Despite all the talk of trade, Vijay Prashad says the real focus of the G5 Sahel was always going to be security.
Mali & the French Project in Africa’s Sahel
Caitlin Johnstone: They Fear Information, Not Disinformation
All the safeguards being setting up now to manipulate information online are not there to eliminate lies, they’re there to eliminate truth.
American Empire, Analysis, Assange extradition, Australia, Biden Administration, Britain, China, Commentary, Human Rights, International, Japan, Legal, WikiLeaks
New Australian PM Squandering Leverage on Assange
UPDATE: The new Australian PM met Joe Biden Tuesday with no sign he raised Julian Assange, while committing Australia to U.S. security policy in the Pacific, reports Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: On Russians ‘Raping Babies’
You can be sure that these obscene, unverified charges against Russian forces won’t attract the social-media censors who are supposedly rooting out “disinformation.”
Asia, Biden Administration, China, India, Japan, Militarism, Russia, Taiwan, Trump Administration, U.S., Ukraine
Biden’s Vow of US Military Response Over Taiwan
The president followed his remarks Monday by unveiling an Indo-Pacific trade pact designed to advance U.S. corporate interests and counter Chinese influence in the region.
Pressure Mounts on Patel Over Assange Decision
The British home secretary is under pressure as she’s about to decide whether to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
US National Press Club Still Refuses to Defend Assange
Consortium News has asked the National Press Club in Washington to join other leading press freedom organizations in calling for Julian Assange’s release.
Grim 2022 Drought Outlook for Western US
Amid persistent La Niña conditions and a generally hotter, thirstier atmosphere, Imtiaz Rangwala describes the various forms of drought that lie ahead, some of which coincide with higher levels of precipitation.
Bush Admits US Broke Promise on NATO Expansion; Says Ukraine Should ‘Destroy as Many Russian Troops’ as Possible
A prankster has duped former U.S. President George W. Bush into admitting the U.S. violated its promise to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev not to expand NATO.
American Empire, Commentary, Iraq, Media, Propaganda, Russia, The Bush-43 Administration, U.S., Ukraine
Caitlin Johnstone: Bush’s Freudian Confession on Iraq
In their less-guarded moments, even the worst empire managers know deep down what is true and let it slip out.
Biden Administration, Bolivia, Commentary, COVID-19, Cuba, Environment, Immigration, Mexico, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Venezuela
US Risks Sinking Americas’ Summit
Biden should invite all the heads of state in the region to the Americas’ Summit to foster better dialogue and a brighter future for the hemisphere, writes Medea Benjamin.
Cuba Reacts to Biden’s Easing of Sanctions
US Nurses Union Demands Medicare for All
Bella DeVaan says universal healthcare would close crucial gaps in a wasteful, privatized model that left the American healthcare system ill-prepared for the pandemic.
WATCH: West’s Free Speech Threatened by Ukraine War
CN Editor Joe Lauria told a PEN International conference that press freedom is threatened as the West enforces a single narrative on Ukraine, barring discussion of the war’s geopolitical causes.
Boris Johnson & UK Cabal’s Brexit Coup
Leaked emails reveal a possibly criminal plot by pro-Leave elites to sabotage Theresa May’s Brexit deal, Kit Klarenberg reports for The Grayzone.
Caitlin Johnstone: TV War Games Over Taiwan
NBC openly teamed up with a Pentagon-funded think tank to begin normalizing the idea of a U.S. hot war with China.
Analysis, Biden Administration, Cold War, Commentary, Greece, Russia, Turkey, U.S., Ukraine, United Nations
Craig Murray: Turkey, NATO & Peace in Ukraine
Erdogan’s opposition to Swedish and Finnish accession to the military alliance goes beyond those countries’ perceived support for Kurdish resistance groups.
WATCH: CN Live! — The Latest in Assange Case
Consortium News is in London as the home secretary decides whether to extradite Julian Assange. Watch Stella Assange’s address at the Home Office plus a CN Live! interview with Kristinn Hrafnsson.
Commentary, Human Rights, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Media, Middle East, Militarism, Palestine, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Chris Hedges: The Israeli Execution of Shireen Abu Akleh
Israel, which shoots hundreds of Palestinians a year, routinely includes reporters and photographers on its target lists.
Wall Street Greenwashing
“Carbon intensity” and reductions in “overall greenhouse gas emissions” are two very different things, writes Alec Connon.