CN Editor Joe Lauria spoke out in defense of Julian Assange and against growing press censorship in the West at a meeting of Pen International in Bled, Slovenia.
WATCH: Assange Defended at PEN International
Category: Censorship
Rights Groups Call for Full Probe After Israeli Forces Kill Journalist
Rights advocates are demanding accountability and justice for Shireen Abu Akle, the well-known Al Jazeera correspondent killed Wednesday while covering an IDF raid.
LISTEN: No Such Thing as Dissent in the Age of Big Tech
Robert Scheer interviews Joe Lauria about the quashing of non-mainstream coverage of Ukraine by companies such as PayPal, YouTube and Facebook.
‘Mistaken’ PayPal Email Means CN Is Permanently Banned
PayPal said it mistakenly informed Consortium News that its account could be restored, saying instead it was shut forever, without ever giving any reasons for it, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: PayPal, Censorship & Democracy
Watch British rapper and activist LowKey, MintPress News Editor Mnar Adley and Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria as they discuss the state of Western democracy and a free press in light of PayPal’s bans on independent media.
PayPal Backs Down After Outpouring of Support for CN
PayPal has retreated after a deluge of support for Consortium News by unfreezing its funds and now saying unspecified steps must be taken to restore the “permanently” shut down account, Joe Lauria reports.
Chris Hedges: The Age of Self-Delusion
You can’t drain and impoverish the nation to feed an insatiable military machine unless you make its people afraid, even of phantoms.
A Reader Sounds Off on PayPal’s Ban on CN
As with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, journalism that tells some truths that might undermine the case for war can’t be tolerated, writes Jim Kavanagh.
How to Continue Recurring Donations After PayPal Ban
The Sword & the Cross at Albright’s Funeral
The late U.S. secretary of state’s association with Biden and the Clintons can be seen as a war-making, mutually absolving clique, writes Sam Husseini.