This Pentagon stenography is journalistic malpractice, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, International, Media, Pentagon, War Crimes
COP26: Fossil Fuel Companies Get Inside Climate Conference
Organizers said they wouldn’t be welcome, but they found a side entrance, as Adam Ramsay reports.
The Real Strike Behind Netflix Hit ‘Squid Game’
Many viewers of the hugely popular series may not realize how the fantastical vision of wretched worker suicides is rooted in South Korea’s recent union history, writes Minsun Ji.
COP26: Britain’s Courtship of Climate-Action Obstructers
The government’s fossil-fuel-expanding trade intentions raise urgent questions about its hosting of COP26, writes Nafeez Ahmed.
Pro-Sandinista Social Media Accounts Blocked Days Ahead of Nicaraguan Elections
Silicon Valley’s crackdown was part and parcel of the U.S. government’s political assault on the country, writes Ben Norton.
Britain, Campaign 2016, Censorship, Commentary, Consortiumnews.com, Constitution, Election 2016, Intelligence, International, Politics, Russia, Trump Administration, U.S.
4 Years Later, NYT Says Steele Dossier ‘Turned Out to Be Democratic-Funded Opposition Research’
With the arrest of the principal source of the bogus dossier, The New York Times belatedly admits what the dossier was, a fact reported in Consortium News four years ago.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Cuba, Foreign Policy, Latin America, Pentagon, U.S.
Washington’s Unhealthy Obsession With Cuba
Public funding for the anti-Castro industry in the United States seems inexhaustible, writes Rosa Miriam Elizalde.
Billionaires Not Morally Qualified to Shape Civilization
We’re talking about a class which could easily put a complete halt to human beings dying of starvation, writes Caitlin Johnstone. But they don’t.
COP26: More Than 30 Yrs Ago Global Warming Became Front-Page News
COP26: What Big Oil Knew About Climate Change, Starting in 1959
At an old gunpowder factory in Delaware — now a museum and archive — Benjamin Franta found a transcript of a petroleum conference from 1959 that included a speech by Edward Teller.
Iran Claims US Tried to ‘Steal’ Oil in Gulf of Oman
Tehran’s state media report that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces carried out a “heliborne operation” and took control of the tanker.
COP26: Climate Coalition Blasts ‘Nature-Based Solutions’
As the COP26 climate conference continues, critics of greenwashing have tried to warn global leaders against such distractions.
Being a Child in Yemen Is the Stuff of Nightmares
If a grand bargain can be reached between Riyadh and Tehran, it could de-escalate several wars in the region, writes Vijay Prashad.
Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Middle East, Pentagon, Propaganda, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Trump Administration, Tunisia, U.S., United Arab Emirates
THE ANGRY ARAB: Biden’s Mideast Policy No Better Than Trump’s
The current U.S. administration has thus far endorsed (or tolerated) two coups: one political in Tunisia and a blatant military overthrow last week in Sudan, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Analysis, Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Propaganda, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
30 Years On: The Middle East Peace-Process Ruse
The limitation of Palestinian autonomy was embedded in U.S.-brokered negotiations from the start, writes Inès Abdel Razek. That cycle must be broken.
Denouncing Israel’s Crackdown on Palestinian Rights Groups
U.S.-based social justice groups tell Antony Blinken that smearing human-rights promotion as “terrorist” is a well-worn tactic of authoritarian regimes.
American Empire, Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Manufacture of Decline
Americans suffer the same disabilities as the Europeans of 1919: They cannot think. They cannot speak plainly among themselves.
JOHN PILGER: Justice for Assange Is Justice for All
In the land of Magna Carta this disgraceful case ought to have been hurled out of court long ago.
Textile Workers & the ‘8×5’ Fight in Italy
Morganne Blais-McPherson recounts a victory by immigrant workers and a growing, independent union that represents them.
Analysis, Biden Administration, China, Climate Change, History, International, The Bush-43 Administration, Trump Administration, U.S. Congress
COP26: US Brings Sorry Climate Record to Glasgow
President Joe Biden wants to lecture other countries to make huge commitments to combat climate change while he brings a poor U.S. record to the Glasgow conference, writes Joe Lauria.