It is no use hoping for any alteration in the collective West’s course so long as today’s “purported leaders” remain in office.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: New Year’s Notes on Purported Leaders
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Consortium News’ Suit Against NewsGuard & the USG
A U.S. federal judge dismissed Consortium News’ action, calling CN “contrarian” and saying it resorted to a “Hail Mary pass.” CN then settled legal fees with NewsGuard.
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Patrick Lawrence: Free Speech & Its Enemies
Europe is convulsing as its “centrist” authoritarians impose an unprecedented regime of suppression of speech, but the mainstream media in America is silent about it.
WATCH: Pilger & Palestine
To mark the second anniversary of the passing of John Pilger, CN presents his 2002 documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue followed by CN’s 2021 discussion with Pilger and historian Ilan Pappé.
WATCH: John Pilger — War, Peace & Propaganda
John Pilger died two years ago today. Here are some of the things he was saying almost a decade ago about Australia, America and Palestine at an appearance at Politics in the Pub in Sydney in 2016.
John Pilger: Afflictor of the Powerful
UPDATED: John Pilger died two years ago today on Dec. 30, 2023. Better than just about anyone else, he used his prodigious talents to simply do his job as a reporter, writes Joe Lauria.
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Chris Hedges: Decline and Fall
The British Empire, in steep decline on the eve of World War I, is a cautionary tale for a decayed U.S. Empire a century later.