Tamara Pearson says Washington’s recent discourse is aimed at dressing itself, the bully, as the savior.
US Concern for Cuba, Latin America Is Really Spin for Intervention
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.
The NATO Iron Curtain
NATO wants to close Hungary behind an iron curtain, says this Declaration of the Hungarian Community for Peace (Magyar Békekör).
Sicko UK
Bob Gill describes how an admired public health service is secretly being changed to for-profit American-style “managed care.”
Afghanistan, Argentina, Britain, History, Intelligence, Iraq, Julian Assange, Legal, Media, Secrecy, Trump Administration, WikiLeaks
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 6: Assange in the Dock
Chris Hedges: Bless the Traitors
Daniel Hale exposed widespread, indiscriminate murder of noncombatants in the global U.S. drone war. He faces ten years in prison while those who oversee these war crimes continue their killing spree.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The War Against Us
THE ANGRY ARAB: How Western Media Came to Mirror That of Gulf Despots
Among the locals in the Middle East who work for foreign media, you won’t find anyone who criticizes Saudi Arabia or supports resistance to Israel, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. They simply won’t be hired.
Accepting Boris Johnson’s Lies
A deceitful prime minister is a price that a majority of British voters seem prepared to pay for one that represents their values, writes Johanna Ross.
Assange extradition, Australia, Britain, Cold War, Constitution, History, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Legal, Media, Militarism, Pentagon, Secrecy, U.S. Congress, Vietnam, WikiLeaks
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 5: The Pentagon Papers
Merkel Is Sent Letter on Assange Before Her Visit to Biden
On her way to the White House, the German chancellor has a received a letter from Bundestag members, journalists and artists telling her to bring up Assange with the U.S. president.
EDITORIAL: US Offer on Assange is New Evidence & Should Have Been Rejected
The U.S. offer to keep Julian Assange out of SAMS and to let him to serve time in Australia if convicted amounted to new evidence not normally allowed under appeal procedures.
Our ‘Obsessive’ Coverage of Assange
Some readers have asked us why we are “obsessed” with the case of Julian Assange.
95 Greek & 10 Icelandic MPs Join Call to Biden to Free Assange
The Greek and Icelandic MPs have joined British and Australian counterparts in telling President Joe Biden to drop the charges against the WikiLeaks publisher.