The U.S. has again vetoed a Security Council resolution urging an immediate end to the killing in Gaza, in essence backing the ongoing genocide, writes Joe Lauria.
What US Got Most Crucially Wrong in UN Veto
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WATCH: Assange on Human Rights Day
Julian Assange’s father John Shipton addressed a rally in Sydney, Australia on Human Rights Day Sunday, calling for his son’s immediate release.
Craig Murray: UK Support for Genocide Can Boost Scottish Independence
There is overwhelming support for Palestinians in Scotland and the fact that U.K. tax money is being spent on committing a genocide should galvanize a further push for independence, writes Craig Murray.
WATCH: DC Belmarsh Tribunal for Assange
From the National Press Club in Washington D.C. watch the replay of CN‘s Live presentation on Saturday of the Belmarsh Tribunal for imprisoned journalist Julian Assange.
US, UK, AUS Defy International Law at UN
Canada, Israel and three Pacific Island nations also voted at the General Assembly on Tuesday against what has been international law since 1967 — namely, that Israel must end its occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights.
UK’s Rwanda Deportation Ruling Offers Assange Hope
The recent Appeal Court finding in the U.K.’s Rwanda deportation case that the court ultimately determines the worth of diplomatic assurances on good treatment could be greatly significant in the Julian Assange case, writes Craig Murray.
Media Dare Not Call It Genocide
Radio New Zealand (RNZ), for instance, says it decided not to broadcast or report on a Palestinian guest’s remarks because it “would have stolen valuable time” from those being interviewed, writes Mick Hall.
Destroying History to Preserve an Illusion
With the stated aim of providing “context,” The Guardian instead has destroyed the historical context that puts Western foreign policy towards the Middle East in a very grim light, writes Joe Lauria.
JOHN PILGER: We Are Spartacus
There can’t be democracy and colonial war; one aspires to decency, the other to fascism. Meanwhile, once welcomed mavericks are heretics now in an underground of journalism amid a landscape of mendacious conformity.
Craig Murray: Something Has Snapped
There seems to be a presumption the general population harbour the same Zionist assumptions which the journalists are paid to promote. Well, we don’t.