This brief rundown of the past five decades shows that last month’s attacks on the Al Rasool Al-Azam Oncology Hospital in Yemen are far from an aberration, writes Alan MacLeod.
US Adds to Long Hospital-Bombing History
Category: Vietnam
WATCH: A Time of Growing Repression
CN Editor Joe Lauria addressed a meeting held on the eve of an appeal hearing for Australian whistleblower David McBride, highlighting the growing repression in contrast to 50 years ago.
LISTEN: The Imperial Presidency
Scott Harris of WPKN 89.5 FM Radio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, interviewed Consortium News’ Editor Joe Lauria about the U.S. Imperial Presidency and Donald Trump.
Why Jimmy Carter Pardoned Draft Resisters
Gerry Condon recalls the years of determined resistance and organizing that led the late president to pardon draft resisters.
John Pilger: Afflictor of the Powerful
John Pilger died a year ago on Dec. 30, 2023. Better than just about anyone else, he used his prodigious talents to simply do his job as a reporter, writes Joe Lauria.
Offensive Forces in Syria are Like Khmer Rouge
John Wight says the common denominator behind the rise of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia in the 1970s and Salafi-jihadism in our time, is Western foreign policy.
Chris Hedges: To Kill a People
The vaunted democratic values, morality and respect for human rights, claimed by Israel and the U.S. have always been a lie. The real credo is this – we have everything and if you try and take it away from us…
British Film Institute to Honor John Pilger
The BFI is screening some of the late John Pilger’s most important films throughout the month of November, writes Joe Lauria.
Chris Hedges: Extermination Works. At First.
In the long term, this indiscriminate violence waged by Netanyahu and those driving Middle East policy in the White House creates adversaries that, sometimes a generation later, outdo in savagery — we call it terrorism.
US Soldier Who Burned Himself to Death Over Gaza Wins Sam Adams Associates Award for Integrity in Intelligence
In presenting its 2024 award, the Sam Adams Associates says it salutes Aaron Bushnell’s courage in performing a vital public service at the greatest cost — martyrdom — for truth-telling.