There is a time-honored and destructive tradition in the U.S. of citizens approaching their political causes with blind faith.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hearts Versus Minds
Category: International
JOHN PILGER: Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works
Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.
When Gorbachev’s Luck Ran Out
There is an almost Shakespearean tragic quality about the late Soviet leader’s 1985-90 time in power, writes Tony Kevin. But Russian historians of the future may have reason to treat him kindly.
The Historic Collapse of Journalism
Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters, writes Patrick Lawrence.
Defend CN Against Its Foes During Its Fall Fund Drive
PayPal, a British government official, and now NewsGuard have all targeted Consortium News this year for challenging official narratives. Help us to fight back.
US LABOR DAY: Ukraine’s Anti-Worker Law
The Zelensky government has claimed it is trying to alleviate the difficulties faced by companies in wartime. However, it first tried to introduce the new law in 2021.
US LABOR DAY: Central American Migrants & US Labor History
Worker wins at Amazon and Starbucks recall a previous period of union success, writes Elizabeth Oglesby.
SCOTT RITTER: Mikhail Gorbachev, a Vector of Change
In ways that he never intended, the first and only president of the Soviet Union shaped world history.
Shell, BP & Cold War Propaganda
Formerly top-secret files show how the two oil corporations bankrolled British covert propaganda operations during the 1950s and 60s, John McEvoy reports.
SCOTT RITTER: Getting it Wrong on Ukraine
Newsweek’s William Arkin is a prisoner of his sources, a problem that pervades Western reporting on the conflict in Ukraine.