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WATCH: The World This Week — Terms of US Surrender
After losing the war, a major U.S.-Israel row is coming to a head with the fate of Mideast peace and the global economy on the line. With Ray McGovern and Patrick Lawrence. Saturday 8 pm EDT.
WATCH: ‘The Conscience’ of the SBS TV Network
Mary Kostakidis was known as “the face” of Australia’s SBS evening news. A former head of SBS TV told CN’s award ceremony that Kostakidis was the “conscience” of SBS, for among things, wanting to tell the Palestinians’ story.
ROBERT PARRY: Netanyahu Unmasks Israel
The founder of Consortium News in 2015 foresaw Benjamin Netanyahu, despite leveling false charges of antisemitism, turning Americans against Israel by going too far with the Palestinians and Iran.
Mary Kostakidis Wins CN’s Gary Webb Award
The prominent Australian journalist, in court accused of racial hatred for her reporting critical of Israel’s genocide, has won Consortium News’ 2026 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award, which she was given at a ceremony in Sydney on Sunday.
Still Thriving
Consortium News was launched 31 years ago as the first U.S. alternative, internet news. There’s been an explosion of independent news sites since. CN Live! began in 2019 followed by a plethora of other alternative webcasts.
Become a Consortium News Member Today!
Consortium News is asking readers to become members of the first U.S. independent news site on the Web, founded by legendary investigative journalist Bob Parry 31 years ago in 1995.
Challenging Western Supremacy
When you benefit from an unjust system it can be difficult to recognize you’re living in one. It’s our job to continually point that out.
Consortium News Spring Drive for Détente
Well into our 31st year of publication, Consortium News has its readers to thank for keeping the news organization launched by legendary journalist Robert Parry alive in a time of increasing deception and peril.
WATCH: Media, Power & Manipulation
Is the West still a democracy – or already a declining empire? German journalist Patrik Baab interviews CN Editor Joe Lauria about the U.S. roles in Ukraine, Gaza and the suppression of free speech in the West.