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.
WATCH: Media, Power & Manipulation
Category: Free Speech
Hedges Report: Israel’s Expanding War — w/Gideon Levy
Gideon Levy believes Israel’s rampant militarism has infected the minds of its entire population. Without an impossible reversal, the Jewish state’s destructive warpath will rage on.
Truth, Media & the War on Iran
We reject war. But for wars to end, journalists must work without fear or intimidation, and media ownership can’t become a means of control, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Hedges Report: Mangling the Global Economy
Yanis Varoufakis says that even if the war in Iran ends soon — which it likely will not — the economic consequences will be devastating and prolonged.
Free Speech for Me But Not for Thee
The government is threatening to change the FCC’s equal-time rule and even put broadcast giants out of business because they may paint the war in Iran in an unflattering light, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Jonathan Cook: BBC’s Protection of Israel on Trial
Raffi Berg may be fighting in court for damages, but it’s really the BBC in the dock for being utterly wedded to an editor whose objectivity on Israel is so clearly in question.
Chris Hedges: The World According to Gaza
The events of the last few years: Gaza, the Epstein files and more, have revealed that the new order of things is the open predation of the powerful on the rest of us.
Chris Hedges: Attacks Increase on Francesca Albanese
As Israel’s genocide in Gaza grinds on, the persecution of Albanese indicates the escalating lawlessness of the West.
Tensions Soar Over Herzog Visit
After the Bondi massacre and new hate laws, a visit to Australia beginning Monday by the Israeli president — named in the ICJ genocide case — is raising tensions, as Herzog seals Israel’s victory in Oz, writes Joe Lauria.
Spinning the Truth Until We Are All Dizzy
Stephanie Martin repeats the warnings of philosopher Hannah Arendt in the wake of the many lies told by authorities about ICE shootings in Minneapolis.