Category: Media

The Legacy of Thatcher’s War on the Miners

Forty years after their powerful union was crushed in an early battle of neoliberalism, still defiant ex-miners marched last weekend to their closed Yorkshire pit to hear their 86-year old former leader reflect on their struggle, reports Joe Lauria.

WATCH: Mr. Galloway Goes to London

After his election last week, George Galloway returned to Parliament Monday. On Tuesday he backed a local candidate from his Workers’ Party, a movement that is spooking the British establishment. Two videos. 

MSM Target Galloway at Victory Party

A victory bash for the people of Rochdale descended into chaos when hit teams of MSM reporters took the prime minister’s cue to go after the newly elected member of Parliament. 

WATCH: Why Galloway Won

CN Live! spoke to Galloway campaign manager James Giles and Chris Williamson (below), deputy leader of the Workers Party of Britain, in the vote counting center in Rochdale on Thursday night.

Worthy & Unworthy Victims: Navalny & Lira

While Alexey Navalny’s death commanded 24-hour news coverage, Gonzalo Lira’s  death in Ukraine was virtually ignored. Alan MacLeod on why one death apparently mattered so much more to U.S. corporate media.