Some in Europe are already calling for Hungary’s expulsion if Budapest doesn’t meet the EU’s membership requirements, writes Giorgio Cafiero.
Category: Foreign Policy
The FBI Investigated Robert Parry
The bureau’s file on Robert Parry, the founding editor of Consortium News, was released last month, Joe Lauria reports.
US Drove Last Year’s Over $1.9 Trillion in Global Military Spending
Critics said the new data, coming in the middle of the pandemic, highlighted the need to prioritize real human needs, Jessica Corbett reports.
WATCH: CN LIVE!–The Pandemic and Geopolitics
On Season 2, Episode 7 of CN Live! our panel analyzed the pandemic’s impact on geopolitics with Patrick Lawrence, Gareth Porter and Ambassador Tony Kevin.
COVID-19: New York Times Revives its Role in Chinagate
UPDATED: The paper of record is again laundering, without skepticism, U.S. intelligence meant to ratchet up tensions with China, just as it did with Russia, writes Joe Lauria.
COVID-19: Virus Complicates African Unity
The conflict in Libya is perhaps the most dramatic example of the tests faced by Africans in the Security Council, Maurizio Guerrero reports.
Billionaire-Backed Human Rights Watch Lobbies for Lethal US Sanctions on Leftist Govts as Covid Rages
The Grayzone’s Ben Norton takes a deep dive into the “human rights” arm of U.S. empire.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Coronavirus Fallout for the Middle East
You don’t need Henry Kissinger to tell you that the virus will change the world, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
The Smearing of Ken Loach & Jeremy Corbyn
Jonathan Cook says the vilification campaigns against the two men — both passionate defenders of Palestinian rights and champions of unabashed class struggle — is the face of our new toxic politics.
COVID-19: Ventilators Not Bombs
Once we get past the Covid-19 crisis, the world’s most gargantuan military machine cannot go back to normal, writes Kevin Martin.