In the end, with weary citizens yearning for extinction, empires light their own funeral pyre.
Chris Hedges: Grand Illusion
Category: United Nations
Vijay Prashad: Smashing International Laws
The absence of U.N. and O.A.S. condemnations of Washington’s attacks on Venezuela indicates the absolute mafia-type power the U.S. wields in the world.
MSM Bias on Russian Tanker & US Sanctions
In a conversation with CN, X’s AI Grok ultimately admits why it gets geopolitical stories so wrong.
How Britain Helped Trump Destabilize Venezuela
Keir Starmer says the U.K. was “not involved” in the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro. But Britain has been supporting regime change in Venezuela for years, John McEvoy reports.
White House Can’t Make Venezuela Attack Legal
Marjorie Cohn rebuts the efforts by the Trump administration — including the president’s claim that the U.S. owns Venezuela’s oil — to justify its illegal aggression.
Jeffrey Sachs Briefs UN on US Aggression in Venezuela
The author advises the Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities by immediately affirming a series of actions in response to the U.S. attacks on Venezuela.
WATCH: UN Security Council Clash Over Venezuela
The U.S., China and Russia clash at the Security Council over the U.S. military operation as Venezuela blasts the U.S. for abducting its president.
Trump’s Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo
UPDATED: Donald Trump’s Mar-al-Lago press conference announcing that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela was pure Yankee theater of the absurd, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: Pilger & Palestine
To mark the second anniversary of the passing of John Pilger, CN presents his 2002 documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue followed by CN’s 2021 discussion with Pilger and historian Ilan Pappé.
Mutual Aid or Mutual Assured Destruction
WATCH: Cooperation is more important than competition in human survival, argued Peter Kropotkin. After competition brought two world wars, mutual aid twice sought to rescue humanity. Will there be a third chance? asks Joe Lauria.