Just two decades ago the difference between anti-semitism and criticism of Israel was clear enough for even a U.S. secretary of state to say so, writes Joe Lauria.
When Criticizing Israel Wasn’t Anti-Semitic
Author: Consortiumnews.com
WATCH: Hedges & Finkelstein on Gaza
Norman Finkelstein and Chris Hedges discuss the Gaza genocide live at 4:30pm EDT Thursday from Princeton University’s McCosh Hall. Watch it here.
Report: Assange in Plea Deal Talks
UPDATED: The report in The Wall Street Journal makes public what Consortium News had learned off the record, namely that the U.S. is engaging Julian Assange’s lawyers about a deal that could set the imprisoned publisher free.
WATCH: Death Penalty for Assange?
Australian Sen. David Shoebridge spoke of the danger of the death penalty for Julian Assange in this discussion after a Sydney screening of the new film, The Trust Fall. (w/transcript)
Caitlin Johnstone: Blaming it All on Bibi
Coming under fierce attack for supporting genocide, the U.S. establishment has decided to blame it all on Benjamin Netanyahu to insulate itself from further condemnation.
If Israel Wants to Be an ‘Independent Nation,’ Let It Be
Israel knows it’s fully dependent on the U.S. and cannot sustain its nonstop violence without the backing of the U.S. war machine, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
The Legacy of Thatcher’s War on the Miners
Forty years after their powerful union was crushed in an early battle of neoliberalism, still defiant ex-miners marched last weekend to their closed Yorkshire pit to hear their 86-year old former leader reflect on their struggle, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: CN Live! — Miners March 40 Yrs After Strike
Miners in a once bustling South Yorkshire coal region marched with their champion, Arthur Scargill, at the weekend to mark 40 years since their war with Margaret Thatcher.
WATCH: Mr. Galloway Goes to London
After his election last week, George Galloway returned to Parliament Monday. On Tuesday he backed a local candidate from his Workers’ Party, a movement that is spooking the British establishment. Two videos.
WATCH: Sights & Sounds Outside Assange Court
Consortium News was outside the Royal Courts of Justice for Julian Assange’s two-day hearing on Feb. 20-21. This is what we saw and heard.