If the propaganda engine of the U.S.-centralized empire ceased actively deceiving the public about the world, it would collapse immediately, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Disinformation Empire Says It’s ‘Fighting Disinformation’
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Central America, Climate Change, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Human Rights, Indigenous People, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Migration Is Not the Crisis
Aviva Chomsky says the recycled policies of Biden and Harris are destined to spark yet more crimes in Central America such as Berta Cáceres’ murder.
Intelligent Intelligence Analysis
Consortium News leads the way in analyzing intelligence that is laundered uncritically through the mainstream media.
A Senseless Cathedral of Doom
Vijay Prashad reflects on the geo-political backdrop to last month’s “African Lion 21,” a U.S.-led military exercise on the African continent that involved the armed forces of 21 countries.
Bezos Blasts Off & Gets Blasted
Eleven people on Earth are dying of hunger every minute as the richest man in the world embarked on his “joyride” into space, blasts Oxfam.
Billionaires Are Lifting Off: Good Riddance
When wealth concentrates, Sam Pizzigati says we get a society that revolves around the egos of the most affluent among us.
China, Commentary, Economy, Europe, European Union, Ireland, Military Industry, News Analysis, Russia, Russiagate, United Arab Emirates, WikiLeaks
Craig Murray: The Decline of Western Power
The really interesting thing about the G7 summit is that it wasn’t interesting. Nobody expected it to change the world, and it won’t.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Cold War, Commentary, International, Militarism, Propaganda, Soviet Union, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
AFGHANISTAN: Goodbye for Good to a War That Shouldn’t Have Been Fought
Danny Sjursen takes aim at powerful Washingtonian hawks who are trying to push the U.S. back for a third time into Afghanistan.
Analysis, Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Britain, CN Live!, Constitution, Julian Assange, Legal, Media, Obama Administration, Trump Administration, WikiLeaks
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Why the Crumbling Computer Conspiracy Case Is So Vital to the US
Since the U.S. is on shaky constitutional ground with the espionage indictment, the computer intrusion charge has served as a hook to try to get Assange, by portraying him not as a journalist, but as a hacker, writes Cathy Vogan.
In Whatever Language You Speak
Assange extradition, Australia, Biden Administration, Britain, CN Live!, Iceland, Intelligence, Legal, Media, Torture, U.S., WikiLeaks
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange on the Brink’ — Now With Full Transcript
WikiLeaks Editor Kristinn Hrafnsson; ex-Icelandic interior minister Ögmundur Jónasson; Stundin journalist Bjartmar Alexandersson; and Australian MP Julian Hill discuss major developments in the U.S. case against Julian Assange. Watch the replay and read the transcript.
Britain, Campaign 2016, Intelligence, Legal, Media, News Analysis, Politics, Russiagate, Surveillance, WikiLeaks
RUSSIAGATE: Luke Harding’s Hard Sell
The only interests this leak serves — if it was a leak — are those of Harding and U.S. intelligence, who were hung out to dry by the collapse of the Russiagate narrative, writes Joe Lauria.
US Concern for Cuba, Latin America Is Really Spin for Intervention
Tamara Pearson says Washington’s recent discourse is aimed at dressing itself, the bully, as the savior.
COVID-19: Biden-Merkel Meeting: No Vaccine Patent Waiver
Public health campaigners dubbed the summit a major blow to efforts to end the pandemic as infections continue to surge across the globe.
Column, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
THE ANGRY ARAB: From a Lost Generation of Palestinian Resistance — the Life of Ahmad Jibril
As`ad AbuKhalil looks back on a Palestinian who was among a group of leaders to emerge after 1948 and dedicate themselves to liberating their homeland.
Aid & Abet Our Assange ‘Obsession’
Consortium News launches its Summer Fund Drive to raise the funds necessary to feed our addiction to covering the Julian Assange case.
Lynching and the Jeff Davis Highway
The Fairfax County, Virginia Board of Supervisors this week set up a task force to suggest renaming two major roads in the county named after Confederate generals, a topic discussed six years ago by CN‘s founding editor Robert Parry.
Hidden Hand of US Blockade Sparks Cuba Protests
The protests should be understood in the context of a brutal economic war waged by the United States against the island nation for more than 60 years, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.
High Court Accepting New Evidence Extremely Rare: CN Legal Analyst
The High Court in London has accepted new evidence in the U.S. appeal of the decision not to extradite Julian Assange, which almost never happens, says CN legal analyst Alexander Mercouris.
American Empire, Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Militarism, Pentagon, U.S., U.S. Congress
On the Brink of War with China in 2026
Michael T. Klare calls attention to the statements coming out of the U.S. Department of Defense and the upper ranks of Congress these days.