CN Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria joined the Rachel Blevins Show to discuss the incoming Trump regime in the context of a history of U.S. territorial expansion in a world that increasingly opposes it.
WATCH: A History of Expansion
Category: Cuba
Che Guevara’s Undying Spell & Other Tales of Cuba
Ullekh NP begins with Che the revolutionary, whose many sides are yet undiscovered, in these excerpts from his new book, Mad About Cuba: A Malayali Revisits the Revolution.
US Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum
Alan MacLeod on the “Crucial Communism Teaching Act,” which is now being read in the U.S. Senate, where it is all but certain to pass.
LISTEN: Trump’s Disturbing Cabinet Picks
Roger Waters, Larry Johnson, Gerald Celente and Joe Lauria joined Randy Credico’s Live on the Fly radio show on WBAI in New York Friday to discuss Trump’s cabinet nominations.
RAY McGOVERN: Will Gabbard Be Able to Direct the Intelligence ‘Community’?
The next director of national intelligence needs courage, political smarts and strong presidential backing to fulfill her duty to oversee and provide advice on covert action.
Vijay Prashad: ‘Progressive’ Sellout of Venezuela
Many countries with supposedly centre-left or left governments have joined the U.S. in proposals that seek to undermine Venezuelan democratic processes.
WATCH: WikiLeaks’ Guantanamo Files
CNLive! speaks to Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files and WikiLeaks research collaborator on the ‘Detainee Assessment Briefs’, about the history of the U.S. torture camp and the suffering of its forever prisoners.
Are You Human Like Us?
A hunger for genocide and ethnic cleansing colours senior Israeli officials’ statements and has influenced their conduct in this war. Talk of civilian casualties is brushed off, and so are calls for a ceasefire, writes Vijay Prashad.
The UN & War in Ukraine
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies highlight a few of the numerous speeches urging diplomatic resolution of the war at this year’s General Assembly.
CHILE 50 YRS: Allende Grandson Tells CN: US Empire ‘Is Going Down’
The grandson of Salvador Allende, the democratically-elected president of Chile who was overthrown by a U.S.-backed, fascist junta 50 years ago on Sept. 11, 1973, spoke with CN at a conference in Australia remembering the coup. (w/Spanish transcript).