Craig Murray, the former British diplomat, has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for contempt of court during the 2020 trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond.
Murray Sentenced to 8 Months in Prison
Category: Media
WATCH: International Festival of Dissent, Whistleblowing and Accountability
The one-day festival Saturday featured, among others, John Kiriakou, Jeffery Sterling, George Galloway, Max Blumenthal, Clare Daly, Jimmy Dore, Nils Melzer, and CN‘s Cathy Vogan and Joe Lauria.
LISTEN: The Ruling Class’ Revenge Against Julian Assange
In this Scheer Post podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges talks to journalist Robert Scheer about the WikiLeaks founder’s plight as he languishes in a British prison.
Help Us to Cover the Julian Assange Story
With corporate TV and press abandoning the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Consortium News has been in the forefront among alternative media in chronicling his plight. But we can’t do it without you.
The Guardian Misinforms on UK Role in World
The U.K.’s global influence is routinely seen as benign, writes Mark Curtis. Only occasionally does a more accurate picture emerge.
The Bogus Argument for Keeping US in Afghanistan
It goes back to Obama’s decision to re-enter Iraq in 2014, writes Caitlin Johnstone. And Westerners were fed a lie about what happened there.
Consider Donating the Price of a Single Copy of the Sunday New York Times For a Full Year of Consortium News
Compare 365 days of news you rarely get in the NYT to what’s in just one Sunday edition.
Rising Threat of Nuclear War Is Barely Noticed
Caitlin Johnstone responds to a U.S. Strategic Command posture statement that — due to widespread Western media malpractice — caught a lot of people off guard.
When the Intelligence is Questionable, Come to Where the Intelligence is Questioned
Corporate media unquestioningly regurgitates dubious intelligence that promotes U.S. interests abroad. Consortium News has a track record of questioning the “official story.”
When Media at Least Tried to Be Impartial
It was never easy, but part of the code of practicing journalism was to not favor one political party over the other in day-to-day political reporting.