Australia had to reveal heinous crimes its troops committed in Afghanistan, even after it prosecuted a whistleblower and raided a TV station. It’s time for the U.S. to launch serious investigations of its own conduct in war, writes Joe Lauria.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Australia, Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Iraq, Korea Peninsula, Militarism, Military, Philippines, Spain, The Bush-43 Administration, Torture, U.S., Vietnam, WikiLeaks
Afghanistan, American Empire, International, International Criminal Court (ICC), Legal, Mike Pompeo, Militarism, Military
Did the US Commit War Crimes in Afghanistan?
Australian War Crimes Report Means Get the Hell Out of Afghanistan
ELECTION 2020: Biden Appointee Advocated Using Propaganda Against Americans
Richard Stengel signals the Biden administration’s coming escalation of suppression of online media that are seen to threaten U.S. imperatives abroad, writes Ben Norton.
ELECTION 2020: More Humane Cages?
Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Iraq, Militarism, News Analysis, Trump Administration, U.S.
On War, Trump Has Largely Been an Appeaser
A Typical Democratic Official on the Pentagon & War–as DOD Confirms Iraq, Afghanistan Withdrawal
William J. Astore takes on Jeh Johnson’s opposition to any haste in bringing troops home from the nearly two-decade-long war in Afghanistan, before Pentagon confirmed Wednesday Iraq and Afghan withdrawals.
Imperialism in Pumps
Mainstream feminism has abandoned women’s interests so thoroughly that it has largely become only superficially distinct from the patriarchy it purports to oppose, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
ELECTION 2020: Establishment Dems Can’t Say ‘No’ to Billionaires
American Empire, Climate Change, Economy, Election 2020, Environment, Indigenous People, Trump Administration, U.S.
Trump Rushes to Auction Off Arctic Drilling Rights
American Empire, Campaign 2020, Column, Commentary, Election 2020, Foreign Policy, International, Militarism, U.S.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hillary Clinton at the UN?
Passing as a Refugee
A Convergence of Calamities
Consortium News at 25, Consortiumnews.com, Intelligence, Iran-Contra, Media, October Surprise, Politics, WikiLeaks
25 YEARS: The Meaning of Consortium News
Campaign 2016, Commentary, Consortium News at 25, Consortiumnews.com, Intelligence, Media, Russiagate, The Bush-43 Administration
25 YEARS: Bob Parry’s Last Article–A Manifesto on the State of Journalism
25 YEARS: A Brief History of Consortium News by Robert Parry
Only Kooks Believe In The Deep State
WATCH: CN’s 25th Anniversary Show With Oliver Stone, John Pilger, Nat Parry, Diane Duston, Spencer Oliver, Gareth Porter, Ray McGovern and Peter Kuznick
Climate: Point of No Return
Campaign 2016, Campaign 2020, Column, Commentary, Intelligence, Media, News Analysis, Opinion, Russiagate