug. 21, 2015
“The Case for Pragmatism” by Robert Parry, Aug. 24, 2015
“Sanders’s Screwy Mideast Strategy” by Sam Husseini, Aug. 27, 2015
“Will Peace Find a 2016 Advocate?” by Robert Parry, Aug. 27, 2015
“Pushing the Edge on Nuclear War” by William R. Polk, Aug. 28, 2015
“US/NATO Embrace Psy-ops and Info-War” by Don North, Sep. 2, 2015
“A Deflategate Slapdown of NFL and MSM” by Robert Parry, Sep. 3, 2015
“Muslim Memories of West’s Imperialism” by William R. Polk, Sep. 4, 2015
“How Neocons Destabilized Europe” by Robert Parry, Sep. 7, 2015
“On Syria, Incoherence Squared” by Daniel Lazare, Sep. 11, 2015
“Neocons Blame Obama for Syria” by Jonathan Marshall, Sep. 11, 2015
“US War Theories Target Dissenters” by Todd E. Pierce, Sep. 12, 2015
“Are Neocons an Existential Threat?” by Robert Parry, Sep. 15, 2015
“Neocons Babble Over Syria Crisis” by Daniel Lazare, Sep. 16, 2015
“Obama’s Fateful Syrian Choice” by Robert Parry, Sep. 18, 2015
“A Moral Challenge for Pope Francis” by Ray McGovern, Sep. 21, 2015
“Will US Grasp Putin’s Syria Lifeline?” by Robert Parry, Sep. 22, 2015
“The Power of False Narrative” by Robert Parry, Sep. 28, 2015
“Value in Reading Others’ Propaganda” by Graham E. Fuller, Sep. 29, 2015
“Putin’s Judo Move in Syria” by Daniel Lazare, Sep. 29, 2015
“Obama’s Self-Deceit” by Joe Lauria, Sep. 29, 2015
“Obama’s Ludicrous ‘Barrel Bomb’ Theme” by Robert Parry, Sep. 30, 2015
“Should US Ally with Al Qaeda in Syria” by Robert Parry, Oct. 1, 2015
“Obama Tolerates the Warmongers” by Daniel Lazare, Oct. 2, 2015
“US Tax Dollars and Ukraine’s Finance Minister” by Robert Parry, Oct. 3, 2015
“The Hope Behind Putin’s Syria Help” by Ray McGovern, Oct. 4, 2015
“Rupert Murdoch: Propaganda Recruit” by Robert Parry, Oct. 5, 2015
“Obama Boots Syrian Peace Chance” by Robert Parry, Oct. 6, 2015
“Collateral Damage/Stuff Happens” by David Marks, Oct. 9, 2015
“How Do-Gooders Can Do Bad” by Coleen Rowley and Diana Johnstone
“Obama’s Two-Faced Foreign Policy” by Robert Parry, Oct. 10, 2015
“MH-17: The Dog Still Not Barking” by Robert Parry, Oct. 13, 2015
“NYT Plays Games with MH-17 Tragedy” by Robert Parry, Oct. 15, 2015
“Kicking War Cans Down the Road” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 16, 2015
“The Reckless Guns of October” by Daniel Lazare, Oct. 16, 2015
“Jeffrey Sterling’s Selective Prosecution” by Chelsea Gilmour, Oct. 17, 2015
“Colombia’s Bittersweet Peace Deal” by Andrés Cala, Oct. 19, 2015
“MH-17 Case: ‘Old’ Journalism vs. ‘New’” by Robert Parry, Oct. 20, 2015
“Checkmate on ‘The Devil’s Chessboard’” by Lisa Pease, Oct. 27, 2015
“Seeing Syrian Crisis Through Russian Eyes” by Ray McGovern, Oct. 28, 2015
“GOP and the Rise of Anti-Knowledge” by Mike Lofgren, Oct. 29, 2015
“The ‘Anti-Knowledge’ of the Elites” by Mike Lofgren, Oct. 31, 2015
“Rubio Follows the Big Money” by Jonathan Marshall, Nov. 1, 2015
“Reviving the ‘Liberal Media’ Myth” by Robert Parry, Nov. 2, 2015
“The Dark Truth in the Movie ‘Truth’” by James DiEugenio, Nov. 3, 2015
“America’s Chalabi Legacy of Lies” by Robert Parry, Nov. 4, 2015
“The Death of a Charming Charlatan” by Karen Kwiatkowski, Nov. 4, 2015
“Obama’s Risky ‘Mission Creep’ in Syria” by Daniel Lazare, Nov. 6, 2015
“How Ukraine’s Finance Chief Got Rich” by Robert Parry, Nov. 10, 2015
“Rubio’s Big-time Military Build-up” by Chuck Spinney, Nov. 11, 2015
“Netanyahu Ups the US Ante” by Ann Wright, Nov. 12, 2015
“Fresh Twists in the Lockerbie Case” by John Ashton, Nov. 12, 2015
“Carpetbagging ‘Crony Capitalism’ in Ukraine” by Robert Parry, Nov. 13, 2015
“How Saudi/Gulf Money Fuels Terror” by Daniel Lazare, Nov. 14, 2015
“Can Obama Level with the People?” by Robert Parry, Nov. 14, 2015
“Falling into the ISIS Trap” by William R. Polk, Nov. 17, 2015“Neocons Make Rubio Their Favorite” by JP Sottile, Nov. 18, 2015
“Tangled Threads of US False Narrative” by Robert Parry, Nov. 19, 2015
“How Russians See the West and Russia” by Natylie Baldwin, Nov. 19, 2015
“Turkey Provokes Russia with Shoot-down” by Robert Parry, Nov. 24, 2015
“In the Dark on the ‘Dark Side’” by Nicolas J S Davies, Nov. 27, 2015
“The Collision Course in Syria” by Daniel Lazare, Nov. 28, 2015
“How Gaddafi’s Ouster Unleashed Terror” by Jonathan Marshall, Nov. 30, 2015
“The US-Russia Proxy War in Syria” by Ray McGovern, Dec. 1, 2015
“Near Boiling Point on Global Warming” by Nat Parry, Dec. 1, 2015
“Obama Ignores Russian Terror Victims” by Robert Parry, Dec. 2, 2015
“Obama’s Credibility Crisis” by Robert Parry, Dec. 6, 2015
“The Incredible Shrinking President” by Daniel Lazare, Dec. 7, 2015
“Why Syria’s Options Are So Bad” by Ted Snider, Dec. 8, 2015
“A Day When Journalism Died” by Robert Parry, Dec. 9, 2015
“Chicago Police Adopt Israeli Tactics” by Todd E. Pierce, Dec. 11, 2015
“Cornering Russia, Risking World War III” by Alastair Crooke, Dec. 11, 2015
“Blocking Democracy as Syria’s Solution” by Robert Parry, Dec. 12, 2015
“How Obscure Bureaucrats Cause Wars” by Jonathan Marshall, Dec. 15, 2015
“A Blind Eye Toward Turkey’s Crimes” by Robert Parry, Dec. 16, 2015
“Rethinking Donald Trump” by Sam Husseini, Dec. 18, 2015
“A GOP Split on Neocon Orthodoxy” by James W Carden, Dec. 19, 2015
“Neocons Object to Syrian Democracy” by Robert Parry, Dec. 19, 2015
“A Call for Proof on Syria-Sarin Attack” by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Dec. 22, 2015
“The Grimmer Story Behind ‘Trumbo’” by James DiEugenio, Dec. 24, 2015
“The Misinformation Mess” by Robert Parry, Dec. 28, 2015
“One County’s Global Warming Failure” by Robert Parry, Dec. 29, 2015
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