The Boris Johnson government, while censoring files, wants to commission an “official history” of the Troubles, Anne Cadwallader reports.
Rewriting History in Northern Ireland
Category: History
US Census & the Birth of Computers
David Lindsay Roberts describes the founding of the Tabulating Machine Company — later IBM — 125 years ago on Dec. 3, 1896.
Promoting World Peace, Not Glorifying War
After Armistice Day was rebranded Veterans Day by U.S. Congress, it quickly morphed into an occasion for honoring the military, says the group Veterans’ For Peace.
COP26: US Brings Sorry Climate Record to Glasgow
President Joe Biden wants to lecture other countries to make huge commitments to combat climate change while he brings a poor U.S. record to the Glasgow conference, writes Joe Lauria.
Stealing a Nation: Secret SAS Mission to Capture Mideast Oil Artery
British files seen by Declassified-UK reveal details of torture from 1970, when special forces invaded and annexed the Persian Gulf’s most important oil route, Phil Miller reports.
WATCH: Assange’s Future Foreseen 10 Years Ago
In 2011 a lawyer for Julian Assange wrote a letter to the then Australian prime minister eerily predicting the predicament the WikiLeaks publisher finds himself in, as explained by Cathy Vogan.
Colin Powell: An Appraisal
Robert Parry, the founding editor of Consortium News, wrote this profile in 2004 of Colin Powell, who died at 84 of Covid-19 on Monday.
On Pausing Acknowledgement of Indigenous Land
Three anthropologists explain why land acknowledgments and the related welcoming ritual can help erase history.
A Tribute to the Late Sen. Mike Gravel
Consortium News‘ editor-in-chief sent this video message to the memorial celebration of the life of Sen. Mike Gravel in Washington on Saturday.
WATCH: US Hegemony Challenged
Editor Joe Lauria appeared on the TV show CrossTalk to discuss the decline of Anglo-Saxon power, the rise of China and Europe’s potentially non-aligned path.