Vijay Prashad raises the hope that Argentina — which just joined China’s BRI — can forge a development strategy not written by IMF staffers in Washington.
Dark Times with a Sliver of Light
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Commentary, Human Rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Iraq, Legal, Russia, U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United Nations
US Trashes ICC, But Wants It to Charge Russians
Marjorie Cohn delves into the U.S. double standard in using an international court to prosecute war crimes.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Prison Food
“Not for Human Consumption.” The author, who saw that label himself when he was incarcerated, calls out a widespread human rights violation being committed in U.S. prisons.
Missing Link in a UN Cold Case?
PEPE ESCOBAR – Big Tech’s ‘Cancel Culture’ Love Affair
Cancel culture is inbuilt in the techno-feudalist project: conform to the hegemonic narrative, or else. Journalism that does not conform must be taken down.
IMF Loans Forcing Austerity on Crisis-Ravaged Nations
IMF pandemic-related loans are forcing developing nations to implement austerity measures that fuel further impoverishment and inequality, an Oxfam analysis finds.
Globalization Without an Epicenter
E. Ahmet Tonak and Vijay Prashad say a retreat from Western-designed globalization by some areas of the world began before the pandemic and before Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Assange Extradition Order Sent to Priti Patel
A London court on Wednesday sent an order to extradite Julian Assange to the U.K. home secretary, who has four weeks to decide. But Assange still has legal options.
Zelensky’s Hardline Internal Purge
Ukraine’s “pro-democracy” president has outlawed his opposition, ordered rivals arrested and presided over the disappearance and assassination of dissidents, Max Blumenthal and Esha Krishnaswamy report.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Assange Family Struggle’
Hours before Julian Assange’s extradition order Wednesday, CN Live! speaks to his father John Shipton, brother Gabriel Shipton and Ben Lawrence, director of Ithaka. Watch the replay.
An Open Letter to the Home Secretary
Julian Assange’s extradition order will be sent to the U.K. home secretary Wednesday. Here is an open letter taking into account Assange’s changed health as it affects U.S. “assurances.”
Analysis, Biden Administration, Commentary, Militarism, Military Industry, Pentagon, Russia, U.S., U.S. Congress, Ukraine
Gold Rush in Ukraine
Even before hostilities broke out, the CEOs of major weapons firms were talking about how tensions in Europe could pad their profits, William D. Hartung and Julia Gledhill report.
Millions of Years of Evolution Behind ‘The Slap’
Michael Brenner gives in to the impulse to say a few things about that celebrity incident of the century.
Chris Hedges: American Commissars
Social media platforms are aggressively censoring challenges to the dominant narrative on Ukraine, the ruling Democratic Party, the wars in the Middle East and the corporate state.
Analysis, Ancient World, Architecture, Arts, Censorship, Commentary, Consortiumnews.com, Film, History, Intelligence, Media, Militarism, Music, Propaganda, Russia, Social Media, U.S., Ukraine
Information Warfare From Pre-History to Ukraine
The Ukraine war is rife with information warfare from both sides, rising to a ubiquity and sophistication perhaps never seen before, says Joe Lauria.
Labor & Oligarchy: Two Tales from Buffalo, NY
In the same city that produced the first Starbucks union, Sam Pizzigati flags the single largest taxpayer subsidy in the plutocratic history of American professional sports.
US TAX DAY: Taxes & the 15 Richest Americans
An unprecedented trove of leaked IRS data reveals that the very richest pay lower rates than the merely rich, ProPublica reports.
US TAX DAY: Americans Send Average of $2K to Military
More than $900 of that amount goes to corporate military contractors such as Lockheed Martin, writes Lindsay Koshgarian.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Books, Censorship, Column, Commentary, Militarism, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Great Acquiescence — Glory to Ukraine
Americans don’t merely acquiesce to the imperium’s wars, interventions, collective punishments and assorted other deprivations. They actively embrace them.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Economy, Eurasia, International, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S., United Kingdon
Pepe Escobar: On the Dawn of a New Global Financial System
Pepe Escobar interviews the Eurasia Economic Union’s Sergey Glazyev, a man in the eye of our current geopolitical and geo-economic hurricane.