Julian Assange was born and raised in Queensland but made Melbourne his home as an adult, where his return to Australia was celebrated on July 3, his 53rd birthday.
WATCH: Melbourne Welcomes Assange Home
Biden Administration, Commentary, Militarism, NATO, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Yugoslavia
NATO SUMMIT: Not a Shield But a Bloodied Sword
When leaders of the military pact’s member states pontificate about its invaluable role in defending democracy, you can almost hear history guffawing in the background, writes John Wight.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance Emissions Fuel Climate Breakdown
The only winners from the military alliance’s spending policy are weapons manufacturers, concludes a briefing authored by the Transnational Institute and several nonprofits.
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Britain, Cold War, Commentary, History, Israel, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
NATO SUMMIT: Collectively Losing Their Minds
Soon after Russia entered Ukraine, the Pentagon corrected Antony Blinken for saying Kiev would get NATO fighter jets. Blinken was applauded at the NATO summit yesterday for saying F-16s would soon arrive in Ukraine. What changed? asks Joe Lauria.
The Self-Destructive Malice of the UK Labour Right
Richard Sanders says voter support in the elections for Green, independent and Workers Party candidates represent a time bomb ticking beneath the new government’s majority.
Commentary, Economy, France, Politics, Right Wing, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Learning From the French Elections
C.J. Polychroniou reflects on the revival of an anti-fascist alliance in France amid a brutal neoliberal status quo.
UK Labour — the Party of Big Business
Ethan Shone reports on the access that Starmer’s frontbencher provided to corporate lobbying over the past 18 months or so, ever since the implosion of the Liz Truss regime made an opposition victory likely.
Scientists to Biden: Cancel New Nuclear IBM System
More than 700 scientists, in an open letter to the U.S. president and Congress, call the new intercontinental-range ballistic missile system, known as Sentinel, expensive and dangerous.
NATO SUMMIT: Alliance’s Endgame Appears to Be Nuclear War
A hostile military alliance, now including even Sweden and Finland, is at the very borders of Russia. Chris Wright asks how Russian leaders are supposed to react to this as the NATO summit kicked off in Washington.
US Inequality Is About Class, Not Generations
Baby boomers had the good fortune to come along at one of those rare moments in history when the richest among us were not doing so well in the clash of classes, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Israeli Soldiers — ‘It’s Permissible to Shoot Everyone’
Israeli publications +972 Magazine and Local Call interviewed six soldiers released from active duty who gave detailed accounts of how they attacked civilians in Gaza.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Europe, Iraq, Middle East, Militarism, NATO, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
75 Years of NATO = 75 Years of Denial
German parliamentarian Sevim Dagdelen says for NATO, denial of its true nature is part of the essence of the organization.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Netanyahu Goes for Broke
The Israeli prime minister has chosen this moment to mount a go-for-broke attempt to bring the U.S. into some kind of once-and-for-all conflict that would leave Israel supreme in the region.
Africa, Belgium, China, Colonialism, Commentary, Human Rights, Income Inequality, Rwanda, United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Vijay Prashad: The Congo War Will End
The Congolese people do not control their wealth. There is an urgent desire for a project that would bring people together around the shared interests of the majority.
Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, Denmark, Militarism, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Trump Administration, Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, WMD
SCOTT RITTER: ‘My Life’s Work Melting Before My Eyes’
As was the case in June 1982, people of the United States need to send a collective signal that they will not tolerate policies that lead toward nuclear war.
WATCH: Roger Waters — The Case Against Genocide
Roger Waters spoke in Blackburn, England on Wednesday with Craig Murray. Consortium News was there.
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WATCH: ‘This Is Not a Dream’ (UPDATED)
Supporters of Julian Assange gathered at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney on Sunday to celebrate his release from prison and arrival in Australia.
American Empire, Analysis, Ancient World, Commentary, Israel, Palestine, Politics, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
Biden: ‘I’m Running the World’
The comment by the sitting U.S. president in Friday’s interview has been ignored by the mainstream, but its megalomania is at the heart of why Joe Biden is defying his party and remaining in the race, writes Joe Lauria.
Advanced Technologies, Commentary, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Keir Starmer’s Red Button
The new U.K. prime minister controls a nuclear arsenal capable of killing millions of people, writes Richard Norton-Taylor. History suggests it should be scrapped.
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Europe, Militarism, NATO, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
NATO’s War Summit in Washington
NATO leaders should conduct a clear-eyed review of how the organization that claims to be a force for peace keeps escalating unwinnable wars and leaving countries in ruins, say Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.