In response to the atmosphere of war that the U.S. is creating during the Great Lockdown, Vijay Prashad and Abdallah El Harif are issuing a fresh appeal for peace.
Month: May 2020
25 YEARS OF CN: Memorial Day—‘Tragic Valor of Marines at Con Thien’—May 29, 2016
On Memorial Day in the U.S. Monday, we look back at an article written by the late Don North, a former ABC Vietnam War correspondent, on a little remembered incident in that war.
COVID-19: How Trustworthy and Humane is Sweden’s Pandemic Strategy?
Sweden’s Covid-19 strategy has been lauded by anti-lockdown activists who favor herd immunity, but a prominent Swedish professor of epidemiology questions just how humane and trustworthy that strategy has been.
Biden Should Be Named in Criminal Probe in Ukraine, Judge Rules
Former U.S. vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden should be named as an alleged perpetrator in a criminal investigation in Ukraine over the firing of the country’s prosecutor general, a judge has ruled, reports Joe Lauria.
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VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) urges Donald Trump to avoid the slippery slope toward armed conflict as an Iranian oil tanker nears Venezuela on Sunday.
COVID-19: Richest Americans Added $434 Billion in Wealth Since Pandemic Hit
Jake Johnson reports on an analysis by Americans for Tax Fairness and the Institute for Policy Studies.
Biden Can’t Return US to Normal, Because Trump is a Normal President
Wanting America to go back to how it was before Trump is like rewinding the same horror movie, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Consortium News Has Been on the Web Longer Than Salon by 5 Days & NYT, LAT, WSJ and WP By Months, Making it Tied for 10th Longest Active Website Thanks to Our Readers’ Generosity
Thanks to 25 years of generosity from our readers, Consortium News is one of the longest, continuously running websites in history, and arguably the world’s first online news site on the internet.
Guccifer 2.0’s Hidden Agenda
Why would an alleged GRU officer supposedly part of an operation to deflect Russian culpability suggest that Assange “may be connected with Russians?”, asks Tim Leonard.