The U.S. retains at least two instruments to exercise power in the Asia-Pacific. RIMPAC provides a military instrument. For economic leverage there is APEC, which meets on Friday
Vijay Prashad: APEC — A Creature of Its Time
Category: Protests
US Supreme Court May Grant Trump Unbridled Authority
Marjorie Cohn previews some of the cases the U.S. high court will use to establish the limits of executive power.
Trump Threatens CODEPINK with RICO Charges after Public Confrontation
Trump wants RICO charges against CODEPINK looked into after D.C. restaurant protest, escalating crackdown on dissent and free speech, writes Natalia Marques.
Palestinian Solidarity Is Achieving Critical Mass
Palestinians and all supporters of justice worldwide should urgently seize this critical opportunity to decisively defeat the Israeli Hasbara for good, writes Ramzy Baroud.
The Chris Hedges Report: The End of Academic Freedom
Maura Finkelstein, a tenured professor fired by Muhlenberg College, provides a first-person perspective on the Zionist purge of U.S. higher eduction.
Europe’s Betrayal of Gaza
Europe could follow the will of its citizens, writes Medea Benjamin. Instead, it is choosing profits over Palestinian lives.
Next Ship in Gaza Freedom Flotilla Sailed on Sunday
The ship named for a cartoon figure of a barefoot refugee child left from a port in Augusta, Sicily on Sunday, Ann Wright reports.
Trump’s California Protest Crackdown & the Law
Portland in 2020, Los Angeles today — Karen J. Greenberg covers the maximalist view of executive power emerging from Trump’s response to protests against ICE raids.
WATCH: Anti-Trump Movement is Personal
The “No Kings” movement is based as much on personal hatred of the man Donald Trump as it is against his immigration policies, unlike the migration protests Consortium News covered in Scotland last year. CN was also in L.A. on…
Led by LA, Anti-Trump, ICE Protests Sweep US
L.A. protests led demonstrations across the country against Trump and his aggressive immigration policy Saturday, while in D.C. veterans and other citizens protested Trump’s military parade, Joe Lauria & Ann Wright report.