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Deal or No Deal?

October 3, 2024

In a traditional trial of the Gitmo defendants, versus a plea agreement, George W. Bush et. al. could be indicted and tried in foreign countries for war crimes, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.

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Campaign 2024, Censorship, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Politics, U.S.

VP Debate Question on Mideast ‘Could Have Been Written by AIPAC’

October 2, 2024

The Council on American–Islamic Relations said the question was “reckless and biased” and “sounded like it could have been written by AIPAC, not CBS.”

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Commentary, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Media, Satire

Flipping the Script on Israel’s Killing of Nasrallah

October 2, 2024

What if it had been Netanyahu? Jonathan Cook offers a mock report, modeled on how Western media treated the killing of Hezbollah’s longtime leader.

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Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, U.N. Security Council, United Nations

WATCH: UN Security Council on Widening Mideast War

October 2, 2024

The Security Council met this morning at 10 am EDT. Watch the replay here.

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Assange extradition, Britain, Human Rights, Intelligence, Sweden

WATCH: Debate on Assange Resolution

October 1, 2024

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Wednesday debated a report and resolution on Julian Assange’s treatment during his years of incarceration. Watch the replay here.

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Analysis, Assange extradition, Britain, CN Live!, France, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Legal, WikiLeaks

WATCH: CN Live! — ‘What Assange Said’

October 1, 2024

CN Live! speaks to Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis and attorney Marjorie Cohn about Julian Assange’s appearance before the Council of Europe today. Watch the replay.

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Assange: ‘My Naivete Was Believing in the Law’

October 1, 2024

UPDATED: Read all of Julian Assange’s remarks, including Q&A, in Strasbourg Tuesday morning, on the plea deal, WikiLeaks work, the Espionage Act, the C.I.A.’s retribution and more.

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Commentary, Film, Human Rights, Israel, Media, Palestine, Racism, War Crimes

Israelis Will Dance Again, Vows BBC Film

October 1, 2024

Jonthan Cook on the British broadcaster’s presentation of a documentary marking the one-year anniversary of the massacre of Israelis at the Nova rave.

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Craig Murray Takes John Pilger’s Seat on CN Board

October 1, 2024

The writer and former British diplomat has been elected to fill the seat on Consortium News‘ board left open by the death last year of the great John Pilger.

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Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Lebanon, Militarism, Palestine, Terrorism

Chris Hedges Report: Catastrophe in the Middle East

October 1, 2024

“Israel is going all the way and doing anything possible to push Hezbollah to go for an all out war,“ Israeli journalist Gideon Levy says in this interview.

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WATCH: Assange’s Testimony in Strasbourg

September 30, 2024

The liberated WikiLeaks publisher testified on Tuesday in his first public appearance since his plea deal hearing in June. Watch it on replay here.

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Column, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria

AS’AD AbuKHALIL: The Middle East After Nasrallah

September 30, 2024

The author looks back on the slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, on the times he interviewed him and the impact on the region of his killing.

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Column, Commentary, Israel, Palestine, U.N. General Assembly, United Nations

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Nasrallah Is Dead But Bibi Hasn’t Won

September 30, 2024

Many people now mourn Nasrallah’s death, in Lebanon and elsewhere, but Hezbollah’s existence is nowhere near in question. 

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VIPS MEMO: Advice to US Vice Presidential Candidates

September 30, 2024

As the two major candidates for the U.S. vice presidency prepare to debate Tuesday night in Manhattan, veteran U.S. intelligence officials have some firm advice for them on Ukraine.

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WATCH: Anti-Nuke War Rally

September 28, 2024

Roger Waters, Scott Ritter, Andrew Napolitano, Randy Credico, Joe Lauria and Gerald Celente spoke live from Kingston, New York on Saturday. Watch the full replay.

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Scott Ritter: Life, Preempted

September 27, 2024

Policymakers in both the U.S. and Europe are undertaking increasingly brazen acts of escalation in Ukraine designed to bring Russia to the breaking point.

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Assange extradition, Australia, Britain, Commentary, Europe, Julian Assange, Legal, WikiLeaks

WATCH: Assange to Speak

September 27, 2024

CN Live! discusses Julian Assange’s upcoming public appearance, his first since his plea deal, as well as proposed changes to the Espionage Act, with former Australian diplomat Alison Broinowski, interviewed by CN‘s Elizabeth Vos and Cathy Vogan.

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American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, CN Live!, Cold War, Commentary, Foreign Policy, History, Israel, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, Politics, Protest, Russia, Ukraine, WMD

WATCH: Ritter & Celente on Anti-Nuclear War Rally

September 27, 2024

Scott Ritter, former weapons inspector, intelligence officer, author and journalist, and Gerald Celente, publisher of Trends Journal, discuss Saturday’s major anti-war rally in Kingston, N.Y. with CN‘s Joe Lauria.

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Commentary, Health Care, Human Rights

Vijay Prashad: When You Suffer for Your Sanity

September 27, 2024

The antidote to many of our mental health crises must come from re-building society and forming a culture of community rather than a culture of antagonism and toxicity.

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Censorship, Commentary, Constitution, Legal, Press Freedom, Russia, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., U.S. Supreme Courrt, Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

A Brief History of Free Speech in America

September 26, 2024

When the feds claim that articulating views of the war in Ukraine from a Russian perspective is somehow criminal they ignore the core purpose of the First Amendment, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.

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