Removing U.S. support would force Moïse to negotiate with his opponents, opening the way to a Haitian solution that builds the country’s independence, writes Brian Concannon.
White House Can Stop Haiti’s Descent into Dictatorship
Month: March 2021
WATCH: Home Run for Assange
John Shipton is on a tour around Australia rallying support for his son, Julian Assange. Consortium News was in Sydney and streamed live from Canberra for Shipton’s Home Run event.
Chris Hedges: Bandaging the Corpse
Biden’s bailout will not alter the structural inequities and other fundamental underpinnings of America’s death spiral.
Into the Memory Hole
Erasure or sublimation of memory makes it easier to shape the present by controlling or editing history. Doing so preserves a mythic version of a country’s identity, postulates Michael Brenner.
The Blob Insists on Clinging to an Obsolete Past
The United States needs to recognize that the 20th century is gone for good, writes Andrew J. Bacevich.
UK Tops Moscow Military Spending & Offers Nurses 1% Raise
When inflation is taken into account, it represents a pay cut, Phil Miller reports. Meanwhile, Russia is 70 times the size and has more than twice as many inhabitants.
The Truth is a Joke Zionism Can’t Accept
Lawrence Davidson considers the conflation of an ethnocentric political ideology with Judaism, a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural religion.
Markel’s Royal Row, Like Spencer’s, Will Ensure Nothing Changes
What the Oprah interview does – is designed to do – is derail the intersection of class and race in politically damaging ways, writes Jonathan Cook.
Consent Manufactured by Propaganda Is Not Informed Consent
Biden’s ‘Plan’ for Central America
The plan, which is praised by right-wing regional leaders, seeks to end restrictions on foreign domination of industries and markets, Ben Norton reports.